From 2020-2021, California recorded the highest surge in reported hate crimes since the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the state’s Attorney General, Rob Bonta. Bonta announced ...

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Rolling Loud California 2021 will be an 18+ event, the festival's organizers announced in a tweet last night. "We welcome everyone to experience our festivals," they wrote. "However, in light of ...

SACRAMENTO — The nation's most populous state is shrinking. California's population declined again in 2021 for the second consecutive year, state officials said Monday, the result of a slowdown in ...

J. Cole, Kid Cudi, and Future will headline the SoCal extravaganza. The 2021 edition of the Rolling Loud California festival kicks off today (December 10). Music fans unable to make it to the NOS ...

Home prices in the state far outpaced the national average, with outlying suburbs and smaller metro areas seeing the most significant increases. By Candace Jackson The real estate market in California ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) will pay $45 million for its involvement in California’s second largest-ever wildfire, state regulators announced Thursday. The settlement pertains to the 2021 ...

It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and the pandemic’s startling death toll in California and elsewhere appeared close to being reined in. Instead, life expectancy in California ...