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Gavin Newsom says new pay floor of $17.40, set to become highest of any US state, will go into effect on 1 January

As the cost of opening traditional brick-and-mortar businesses continues to climb, more Northern California food entrepreneurs are rethinking how they do business, from building home-based operations to working out of shared commercial kitchens

Behind a secure door in an unassuming office building in Irvine, rows of servers quietly power hospital systems, financial institutions and emergency communications. While the activity inside one of DataBank’s Southern California facilities is largely invisible to the public, data centers like it are drawing increasing scrutiny from lawmakers and nearby communities concerned about their…

Affordability is weighing California down in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best States Rankings, which revealed who is outperforming in areas like health care access and math test scores — and who is coming in dead last

The second of two red panda cubs born at a Santa Barbara Zoo in California earlier this summer died over the weekend, the zoo said Monday

SACRAMENTO — Last week, news broke that an artificial intelligence thingamajig broke free from the constraints of its maker, OpenAI, and committed what could be considered a string of white-collar felonies if it were human

Factual/News Headline: California Tourism Surge: San Francisco Projects Nine Point Nine Billion Dollars in Spending While LA and San Diego Draw Record Event VolumesCuriosity-Gap Headline: Why California’s Three Signature Destinations Are Breaking Tourism Records and Resetting Travel Trends in 2026Problem-Solving Headline: How to Book Hotel Stays and Navigate Mega Events in San Francisco, Los Angeles,…

Calif. (KGET) — The United Way of Central Eastern California and Superior Grocers are teaming up for a summer meal initiative, aiming to ensure Kern County children don’t go hungry while school is out

California Gov. Newsom Holds News Conference on Firefighting Technology Investments | Video | C-SPAN.org LIVE

Trump’s health secretary says AI used to identify potential fraud in Democratic-run states