Statewide Region Local News: History

The nation’s first Air Pollution Control District formed in Los Angeles more than 75 years ago.

Climate change deniers make plenty of arguments against the scientific consensus. Do they have a point?

The roots of the climate denial movement go all the way back to the Cold War.

With Barbie getting a big Hollywood movie, here’s how the doll helped build the California toy industry.

Pam Marino of Monterey County Weekly reports that the city government there is grappling with a unique problem: How to provide access to the places that make Monterey “the most historic city in California.”

In landmark ruling, Supreme Court throws out decades of precedent on race-based college admissions.

Members of the panel also attacked the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action.

California has banned use of race as a criterion in college admissions since 1996, but SCOTUS may go further.

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison shutdown may cost hundreds of jobs.

As many as 30 inmates on California's death row may be innocent, statistics show.

California is one of 27 states where the death penalty is legal, but no one has been executed since 2006.

How the mall helped define the landscape of California, and the country.

California is known for its sprawl, but the state may not be as suburban as people believe.