California's population surged in 2024, growing by almost a quarter of a million residents. From 2023 to 2024, the number of residents increased by 233,000 people, reaching 39.4 million in July, the U ...

More Americans left California between 2023 and 2024 than any other state across the country, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. The Golden State lost a total of 239,575 residents to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Donald Trump won the presidency for a second ...

California was once considered a swing state and was home to two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. No longer. No Republican presidential candidate has won California since 1988.

Voters in Los Angeles County and 57 other counties in the nation's most populous state cast ballots on Election Day to decide races for the White House, Senate and U.S. House. Stream Los Angeles News ...

The drive up or down California’s Highway 1 through Big Sur features unparalleled ocean views from a roadway carved through multiple coastline cliffs — a precarious geography that has made it ...

California has become the first state to prohibit school cafeterias from serving foods that contain six artificial dyes tied to health and behavioral problems. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

Andrea Zeppa, homeless services regional coordinator for Alameda County Healthcare for the Homeless, and Deidra Perry, far right, program financial manager for Alameda County Healthcare for the ...

Rancho Palos Verdes, a coastal community in the Los Angeles area, could be described as a geological ticking time bomb. The affluent city sits atop steep cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean that, for ...

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