California's population trickled upward by just 0.05 percent from 2024 to 2025, as Los Angeles lost population due to decreased international migration and the January fires.

Parts of California are bracing for a series of rain and wind events over the next week as back-to-back atmospheric rivers move through the state.

The NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Chile found the comet on July 1. The comet was not visible as it raced behind the sun, getting as close as 130 million miles, for about a month before reappearing in December. After it passes Earth on Friday, the comet is expected to journey back out of the solar system.

California's minimum wage is adjusted every year for inflation and an increase will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Some cities have a higher wage floor.

More than 900 new laws were approved this year in California and many of them will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

We sent a reporter to drive the 15-hour and nearly 700-mile journey across the state, traversing mountain ranges and rock slides, dirt roads and agricultural checkpoints, from Marin to Modoc County.

Ventura Foods sold the recalled goods to retailers including Costco and Publix. The condiments were recalled because they could contain 'foreign objects,' according to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration.

"From the comfort of her suburban California home, Humber used online platforms to celebrate violence and solicit attacks that took the lives of innocent people and injured others around the world. Her incarceration makes the world a safer place," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg in the release.