California’s weirdest and most supremely staffed city — the extremely industrial Vernon — had one city worker for every 0.8 residents. At the far other end of the spectrum, California’s most soberly-staffed city — Orange County’s own Laguna Woods — had one worker for every 1,322 residents.

On an event page for a "Tesla Diner SoCal Protest," the organizer, Tesla Takedown, points to Musk's handling of X, saying it boosts conspiracy theories and extremist views. The page also calls out Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature as "fraud."

Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they remain committed to rigorous science.

One-third of MAID prescriptions sit on nightstands, serving as little more than peace-of-mind for the ill people who requested them.”

State Senator Caballero said the bill is aimed at allowing water suppliers to focus on fixing the problem rather than "fighting premature lawsuits."

A 64-year-old man living in Arizona at the time of his arrest has been charged after DNA linked him to a California cold case.

Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts.

California government officials are trying to find a buyer for Valero Energy's Benicia refinery near San Francisco, three sources familiar with the matter said, an unusual effort as the clock ticks down on the company's planned closure of the facility in April.