Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand.
A huge black bear has finally been evicted from a crawl space under a Los Angeles area house where it had been living since Thanksgiving.
U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants.
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year.
Crews cleared mud from key California highways as forecasters warned that more thunderstorms were on the way after downpours and high tides caused flooding, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars.
Leonardo DiCaprio emphasizes the importance of creating cinema over content at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s 37th annual International Film Awards.
Amen Thompson scored 26 points and Kevin Durant added 24 to lead the Houston Rockets in a 119-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Another powerful storm system that could cause more flooding and mudslides is rolling across Southern California.
Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug users and referring them to treatment.
California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla’s license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company has been misleading consumers about the technology’s capabilities.
The Associated Press has released its All-America team, featuring four Ohio State players among 10 first-team picks from the Big Ten Conference.
The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats.
Many U.S. consumers say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for holiday gifts in recent months, according to a a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress.
The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California, officials say.
Composer Jake Heggie is set to premiere his opera “The Judgment of Paris,” inspired by the famous 1976 wine tasting where California wines triumphed over French selections.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop deploying California National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
An infant botulism outbreak has sickened at least 39 babies across the U.S. and underscored the crucial role of a medication that treats the rare disease.
Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress.
On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans take flight to feed on a vast school of fish just offshore.
A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.
Everything the Trump administration has done this year to strengthen and enforce the standards for truck drivers and the schools that train them after several deadly crashes may cause problems for some companies if immigrants continue to flee the profession rather than deal with the harassment and scrutiny.
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements.
Authorities are appealing to the public for tips, cellphone video and witness accounts as they search for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult at a child’s birthday party in California.
A judge has ordered the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner to seal all records in the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, blocking the release of any information about how or when she died.
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the facility’s heating system.
Health officials say at least 31 babies in 15 states have been treated for botulism as an outbreak tied to ByHeart formula continues to grow.
With Texas’ new map blocked by a federal court, California Democrats are emerging victorious — though the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
A federal appeals court has paused a California law that requires companies that do business in the state and make more than $500 million a year to report how climate change could hurt them financially.
Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for its popular obesity treatment Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information.
The Transportation Department’s new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver’s licenses to drive a semitrailer truck or bus have been put on hold by a federal appeals court.
The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother.
California state officials say they plan to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is criticizing the United States for missing key United Nations climate talks, calling it doubling down on stupid.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning that eight senators' decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown shows they aren't alarmed enough about President Donald Trump's impact on political norms.
The Democrat took a victory lap on rival Gov. Greg Abbott’s home turf Saturday and called on other blue states to push back on a GOP effort to retain control of the U.S. House.
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.
Most California voters didn’t like redrawing their congressional districts to favor Democrats, according to the AP Voter Poll.
The new congressional map approved by California voters marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections, but many voters in key races made their choice in opposition to him or considered him to be irrelevant, according to the AP Voter Poll.
Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll.
Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system are marking the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent races.
ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue “the worst of the worst.”
Apple delivered financial results during its summertime quarter that exceeded analyst projections, despite being caught in the crosshairs of a global trade war at the same time the trendsetting company is scrambling to catch up to its Big Tech peers in the artificial intelligence race.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is warning that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens.
U.S. Homeland Security officials say a 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally.
President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located.
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is providing a base for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area.
Less than two weeks from Election Day, a potentially decisive edge in California's fight over new U.S. House districts has emerged: advertising.
Meta Platforms is cutting roughly 600 artificial intelligence jobs even as it continues to hire more workers for its superintelligence lab, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor to for a local politician.
A planned five-day strike by thousands of registered nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California, Hawaii and Oregon has ended.
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.
An estimated 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers have gone on strike to demand better wages and staffing.
A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law phasing out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals.
Generations of Hispanic families have worked vineyards - now, more of them are finally leading them. Wine and travel contributor Daniela Garrido shared how these winemakers are reclaiming their history and crafting award-winning wines.
Democratic governors from California and Illinois are threatening to leave the National Governors Association unless it denounces President Donald Trump's troop deployments to states.
A California fire department captain says he yelled for bystanders on a California highway to help lift the wreckage of a downed medical helicopter off a paramedic pinned underneath after determining additional rescue crews would take too long to get to the scene.
Federal health officials have issued a public health alert for certain Hello Fresh subscription meals containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria.
An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement.
Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks.
Eddy Piñeiro hit a 41-yard field goal in overtime before the San Francisco defense stopped Kyren Williams on fourth down with 3:36 to play, and the short-handed 49ers hung on for a thrilling 26-23 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, Mac Jones passed for 342 yards and two touchdowns for the 49ers, who won it in OT after a frantic fourth quarter featuring Piñeiro’s tiebreaking 59-yard field goal with 2:52 left, Williams’ subsequent goal-line fumble and Joshua Karty’s tying 48-yard field goal...
The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states.
With the 2025 government shutdown now underway, struggling families in the Houston area are left to wonder how nutrition programs will be impacted by a potential lapse in funding.
The owners of a giant Northern California corn maze once crowned the world’s largest want visitors to remember that there is fun in getting lost.
LeBron James sat out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ first practice of training camp with a minor injury.
Sean Feucht, a conservative Christian worship leader, gained attention in 2020 by defying COVID-19 restrictions with protest concerts.
A Rosharon woman pleaded guilty Monday to fraudulently obtaining more than $28,000 in federal disaster relief funds by falsely claiming she lived in a property damaged by a wildfire in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law legislation aiming to increase transparency and prevent AI models from being used to cause catastrophic harms.
Kawhi Leonard said he didn’t receive all of the money he was owed from a company he had an endorsement deal with in a business relationship that is under investigation by the NBA, but he insisted there was no wrongdoing.
Federal prosecutors say three activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on charges of illegally “doxing” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
New Mexico lawmakers are convening in a special session this week to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care.
After spending this season in California’s capital city without acknowledging that on their uniforms, the Athletics have announced they will have “Sacramento” written on gold alternate jerseys in 2026.
It is now significantly harder for non-U.S. citizens to obtain a commercial driver’s license under new rules the Transportation Department has imposed.
President Donald Trump's transportation department has been reversing grants for recreational trails and bicycle lanes.
A federal jury has deadlocked for the second time in a trial of a former correctional officer charged with sexually abusing four inmates at a now-closed federal women’s prison in California.
The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project to other uses as part of a new $5 billion program to fund rail projects that boost U.S. rail passenger traffic.