Trump threatens to withhold emergency aid from fire-ravaged California
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened once again Sunday to withhold federal aid from California after its Democratic governor criticized his environmental policies. Over the past two weeks, fires have ravaged nearly 40,000 hectares in the sprawling state, where firefighters on Sunday were battling the Maria ...
Trump seeks to stop California from being global climate leader
The Trump administration on Wednesday sued to try to block California from engaging in international efforts against climate change, charging that the state exceeded its constitutional authority by joining with a Canadian province in a program to cut climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions. The suit, filed ...
California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world
California rolled out the nation's first statewide earthquake warning system on Thursday, designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who urged Californians to download the MyShake app on the anniversary ...
California outlaws private prisons and immigrant detention centers
California on Friday banned private prisons and immigrant detention centers under a bill signed by the liberal state's governor. The measure stipulates that beginning next year, the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is prohibited from entering into or renewing a contract with a private, ...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set its own stricter tailpipe emissions standards, days before a major U.N. summit on averting climate change disaster. The move came after the state reached a deal with major automakers to produce ...
Official names 19-year-old shooter who killed three at famed California garlic festival
A shooter cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd eating and listening to music at a popular food festival in California, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and injuring about 15 others before police quickly shot him dead, authorities said. A ...
