California Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra names his transition team, which includes longtime aides and advisors to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The proposed change would increase the cost of appealing city land-use and zoning decisions from $229 to more than $1,000 for neighbors, and more than $2,000 for others.

So many letters and cards arrived for the Ojai Raptor Center that the post office had to designate a special trolley cart to hold all of the expressions of gratitude.

Nvidia announced Tuesday that it has hired a former acting U.S. attorney to investigate its CEO, Jensen Huang, following reports of his alleged intimate relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe was spying for China. “The independent members of the NVIDIA Board have retained former acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New...

The removal order for L.A. County Superior Court Judge Robert Draper, who lost his reelection bid, came after findings of 'extensive and severe' misconduct.

A judge allowed Thomas Markle to be released on the condition that he be electronically monitored, which typically means wearing an ankle tether.

Biden showed the note to some members of his staff after his inauguration in 2021 but didn’t let anyone read it, describing it later that day as “very generous."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump over his association with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang following reports about the tech leader having an intimate relationship with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang. “The press reports that Trump was briefed more than a year ago that Nvidia’s CEO was having an affair with a suspected...

The Santa Barbara County Health Department said that the cause of the incident remains under investigation after 30 participants received medical treatment.

'The university has made referrals to university police and Columbus police, and city law enforcement is investigating,' an Ohio State University spokesperson told Global News.

Steve Veres, Darryn Harris and Randall Winston are poised to be declared the official winners in races for the Los Angeles Community College District board of trustees.

A federal appeals court's three-judge panel unanimously limited Tuesday the Trump administration's broad access to journalists' LinkedIn records as part of a national security leak investigation, suggesting it could impart a "damaging blow" to First Amendment rights. The ruling, written by Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, stated the Justice Department's (DOJ) attempt to...

U.S. stocks were under pressure Tuesday after a report showed inflation was worse across the country last month than economists expected.

The charges allege that Jason Watford struck a female passenger aboard an MSC Seascape cruise ship several times before strangling her following a dispute in their room.

Anthropic is seeking a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion for its blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) expected later this month. In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Anthropic said it is planning to sell 825 million shares between $70 and $78 a share. If the company lists shares at the...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) backed an effort Monday to pass new restrictions on China's access to advanced AI chips through an annual defense bill amid a scandal over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. Jeffries, who could become Speaker in the next Congress, said he "strongly supports" chip restrictions...

A fire at a massive building near Vernon sparked road closures as hundreds of firefighters swarmed the area to extinguish the blaze for a second day Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dug in for a fight Tuesday against his potential impeachment in Congress, telling reporters that he's being targeted over “policy disagreements.”

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is looking for an approximately $1.3 trillion valuation in an initial public offering despite new questions about money in the sector.

A Northern California judge on Monday permanently barred Shasta County from implementing a voter-approved initiative that sought to dramatically reshape voting in the conservative stronghold.

The boy, a third-grader in San Diego, was brought to the U.S. with his father, who was deported to Mexico, according to federal and school district officials.

Mayor-elect Nithya Raman came to the U.S. from India as a child. City Atty.-elect Marissa Roy's mother emigrated from India. And City Controller Kenneth Mejia, who won reelection in June, has Filipino heritage.

Almost all the city's Latino power brokers — politicians, nonprofit leaders, union activists, celebrities — bet big on longtime ally Karen Bass, only to now find themselves on the outside looking in.

California voters have passed Proposition 38, authorizing the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research aimed at curing and preventing certain chronic diseases.

Supporters of Proposition 40, a proposal to tax California billionaires to mostly fund healthcare, faced opposition from politicians, a teachers union and other powerful groups before residents cast their votes.

President Trump carried out a surprise press briefing at the White House on Monday, teasing reporters with an appearance by UFC head Dana White — to whom he offered the job as press secretary — and providing a combative response to the GOP’s stunning defeat in the midterm elections. The president took a wide range...

Goods used by public education entities, including those mandated by Indigenous organizations, will be also be eligible for relief.

Austan Goolsbee, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said Monday that the data center buildout is “overheating” the economy and putting upward pressure on prices. “Now this stuff with the AI data center buildout is, to my eye, starting to look more just like old-fashioned demand overheating,” Goolsbee told Subrina Hudson of...

Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado was one of seven charged with stealing about $100 million worth of gold, gems and luxury watches from a Brinks truck in 2022.

Trump, whose administration implemented a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration this year, acknowledged that he lost the favour of some because of the policy.