California News Archives

California looking to spend Medicaid money on housing

March 26, 2023 4:04 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six…

Ski resorts in California got so much snow they’re going to stay open through June

March 25, 2023 1:20 PM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 25 MAR 23 02:03 ET Updated: 25 MAR 23 15:48 ET By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The slopes are open for…

Law enforcement personnel are seen outside of the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Stateline

Hard Rock Lake Tahoe shooting leaves 1 person dead

March 25, 2023 4:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Paradise Afshar, CNN A 32-year-old man has died following a shooting at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe, located in Stateline,…

California ends some water limits after storms ease drought

March 24, 2023 10:34 AM Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM DUNNIGAN, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state’s water restrictions on Friday because a winter of…

Floods fill some of California’s summer strawberry fields

March 16, 2023 9:46 AM Associated Press

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate…

California government and Japan announce collaboration on Clean Ports and Shipping

March 15, 2023 5:50 PM Derrick Ow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Wednesday morning, the Governments of California and Japan announced a new initiative chain by collaborating on…

A new atmospheric river slams flood-ravaged California, threatening landslides and forcing more residents to flee

March 14, 2023 1:32 PM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 14 MAR 23 02:37 ETUpdated: 14 MAR 23 15:36 ETBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) –…

California will cease all its business with Walgreens

Newsom to shut Walgreens out of California state business following abortion pill decision

March 7, 2023 12:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Krieg and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN California will cease all its business with Walgreens, the retail drugstore chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom…

‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage enters US House race in LA

March 7, 2023 2:07 PM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ben Savage, who starred as a child in the ABC teen sitcom “Boy Meets World,” is running for a U.S. House seat in…

Southern California to Las Vegas bullet train one step closer to reality

March 3, 2023 6:03 PM FOX 35

By Alexa Mae Asperin LOS ANGELES – A high-speed bullet train connecting Southern California to Las Vegas is one step…

A home is seen buried in snow on March 3 in Twin Bridges

California’s snowfall so far this winter rivals the state’s record-setting season, officials say

March 3, 2023 2:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN After an incredible series of winter storms, California officials reported Friday the state’s…

Feds looking to pay farmers to leave fields unplanted to combat Western drought

March 3, 2023 11:29 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to…

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized with shingles

March 2, 2023 3:47 PM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the oldest member of Congress — disclosed Thursday that she has been…

Tax deadline extended to October for winter storm victims in California

March 1, 2023 4:34 PM Derrick Ow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Internal Revenue Service has extended the tax deadline until Oct. 16 for Californians who were affected by the…

California bill would help protect nannies, house cleaners

March 1, 2023 6:02 PM Associated Press

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California households that employ cleaners or nannies could soon be…

California bill could mean more mentally ill people detained

March 1, 2023 4:07 PM Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More people in California could be detained against their will because of a mental illness…

Robert F. Kennedy killer Sirhan Sirhan denied parole by California board

March 1, 2023 2:56 PM Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying the 78-year-old prisoner still…

California to end COVID-19 State of Emergency at end of February

February 1, 2023 10:33 AM Sandra Santos

SALINAS, California (KMUV-TV) – Governor Gavin Newsom’s office released a statement in October announcing that California would lift the COVID-19…

California governor vows to change law blocking new housing

February 27, 2023 3:20 PM Associated Press

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll work this year to reform a landmark state…

California bill would eventually ban all tobacco sales for anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007

February 27, 2023 11:06 AM KION546 News Team

SACRAMENTO — Some California lawmakers want to eventually ban all tobacco sales in the nation’s most populous state, filing legislation to make it…