California

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Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

Since 2016, the DMV has collected more than $8 million from nearly 5,300 car sales, according to a CalMatters analysis.

First, there was President Trump’s executive order to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in the Central Valley, then came this week’s atmospheric rivers. With more rain in the forecast, here’s what to know about California’s levees.

California sued Donald Trump 123 times during his first presidency. Trump lost about two-thirds of cases filed against his administration, but that doesn’t guarantee the same results this time around.

Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California’s marketplace more affordable. It's unclear if the incoming Republican Congress will extend the enhanced subsidies beyond 2025.

California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.

The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza. The complaints alleged the schools failed to respond effectively to antisemitic and anti-Arab harassment.

The strike impacted multiple city services, resulting in 311 FAX bus routes being cancelled.

The chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural California farmland far from known contamination sites, like industrial areas, airports, and military bases. Agricultural communities already face the dangers of heavy metals and nitrates contaminating their tap water.