Mercury is the first home insurer to use California's recently passed regulatory reform to ask for a rate hike. More are likely to follow, experts say.

Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run for his own future White House bid.

A wealthy stretch of beautiful Southern California coastline is about to be taken off the table for developers and homebuilders — and it’s not being protected for conservation. No, this soaring spit of land south of Los Angeles, known for its tall cliffs and endless ocean views, is being set aside because it’s too dangerous.

A California elementary school teacher was sentenced to 215 years to life for luring young children into a private room on campus and filming himself sexually assaulting them in Sacramento.

California could become the first U.S. state to require restaurants to disclose common food allergens in each menu item under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

The closure of one of the most notorious stretches of California highway, delayed earlier this month because of the Gifford Fire, is now slated to take place next week before Labor Day weekend.

California's state fire marshal has officially revoked a number of pyrotechnic licenses as the investigation into the deadly fireworks facility explosion in Esparto continues. The July 1 incident at the Devastating Pyrotechnics facility in Yolo County killed seven people.

California Democrats may have successfully muscled a new congressional map through the state legislature this week, but the redistricting fight in the Golden State is only just beginning.