An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has directed a Texas-based oil and gas company to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that California’s attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobil’s plastics recycling claims.

California’s top prosecutor is opening a civil rights investigation into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is jumping into the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California.

Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop deploying California National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, current and former House members and at least one billionaire.

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for Tuesday's elections.

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is providing a base for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area.

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help.

The attorneys general of more than a dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S. The coalition argued in the lawsuit that the Environmental Protection Agency’s cancellation of the Solar for All program violated federal law governing federal agencies and constitutional doctrine on separation of powers.

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.

OpenAI has reached a new tentative agreement with Microsoft and said its nonprofit, which technically controls its business, will now be given a $100 billion equity stake in its for-profit corporation.

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status.

A group of more than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood.

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for states to turn over personal data — including names, birthdates, and home addresses — for people who are enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program.

Protesters are rallying against the closure of a major gender-affirming care center for kids and teenagers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, has received court approval to acquire 23andMe, the genetic testing company she co-founded.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions threatens to upend numerous lawsuits that have led to orders blocking Trump administration policies.

A federal judge has partially granted a preliminary injunction that sought to release funds for the build out of electric vehicle chargers in more than a dozen states.

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The current unrest in Los Angeles is a lot different from the last time a U.S. president called out the National Guard to respond to violence on the streets.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources.

A judge has set dates for hearings to consider resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez.

California has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Prosecutors in California say San Bernardino County deputies involved in a shootout that killed a teenage girl and her fugitive father will not face any criminal charges.

The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who've used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes have adopted sharply different approaches to handling Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

The Los Angeles wildfires wiped out thousands of homes, forcing families to find new places to live.

The Trump administration is suing Chicago over what are known as sanctuary laws.

Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit.

California lawmakers will consider a bill to require labels on social media platforms warning of their effects on young people’s lives.

The new Los Angeles police chief says in an interview with The Associated Press that his department is working with consulate offices for Mexico and other Central American countries to draft a plan to protect immigrants ahead of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

California’s attorney general is suing a Catholic hospital, saying that Providence St. Joseph Hospital illegally denied emergency abortion care to a woman.

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastics pollution crisis.

California has reached a settlement with the city of Elk Grove over an affordable housing project.

A California superior court judge has tentatively denied a group's request to change language describing a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools.

A California judge has halted a school district policy that requires parents be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school.

California's attorney general has sued a Southern California school district over its new policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration says three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the southern border to California on private planes went willingly.

California officials say the state of Florida has twice picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flown them by private jet to California's capital.

A California appeals court says Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be released from prison on parole.

Walmart will pay half a million dollars in civil penalties to the state of California over allegations that it was selling and allowing third-party vendors to sell brass knuckles on its website.

The attorneys general of New York and California are investigating allegations of workplace discrimination at the NFL.

California is joining with law firms and advocacy groups to create a hotline that provides access to information and pro bono services for people who need legal help related to abortion.

California officials are suing a local government for not approving an apartment complex for people experiencing homelessness.

Attorneys general in 17 states want the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued Huntington Beach.

California says it will sue the companies that make and promote much of the nation's insulin.

A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals that have over decades found their way into waterways and human bloodstreams.

The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president for their involvement in a racism scandal that has led to days of protests, two investigations and shaken public faith in City Hall.

Former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has announced that she is resigning her council seat amid a scandal over racist remarks that came to light in a leaked recording.

California’s four-year-old legal marijuana market is in disarray.

California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws.

Sephora Inc. has settled a lawsuit claiming the company sold customer information without proper notice in violation of the California’s landmark consumer privacy law.

Officials say one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers.

Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan their housing developments near fire-prone areas.

The California Department of Justice says it wrongly made public the personal information of perhaps hundreds of thousands of gun owners in up to six state-operated databases.

The California attorney general's office says hate crimes in 2021 shot up 33% to nearly 1,800 reported incidents.

Telecommunications industry groups have ended their bid to block California’s net neutrality law that prevents broadband providers from throttling service.

California’s attorney general has subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis.

California officials are asking the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that rejected the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities.

Federal regulators have proposed suspending a Trump administration rule that would have allowed railroads to haul liquefied natural gas while they take a closer look at the potential safety risks.

Some Lake Tahoe residents who fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border have encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.

Forty to 50 times a year, new teams from the California Department of Justice will now be expected to respond fatal police shootings of unarmed civilian.

The Supreme Court has ordered California to stop collecting the names and addresses of top donors to charities.

Hate crime in California reached its highest reported level in more than a decade last year.

California has added five more states including Florida to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community.

Officials from California, New York and other states want the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards.

Scott Applewhite, File)SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The public and private jockeying to be California's next attorney general is intensifying as Gov. It's a powerful nod of support for Schiff, who does not have much of a personal relationship with Newsom. AdThe job of attorney general is among the highest profile in California, second only to governor in terms of public recognition and overall power. Steinberg, the Sacramento mayor and former leader of the state Senate, is making private appeals to Newsom and his inner circle. Steinberg has a long and close relationship with Newsom, which could be an asset as Newsom faces a potential recall.