Arthit Tanjapatkul, 43, was charged in the U.S. District Court of Santa Ana with possession of four machine guns and possession of child pornography.

Police said the man was caught by a witness trying to set a fire in a parking lot in Ventura, about five miles east of the Mountain fire.

For nearly a quarter-century, voters in Clallam County, Wash., have gone with the winner in 11 straight presidential elections. The streak ended on Tuesday as voters favored Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.

Newsom’s preemptive strike signals the return of the hostile relationship between Democratic-controlled California and the Trump administration.

A new study found private jet emissions jumped 46% in the last five years, with the U.S. as the main culprit.

The fire prompted evacuation orders for more than 10,000 people as it threatened structures in suburban communities and agricultural areas around Camarillo.

The last time Donald Trump was president, California led the liberal resistance to his agenda. Now it is poised to reprise the role.

Eight pending California clean air rules were expected to prevent 11,000 premature deaths and provide $116 billion in health benefits over three decades.

The California-as-disaster-epic narrative is back. Here are a few reasons not to buy into it, and instead to embrace the state as a bellwether for the country.

In 2008, my Laguna Beach street was lined with signs for Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban. This year’s Proposition 3 is to undo the unenforced measure.