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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of two homeowner insurance-related bills have renewed tensions with the wildfire survivor advocacy groups who fought his recent bid for sweeping reforms to how much ...Read more

The two men seeking to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom as California’s next governor will debate before a prime-time audience Wednesday evening in what is expected to be voters’ only chance to see Democrat Xavier Becerra and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With a strong El Niño increasing the odds of big storms this fall and winter, California is on alert for possible flooding. But if it delivers a wet punch, it will also bring an upside: a bonanza of water....Read more

The last time Tom Cruise starred in an original movie, not a franchise installment (“Mission: Impossible”) or lega-sequel (“Top Gun: Maverick”), was in 2017, with Doug Liman’s “American Made.” The last time ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from ...Read more

DETROIT — The University of Michigan is pausing its proposed pilot program that would "cover" first-semester grades of freshmen in the university's College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts, the Ann Arbor university ...Read more

CHICAGO — On Tuesday morning, as has been happening annually since 1981, a small number of people have had their lives changed. This year, there are 20 of them, a group that has been formally announced as recipients of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A group of state representatives asked Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday to whether investigate whether a “systemic pattern of discrimination” against Jewish students occurs in the Philadelphia...Read more

DETROIT — General Motors Co. President Mark Reuss said Tuesday, Sept. 29 that the Detroit automaker remains committed to electric vehicles, even as strict Biden-era environmental rules pushing the industry toward ...Read more

In parts of a Zeekr factory in northeastern China, luxury electric vehicles are pieced together by hundreds of robots in the dark: If there's no need for human workers, there's no need to keep the lights on.

Experts say ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- In May, when Samuel Gonzalez Terrones was diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia, he started seeing a therapist and taking medication that he hoped would finally alleviate the dark thoughts that had ...Read more

SEATTLE — An initiative seeking to repeal Washington's new income tax on $1 million-plus earners trails badly in a new poll when voters are shown legally required ballot language summarizing its potential impacts on the ...Read more

New iPhone day is a recognized holiday at my house. I like to take the day off (or at least work from home) and wait for the delivery.

Apple made some big news with the iPhones it introduced at its event in early ...Read more

Disney's latest live-action remake of an animated hit tops the DVD releases for the week of Oct. 6.

"Moana": The young princess Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) is chosen by the ocean to return the heart of Te Fiti in order to ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Symphony is further expanding its global reach — just one month after announcing that its debut tour of Europe next year — with Tuesday's official launch of its Beyond Borders: North ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a raft of bills designed to push back on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement in California, including bans on electric shock gloves and a revamped ban on law ...Read more

A four-hour class with range shooting will be required of new California gun owners under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The stricter rules for a firearm safety certificate will apply to gun owners moving to ...Read more

On a tarmac in Texas, federal agents repeatedly ordered a group of shackled immigrants off a bus and onto an airplane that they had heard was destined for Africa.

Many complied, but some men refused. They had sought ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade’s Democratic mayor says President Donald Trump is wrong to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 global summit in Doral.

In a statement, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Putin’s ...Read more