California

The company announced it will relocate its headquarters to Costa Mesa, a year after moving into its current Fort Worth location.

A Cleburne man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued in California last year when a passerby saw her hold up a “Help Me!” sign in a parked car.

Six states either passed legislation to legalize sports wagering or allowed sportsbooks to begin accepting bets. Still on the sidelines are the nation’s two most populous states in California and Texas. Sports betting proponents will hope to make progress against significant headwinds in both states in 2024.

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…