'No matter who you supported in this election, we stand united in the fight for San Franciscos future,' Daniel Lurie said.

LOS ANGELES — Humanity’s heating of the planet, driven by the burning of fossil fuels and unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases, has become the main driver of worsening droughts in California and the American West, according to new research. A team of UCLA and NOAA scientists found that while droughts in the last century were caused mainly by decreases in precipitation through natura...

From family planning to hospital bills, the new Trump administration has the potential to affect a wide range of policies in the Golden State and beyond.

One of the most surprising results from this weeks election came in California, a state where there was zero doubt about the presidential result. Like other states, California has language in its state constitution that mirrors the Thirteenth Amendment: Slavery is prohibited. Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime.I...

Top health researchers from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia have teamed with those from the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco on the Decoding Broken Hearts initiative.

Officials in several Southern California counties urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round ofnotorious Santa Ana winds.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a special legislative session to increase funding to defend state policies from President-elect Donald Trump's agenda prior to his January inauguration.

The California representative urged Americans not to be "helpless" after the president-elect's win.

Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire in Northern California that would become the states deadliest ever, killing 86 people and nearly destroying the community of Paradise.

Focus Features revealed Robert Eggers’ much-anticipated gothic vampire horror Nosferatu on Thursday night in a special screening for select guild members and press. During a post-screening Q&A with Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro at the Directors’ Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles, Nosferatu writer-director Robert Eggers revealed key factors that went into making t...

Federal officials are investigating racist text messages targeting black Americans throughout the country. Residents in New York, Alabama, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Ohio have reported receiving hateful messages. The FBI said in astatement that it is aware of the situation and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities. The anonymous messages […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks overcame the loss of top scorer Brock Boeser to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Thursday night.Boeser, who scored a career-high 40 goals last season and leads Vancouver with six goals this ...

Matt Boldy scored twice, and Kirill Kaprizov had three assists as Minnesota rebounded from Sunday's 5-1 loss to Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Josh Cohen had 19 points and Saint Thomas hit a late 3-pointer to help Southern California hold off Idaho State 75-69. Dylan Darling made both ends of a one-and-one following his layup to give Idaho State a 58-57 lead with 8:45 left to play. USC (2-0) moved back ahead by three, but Evan Otten hit 1 of 2 free throws and followed with a dunk to tie the game at 63 with 4:02 re...

The fast-moving Mountain fire forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed neighborhoods in the hilly communities of Ventura County. We figured we were trapped, one resident said.

A wind-driven wildfire in Southern California that's prompted thousands to evacuate has injured 10 people, destroyed 132 structures and damaged another 88 in less than two days of critical fire weather, officials said Thursday.The big picture: California Gov.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 18 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 15 and California erased Cal Polys early double-digit lead, going on to a 91-73 victory on Tuesday night. Blacksher hit four 3-pointers and the Golden Bears went 11 of 26 from the arc in improving to 2-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season they opened with four wins. Rytis Petraitis scored 13 poin...

It is now more than two days since polls closed in Arizona and California, yet neither state is anywhere near close to completing its vote counts. Whereas Florida had 95% of its vote count completed and reported within two hours of polls closing, Arizona has not yet reached the 75% mark and California is barely […]

Breed has been a major player in local politics since joining the Board of Supervisors in 2013.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels and right-hander Kyle Hendricks have finalized a $2.5 million, one-year contract. Hendricks had spent his entire big league career with the Chicago Cubs. He is 97-81 with a 3.68 ERA in 270 starts and six relief appearances over 11 seasons. He was the last Cubs player remaining from their 2016 World Series champions, who won the teams first titl...