Two emerging factors may be helping reduce the risk of a catastrophic explosion at the chemical tank in Garden Grove, California.

Ten California mayors push back against Gov. Newsom's high-speed rail funding plans, opposing the use of local taxpayer money after 16 years of no track.

In a new plan, environmental groups call for a "water renaissance" in California, saying the state needs to invest much more in local water.

A Democratic congressional candidate in California has repeatedly turned her back on the American flag and declined to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at public functions. Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang skipped the pledge at a Veterans Day ceremony last year,