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The British actor had disappeared in January northwest of LA during a hike

Sands, an avid hiker and mountaineer, was reported missing January 13 after setting out on the peak that rises more than 10,000 feet east of Los Angeles

The 62-year-old McKinleyville, California, resident and his wife say they believe FBI officials withheld information about negotiations with the captors

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants

Two firms will stop offering coverage in risk areas in California, sparking debate over company limits and homeowners’ rights

The vocalist, who performed last week at Primavera Sound in Madrid, is preparing new material after more than four decades on stage

The statement of faith for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors

DeSantis’ recruiters zeroed in on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in El Paso and its bustling migrant shelter to find asylum-seekers to fly to California’s capital city on Florida’s taxpayer-funded jets

Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment would also institute a “reasonable” waiting period for all gun purchases and ban assault rifles throughout the country

‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’, Bourdain’s posthumously released book, gives readers an atlas to the places he considered the most culinarily important

Attorney general Rob Bonta says he’s looking into whether any crimes may have been committed in what could be the latest group to have been moved from a Republican-led state to one led by Democrats

The court took up affirmative action in response to challenges at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Lower courts upheld admission systems at both schools, rejecting claims that the schools discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants

Caste is a division of people based on birth and descent. Many members say they still face caste-based discrimination in their jobs, in education and in places of worship.

The OpenAI co-founder, who has been touring Europe all week, is a typical Silicon Valley character, also because of his controversial views

One of the greatest actors of the eighties and nineties debuts on the small screen this Friday with ‘FUBAR,’ followed by a three-episode documentary on his life 

The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire. About half the cuts would come by the end of 2024

One project would build a tunnel to carry large amounts of water beneath the natural channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The other would build a massive reservoir near the tiny community of Sites in Northern California

As anti-trans legislation and bills prohibiting drag performances are roiling the country, San Francisco is fighting back by naming an ambassador-style position designed to represent the city’s famous LGBTQ+ community

The legendary band, part of the California explosion of the 1990s, is signing off after a 40-year career with a farewell tour

The 47-year-old former star of ‘That ‘70s Show’ is on rape trial for a second time after the first ended in a mistrial in December

The El Pintor collection gets fresh life from a new biography and an upcoming exhibit at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

The last time the company projected a decline in revenue was in 2009 in the aftermath of the bursting of the housing bubble and financial crisis

The end of Trump’s controversial immigration rule makes way for a new regime fraught with uncertainties. Here’s what’s known about what comes next

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion. That’s about $10 billion more than predicted in January, when the governor offered his first budget proposal

The California Democrat announced in early March that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco and was being treated for a case of shingles, forcing her to be absent for two months

The so-called safe injection sites are places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much

The group is expected on Saturday to sign off on key recommendations making up its final report before the proposals are put in the hands of state lawmakers