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Bay Area firefighters joined forces with other crews to contain a vast wildfire that started Tuesday morning and has already razed nearly 3,000 acres in Los Angeles County.Dubbed the Palisades Fire, the blaze started in the mountains north of the …

A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach in Santa Monica from a wildfire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025. Photo by Richard Vogel, AP Photo

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Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of the state’s water supplies.

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The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the “structural insolvency” of the unemployment benefits fund — but businesses aren’t happy and it’s unclear if lawmakers will get on board.

The National Weather Service reported a gust of 99 mph near Altadena at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday; 98 mph near Woodland Hills at 9:37 p.m.; and 84 mph at Hollywood Burbank Airport at 8:30 p.m.

Actors and producers Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have traded accusations of sexual misconduct, smear tactics and more. But the film is doing quite well.

The FDA has set maximum levels for lead in baby food. A new California law requires baby food makers selling products in the state to disclose levels of four heavy metals.

HELENA, Mont. — A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana's Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care debate of the 2025 Montana Legislature.

On the heels of a scuttled hospital merger between rivals in Terre Haute, Indiana, a state senator introduced a bill that would forbid similar mergers in the future.

We've all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breaking storms washing away entire neighborhoods. The melting glaciers, the rising sea levels, the coastal flooding.

'The hydrants are down,' said one firefighter battling the Palisades Fire, as crews contend with diminished flows from hydrants.

The California Highway Patrol is warning the public to beware of fraudsters posing as “AMBER Alert representatives” offering to “register” children.“They ask for confidential info and to meet at your home,” the CHP said in a post on social media. …

While post-election autopsies vary on why Democrats fared so poorly in November, there is general consensus that a major factor was voter resentment of high inflation in their costs of living.

The impact of the Trump administration's decisions on education and immigration will devour attention in California and beyond as a new year begins.

The Eaton fire is burning near Altadena and Pasadena. Here are evacuation areas and school closures as of Tuesday night.

California schools don’t pay enough to teachers or have the resources to meet the needs of its students, according to a CTA survey of educators.

For dancer, choreographer and teacher Krissy Keefer, 2025 is a big year. It marks five decades since she started the seed of Dance Brigade, her unabashedly feminist contemporary troupe, and 25 years since she landed in San Francisco from Oregon …

A fire that broke out in the foothills near Eaton Canyon around 6:28 p.m. has quickly grown to 400 acres.