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California's billionaire wealth tax, Proposition 40, looks like a close call based on recent polls. Here is what to know before Election Day on Nov. 3.
California’s $750 million bet on Hollywood has not reversed the overall decline in production, according to data released Wednesday by FilmLA. Instead, production levels fell 3.7% in the third quarter — even as the share of projects receiving state subsidies continued to rise. Location shoots remain well below the five-year average. State officials had hoped […]
The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.
Video shows a man screaming in pain as ICE agents pin him down during an arrest in Long Beach, California.
Newsom signed an executive order to examine kill switches for AI models and other measures he had earlier vetoed.
A fast-moving fire fueled by high winds burned at least six homes in Southern California on Friday, engulfing expensive coastal properties and prompting thousands to evacuate.
Multiple mansions have been engulfed in the fires raging in California while firefighters continue to douse the blaze. Thousands of people have been evacuated and many others are without power.
Multiple mansions have been engulfed in the fires raging in California while firefighters continue to douse the blaze.
The fast-spreading Norte Fire in Orange County is fuelled by intense warm winds and unseasonably high temperatures.
Fanned by the fierce Santa Ana winds, the Norte Fire is one of 13 burning across the state.
A fast-moving fire near Malibu has forced evacuations. Stronger overnight winds threaten to spread the flames further.
Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states.
The lawsuit by the Trump administration comes less than a month before the midterm election that will determine which party controls both chambers of Congress.
Horticulture teacher Travis Gienger hauled his pumpkin from Minnesota to Half Moon Bay, California where he won the annual event.
Large waves from the post-tropical cyclone battered homes in Long Beach, and brought flooding to parts of Las Vegas near the famed Strip.
Construction crews were seen trying to block waves entering homes along California's coast
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California. During the mission, Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the space station for a spacewalk. In all, she undertook three spacewalks on August 18 and 25, and September 1.
The USS Lincoln docked in California on Thursday ending a record deployment of 265 days of uninterrupted time at sea marked by reports of deteriorating conditions onboard. Crew members were reunited with family they had not seen in nearly a year after their mission was prolonged by the war in Iran.
The crew completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
In our 'In Context' section we review how Californians are going to vote a tax on big fortunes on November 3. This is Proposition 40, which offers a 5% single tax on the assets of the state's billionaires. The proposal seeks to address the budget cuts of Republican Donald Trump. Magnates and Silicon Valley leaders, such as Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, have embarked on a crusade to stop that gravamen.
