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Operators of California’s power grid expect to issue calls for voluntary conservation of electricity during a prolonged heat wave building...

California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a...

Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try...

Starbucks Corp. executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain’s efforts to...

California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if they smoke marijuana when...

The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon has burned nearly 18.75 square miles is threatening thousands of homes and...

California lawmakers this week approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power...

Judge Indu Thomas entered the final order declaring that Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler exceeded his authority when he issued a...

California is facing a prolonged late-summer heat wave this week, with widespread triple-digit temperatures starting in the south and spreading...