The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday, based on data valid as of Jan. 6, shows 100% of California classified as free of drought conditions, with no areas listed as abnormally dry or experiencing moderate, severe, extreme or exceptional drought.

California’s child care programs won’t be able to access federal funding until they can prove they’re not committing fraud.

Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized President Trump and portrayed his state as “a beacon” of democracy in a State of the State address that suggested national ambitions.

The Trump administration paused over $10 billion in federal funding to California and four other states amid concerns of widespread fraud in programs.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress for more than a decade, has died at the age of 65.

The University of California achieved a record-breaking enrollment in Fall 2025, welcoming over 300,000 students to campuses across the state.

California shed more than 175,000 jobs last year, the most of any state, but losses slowed sharply in the December as hiring plans picked up nationwide.

A centralized deletion system took effect January 1 under one of the nation’s strictest privacy laws Californians can now submit a single request f