Local leaders from Fresno County lashed out at state Democrats and Gov. Newsom for allowing a transgender athlete to compete in the state championship for track.

Rep. Ro Khanna says this initiative to inflate grades and eliminate homework and weekly tests betrays the American Dream

While the Trump administration has threatened tariffs on a spate of Mexican goods, avocados have so far been spared. California growers said they want Mexican avocados to keep flowing into the country, though they also want robust U.S. inspections of the imports to keep out pests to protect their crop.

Newsom and legislative leaders would love for the president’s tariffs to go away. They blame a big chunk of California’s $12 billion budget gap on the so-called “Trump slump” — a projected downturn caused by the tariffs and other economic policies.

Continuing a growing trend, three new wolf packs have been confirmed in Northern California, increasing the population of the charismatic and controversial predator to 78 now — up from 44 animals in 2023 and only 7 in 2020.

Across Los Angeles, rent hikes have led to fewer bus and train riders in an example of how California’s housing crisis is also making its transit crisis harder to solve.

Two Powerball players in California won $1.3 million each, just missing the $190 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, May 28, the California Lottery said. California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.

Chicken sandwiches, french dip sandwiches, apple pie pancakes and more food that our reporters raved about this month.

A bill under consideration in the California legislature aims to prevent Caltrans worker deaths and injuries, by placing automated speed cameras in highway construction zones.

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