Confirming their worst fears for record-low lake levels, National Park Service fisheries biologists have discovered that a non-native predator fish has made its way through Glen Canyon dam to the lower Colorado River, where it can prey on ancient native fish they have been working to reestablish.

A Northern California forest fire is chewing through a mountainous area near Sacramento after forcing evacuations in two counties.

Republican Brian Dahle faces an uphill battle to defeat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in November.

Sacramento police say one person was killed and four wounded in a shooting early Monday outside a downtown nightclub.

Officials say a 13-year-old Canadian girl who was missing for more than a week has been found in Oregon and that a man accused of kidnapping her is detained.

Companies that want to sell shampoo bottles, food products and other items wrapped in plastic in California will have to cut down their use of the material.

California will be the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants who are living in the country illegally.

Middle and high school students in California will be able to sleep a little bit later when the new school year starts.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 19-20s.The board voted 5-0

Two well-funded challengers will attempt to unseat second-term Senator Mike Lee in Utah's Republican primary in a race that will test whether loyalty to former President Donald Trump remains a litmus test for Republican voters.

The California attorney general's office says hate crimes in 2021 shot up 33% to nearly 1,800 reported incidents.

California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch has arrived in San Diego Bay.

Police fired tear gas to disperse anti-abortion demonstrators from outside the Arizona Capitol Friday night, forcing lawmakers to huddle briefly in a basement inside the building as they rushed to complete their 2022 session.

The California Senate has rejected a proposal to ban involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.