California
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Unionized workers negotiated contract that ensured they would be paid at least $15 per hour and included protections against sexual harassment
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The White House is sending a replacement coin to 94-year-old Betty Soskin, who says she hopes she can recover the original from violent home intruder
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Incorrect reports that contest winner SweePee had oozing sores led to a quest for the truth. Turns out the honor goes to an acne-ridden pup named Icky
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Monica Moreno, a cafeteria worker at Intel, joins a movement to unionize food service workers and protest conditions at Silicon Valley technology companies
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A lack of access to pools and the money to pay for lessons drives a racial divide in swimming ability. But after getting married, I had no choice but to dive in
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Owner of SweePee Rambo, the blind Chinese crested who took home this year’s crown, has hit back at reports judge gave ‘extra points’ for an oozing sore
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Initiatives focus on avoiding legal liability rather than preventing misconduct, EEOC reported, which University of California Berkeley staff reaffirmed
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If we’re going to make rulings on a case by case basis, then judicial discretion can only be entrusted to judges who will use it fairly – and Aaron Persky clearly can’t
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Rescuers off the coast of southern California work to help a blue whale which had become entangled in fishing gear
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Alarm raised after animal was spotted raising its head out of the water off the coast of Orange county
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German automakers to pay 500,000 US diesel owners $5000 each on average and a series of emissions fines
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Sacramento officials report seven people taken to hospitals after a white nationalist group and counter-protesters attack each other
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More homes destroyed as tally increases to 200 as two people are reported dead and firefighters may have found human remains
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Owner will use $15,000 for removal of tumor on SweePee Rambo’s gum but Himisaboo, ‘dog that looks like Donald Trump’, fails to place
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Couple were overcome by smoke outside their house in Kern County, where wildfire has destroyed at least 150 homes and burned nearly 47 square miles
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In July, Congress will consider a bill to legalize industrial farming of hemp in the US. Hemp farmers around the country say it’s been a long time coming
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Disaffected by the annual parade, members of San Francisco’s LGBT community are choosing alternative events to celebrate identity and solidarity with Orlando
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A raging wildfire has destroyed at least 60 homes in central California
Donald Trump hopes to cure cash woes with $449,400-per-ticket fundraiser