Rattlesnake Bite Kills Woman on Popular California Trail
Hikers in a popular park in southern California’s Ventura County are being warned to be on alert…
California legislator aims to Montana close car-tax loophole
California residents for years have set up “shell corporations,” or companies with no or few business operations, in…
Sewage pollution plagues schools in this California beach town
By Deborah Brennan, CalMatters Farron Espinoza with her son, Alan Gonzalez, 9, at Bayside Elementary School in Imperial…
Exploring American Hometowns: Irvine, California
Live long enough in Irvine, California, and you might begin to think you are living in “The Truman…
CA budget bleeds red ink with pressure from Trump’s cuts
By Dan Walters, CalMatters A reporter holds a copy of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget summary at the Capitol…
The inspiring, infuriating, even comic tale of how we defeated L.A.’s smog and why we may have to again
A city of swans, that’s us. From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place…
Smoglandia: Smog checks, diamond lanes and leaf blower bans work, but a dark cloud comes from D.C.
Even if you weren’t around Los Angeles in 1992, you’ve heard of Rodney King, the man whose videotaped…
Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle
Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe…
Calif. doctors say insurance isn’t enough. Patients are paying.
When Maya Mackrandilal opened up an email from her primary care physician in 2021, she laughed. She had recently…
California wine is changing, so why haven’t wine clubs?
Jon Wurtzel, left, and Wendy Owen taste wine at Kivelstadt Cellars in Sonoma in 2022. Kivelstadt’s Community Club targets…
Sony and Honda pull the plug on the $100,000 EV they were going to launch in California
As major automakers pare back their EV offerings, Sony and Honda are scrapping their plans to launch a…
Smoglandia: Quandary — The smog we hate so much versus the cars we love so much
Eighty years ago, the enchantment ended. Los Angeles, that magical realm of shimmering natural beauty, was befouled by…