A California mom and son were stranded in the woods after GPS led them off the path, but quick instincts helped rescuers find them just over 24 hours later

Six months after the Southern California wildfires, recovery shows mixed progress with corporations buying land while homeowners struggle with insurance settlements and rebuilding costs.

Santa Cruz County in deep blue California was named the least affordable U.S. rental market in 2025, requiring $81.21/hour to rent a modest two-bedroom apartment.

The actions fall a bit short of requiring local school districts to adopt phonics, but they go a long way toward achieving Marion Joseph’s goal.

Among those detained in California, the majority are not the “worst of the worst” the Trump administration said it was targeting, federal data shows.

A mother and her son who got lost in a dense California​ forest left handwritten notes, which helped searchers find them.

California on Friday became the largest U.S. state court system to embrace policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by judges and court employees.

The Trump administration has repeatedly centered its policy battles in California, including on immigration and transgender rights, gun permitting rules, environmental regulations and agricultural policies.