California

California's Democratic Gov. Newsom is proposing that the state dip into its rainy day reserve fund to close an anticipated $37.9 billion deficit.

Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has agreed to pay the largest-ever fine for violating the Clean Air Act, after the DOJ accused the company of "cheating" to avoid emissions testing.

Investigators are examining the door plug that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday, and it remains unclear if the panel was properly bolted.

The SEC ruled Apple Inc. must put forward to a shareholder vote this spring a resolution that would hold the company accountable for alleged "censorship" practices.

General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise is offering to settle an investigation by a California regulator of the company's failure to disclose details about a pedestrian-involved accident.

A Los Angeles bakery chain announced the closure of its stores on New Year's Eve, citing the rising costs of doing business in California.

Beginning in 2024, California is offering free health insurance to more than 700,000 migrants living illegally in the state as it faces a $68 billion deficit.

Several Pizza Hut franchises in California will lay off delivery drivers across the state months before a new minimum wage law will go into effect.

Anti-Israel protesters in Oakland, California, smashed windows and spray painted "Free Gaza" and "Death 2 Zionism" on Starbucks and Walgreens locations.

The population of California posted a decline of about 75,400 people over 12 months ending July 1, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

The point-in-time homelessness count released by HUD found over 650,000 people experienced homeless on a single night in January 2023, an increase of 12% from 2022.

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard said this week it has settled a $54 million workplace discrimination lawsuit with the State of California.

An armed consignment shop employee scared off suspected would-be robbers when he pointed his gun at them and warned them he was armed, video shows.

General Motors' self-driving vehicle unit Cruise dismissed nine executives in December amid an ongoing safety investigation after a woman was struck and dragged by a Cruise robotaxi.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office arrested a Chinese national suspected of running a gift card scam that allegedly pads foreign bank accounts with shoppers' money.

A small business owner in San Diego, California, earns over $1 million a year with a creative dog-grooming business that brings in clients from all over the U.S. Gabriel Feitosa shared his work.

California police are investigating carjacking at gunpoint of an Amazon delivery driver in Berkeley on Friday.

Stellantis announced it is laying off potentially thousands of employees at two U.S. Jeep plants in the coming months, blaming the move in part on California's emissions regulations.

A Mountain View, California, company announced this week that it was able to fly a small cargo plane with no one on board over San Jose.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office arrested hundreds of people in an anti-theft operation, including a Chinese national involved in a gift card scam, the office said.