Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that California is filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from pulling approximately $4 billion from California's embattled high-speed rail project.

Some Democrats are calling on California to redraw its districts as Donald Trump presses for further gerrymandering in Texas.

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.

Two California Republican state lawmakers launched a campaign Wednesday to place a measure on the 2026 ballot that would require voter identification and proof of citizenship at the polls.

Teens keep the Valley Plaza in Bakersfield, a legendary California mall, afloat, but some shoppers want to ban them.

The Madre Fire became California's largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County.

Authorities say an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California has caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and forcing some evacuations.

Nordstrom plans to shutter its location at the Santa Monica Place shopping center, the luxury department store chain announced this week. In a statement to KTLA 5 News, a spokesperson said the stor… ...

After a decade of intense debating California overhauls CEQA, its landmark environmental law with hopes of making the state more affordable to live.

A fireworks warehouse in California burst into flames and then exploded, sending fire and pyrotechnics into the air just days ahead of the Fourth of July.

California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday passed major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in what supporters say is a historic move to get more housing built across the ...

New California laws boost transparency, protection in subs, rentals, pet insurance, and more, reflecting a focus on privacy and well-being starting July 1, 2025.