Millions at risk of Los Angeles-style wildfires in Australia
Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban…
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With the start of the new year, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a…
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Letters to the Editor: It’s time for California to move its power lines underground
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Christmas brings respite from heaviest downpour, but flooding, mudslide risks persist
The heaviest part of a storm system that pummeled the Los Angeles area and other parts of the…
Weather updates: Winter storm warnings issued in Southern California
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Larry Ellison pledges $40-billion personal guarantee for Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid
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Sac Sheriff looking for missing teen
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Man held at ICE detention center faces ‘imminent death’, lawyers say
A man held at California’s newest and largest immigration detention center could face “imminent death,” attorneys argued in…
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For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of…
California schools can stop truancy without arresting parents | Guest Commentary | Commentary
Gov. Gavin Newsom and I don’t have much in common politically. He’s the Democratic governor of California; I…