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News Articles: CAlifornia

An urban search and rescue team from Mexico combs through the ruins of a beachfront house searching for victims in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Tuesday.

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  • National

LA fires are still raging, but forecasters expect calmer winds in the coming days

It was another day of fierce winds gusting to 65 mph in mountainous areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, but weather more conducive to firefighting operations is expected soon.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A helicopter drops water on Mandeville Canyon as the Palisades Fire rages Saturday in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Why Los Angeles, America's most fire-ready city, became overwhelmed by flames

In a city prone to large natural disasters, L.A. firefighters are widely considered to be among the best in the business at knocking down urban wildfires. But in the extreme conditions lately, experts say little can be done even to slow these modern fires.

January 12, 2025
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Cedric Meadows (left), director of outreach, and Anthony Conley, director of support services, at the nonprofit shelter Covenant House California.

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  • National

An army of community volunteers springs into action as LA fires rage

"It's wild. There's people out here that have just created a chain," said one woman who showed up to volunteer at a YMCA in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Elise Hu and
  • Janet W. Lee
Firefighters tend to people after a plane crashed through the roof of a building near Fullerton airport on Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif.

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  • National

2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash

Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a furniture manufacturing building in Southern California, police said.

January 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully.

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  • Business

'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

December 23, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards

Ohio and 16 other Republican-dominated states have sued, asserting that a waiver granted to California to set its own rules violates the basic design of the U.S. Constitution, which they assert should treat states as equals.

December 13, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
People watch the waves come in at Ocean Beach in San Francisco after an earthquake was felt widely across Northern California on Thursday.

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  • National

A powerful 7.0 earthquake strikes off Northern California coast

A powerful earthquake struck off the Northern California coast, triggering tsunami warnings that were later canceled. Several aftershocks continued to rattle the area off Eureka. 

December 05, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
The California Department of Insurance says detectives found this bear costume at the home of the suspects accused of orchestrating fake bear attacks on their vehicles.

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  • Strange News

They told insurers a bear damaged their car. But it was actually a person in a costume

Four LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit."

November 14, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A firefighter prepares to douse flames while battling the Mountain Fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Santa Paula, Calif.

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  • News

Strong winds fuel rapid spread of wildfires in Southern California

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed more than 100 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday as raging winds were forecast to ease.

November 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Pat Rush (right) with her brother in Arkansas circa late 1930s.

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  • National

The story of the American migrant — from Dust Bowl to a new life

Pat Rush and her family left Arkansas in the wake of one of the largest migrations in U.S. history, in the hope of making a better life for themselves out west.

October 24, 2024
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  • Joe Richman
The <em>Los Angeles Times </em>newspaper headquarters is shown in El Segundo, Calif., Jan. 23, 2024.

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  • Media

'Los Angeles Times' editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement

The editorials editor of the LA Times resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Vice President Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported.

October 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB1046, a hotly contested measure that would have been the nation's strictest AI safety law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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  • Technology

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

The measure, known as SB 1047, was one of the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming AI industry. It would have held AI companies legally liable for harms caused by AI and enabled a "kill switch" if systems went rogue.

October 02, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a conveyor belt as she sorts through materials at a recycling center in San Francisco.

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  • National

California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
John Brundahl (left), production superintendent, Todd Colvin, chief water systems operator, and Mark Toy, general manager, run the PFAS treatment plant at the Yorba Linda Water District in Orange County, Calif.

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  • Health

How a California county got PFAS out of its drinking water

Water utilities across the country will have to comply with EPA limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water by 2029. Orange County, Calif., got a head start.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Pien Huang
U.S. Vice President Harris speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22 in Chicago.

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  • Elections

Trump likes to attack Harris' native California. Its politicians say bring it on

The GOP nominee has trained his eye even more squarely on the Golden State and its progressive record -- a line of attack he’s likely to lean into at tonight’s debate with Vice President Harris.

September 10, 2024
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  • Marisa Lagos
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