California

A digital map showing existing sections of the California Coastal Trail has been released by the Coastal Commission and Coastal Conservancy.

The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden has resigned his position as president of Santa Clara University in Northern California, college officials said, after an investigation found he engaged in inappropriate, alcohol-fueled conversations with graduate students.

Nonprofit organization Clean Up the Lake is planning to remove trash and other debris from the water along Lake Tahoe’s entire 72-mile-long shoreline – a mission that’s believed to be the largest underwater cleanup effort at the popular alpine lake.

A suspected car thief in Corona learned he chose the wrong vehicle when Honda Civic owner Sam Raahauge took matters into her own hands.

Gasoline prices in California have increased exponentially in recent days, reaching record highs at some gas stations in the state.

The window of opportunity is closing for the owner of a lottery ticket worth $26 million to claim the prize.

A California lawmaker is calling for the state’s new fully online community college to be shut down after an audit found that just 12 of its 900-plus students graduated in its first year and more than 40% dropped out, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Three women have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the one-time Northern California home of a former police officer who testified on behalf of the former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin by splashing pig blood on it and leaving a pig’s head near the front porch.

All 4-year-olds in California could go to kindergarten for free under a new proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, part of a broad new education spending package made possible by the state’s surprise budget surplus.

Rob Bonta, California’s new attorney general, says his bureau will focus on addressing hate crimes.

The Bay Area may be approaching a COVID-19 turning point — herd immunity. Experts say it doesn’t mean the virus will disappear, but it will have a harder time spreading.

Authorities say two California police officers were shot and killed and a third was wounded within 24 hours this week in two separate incidents

A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges he obtained $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for phony businesses and then used the money for lavish vacations and to buy a Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini, prosecutors said Monday.