Today, the federal minimum wage is $7.25, but sits at $2.13 for tipped workers, according to the Department of Labor. California is one of just seven states which requires employers to pay tipped ...

Jamie Lam is a senior journalism major who originally started her education in California before transferring to SMU Meadows.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the ...

A new report from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sheds more light on the situation in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a region along the Los Angeles County coast that juts ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced changes to the state's fire laws following a meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday. Newsom's announcement after wildfires devastated Los ...

Temperatures flirting with records this week.

New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them ...

Hundreds of people have gathered to remember 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose who was stabbed to death at his school. Bishop ...

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This evening and tonight will continue to be mostly cloudy, along with scattered showers pushing in from the east. Turning breezy. Monday Tomorrow will see more in the way of cloud, along with ...

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That's after several lawsuits were filed, including by the state of California. Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began gathering hazardous materials this week ...