California

Housing costs are driving decisions to move out of California, which with 39 million residents is the most populous U.S. state, according to Manuel Pastor, a professor of sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Altogether, more than three dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento on flights last Friday and on Monday.

The full-page ads tout California’s recent passage of a gun law that allows people to sue those who illegally manufacture guns. The law is modeled after Texas’ controversial abortion legislation.

America is growing more geographically polarized — red ZIP codes are getting redder and blue ZIP codes are becoming bluer. People appear to be sorting.

The Golden State continues to lead the pack of U.S. residents relocating to Texas each year.

About 10,800 residents are under evacuation orders because of the Maria Fire, one of two wildfires threatening Ventura County. Farther north, the Kincade Fire is 70% contained.

Updated 5:09 p.m.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the wildfire in the city's western neighborhoods has scorched more than 600 acres but its growth has…

Two blazes, in Los Angeles County, and in Riverside County, destroyed more than 100 structures this week. Evacuation orders had been lifted in all of Los Angeles County by Saturday night.

A wildfire raged out of control along the northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battled…

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the measure he signed is "the beginning of a national movement." It's also sure to irk the NCAA, which has banned athletes from hiring agents and signing endorsement deals.

The population of Texas is growing at an almost astonishing rate. An estimated 1,000 people move here each day. And many of those newcomers are coming…

As good as life can be for many in Southern California, there are still lots of people who think about pulling up stakes and moving out of state. And many…