California News Archives

DA: Sexually violent predator will not move to Bonny Doon

February 10, 2023 12:28 PM Ricardo Tovar

UPDATE AT 12:04 P.M. ON APRIL 25, 2023- The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s office announced that the California Supreme Court would not hear…

New California gun proposals follow Lunar New Year shooting

April 24, 2023 1:00 PM Associated Press

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — California officials gathered Monday in Monterey Park and proposed three new laws aimed at preventing more gun…

California launches website to help residents find climate resources

April 21, 2023 5:27 PM Ricardo Tovar

Calif. (KION-TV)- Beginning Friday, Californians can now visit a newly launched website aimed at connecting residents with climate resources like ZEV…

California surpasses 1.5 million zero emission vehicles sold two years ahead of schedule

April 21, 2023 3:44 PM Ricardo Tovar

Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Newsom announced Friday that California reached its goal for zero emission vehicles sold two years before the state’s…

California could protect sex assault victims facing lawsuits

April 20, 2023 1:36 PM Associated Press

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers voted Thursday to protect sexual assault…

Thousands of acres are underwater in California, and the flood could triple in size this summer

April 15, 2023 12:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Torrents and torrents of rain have drowned thousands of acres of farmland in California’s Central…

The best places to see the superbloom in California

April 14, 2023 2:14 PM FOX 35

by: Iman Palm Now that California’s historic wet winter is firmly in the rearview mirror, many Californians are flocking to state parks to catch a…

Biden Administration approves federal funding to connect 127,000 California homes and businesses to affordable high-speed internet

April 13, 2023 3:27 PM Derrick Ow

SAN BERNARDINO, CA, (KION-TV)- The U.S. Department of Treasury approved $540.2 million for high-speed internet projects in California under the…

Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states

April 12, 2023 10:14 AM Associated Press

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District…

California to keep paying Walgreens despite abortion dispute

April 7, 2023 12:57 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov.…

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

March 31, 2023 8:51 AM Associated Press

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for…

EXCLUSIVE: Jasper Wu’s family voices concerns over murder suspects’ possible shorter sentences

March 30, 2023 11:19 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 08 MAR 23 14:18 ETBy Dion Lim Click here for updates on this story FREMONT, California (KGO) — The…

Governor Newsom makes $736 million in Homekey funds available

March 29, 2023 2:44 PM Ricardo Tovar

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he had made $736 million in funds available to help house individuals…

California may end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ laws

March 29, 2023 3:05 PM Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their…

New California gas price law another defeat for oil industry

March 28, 2023 5:07 PM Associated Press

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was just a few weeks ago that California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the oil industry the…

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…

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) –…

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…

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 Iveth 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…

Most dangerous states to drive in

February 22, 2023 7:02 AM Stacker

Stacker used the Federal Highway Administration’s to rank states by the fatalities per billion miles…

California to review cases for possible wrongful convictions

February 17, 2023 5:35 PM FOX 35

California’s justice department will soon begin reviewing criminal cases for possible wrongful convictions, searching for “evidence of significant…

California’s heavy rains deliver hope of a lifeline for one devastated industry — rice

February 16, 2023 5:11 PM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 16 FEB 23 10:38 ETUpdated: 16 FEB 23 18:48 ETBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN (CNN) — The fierce storms and…

MLS games will be available to bars, restaurants via DirecTV

February 16, 2023 8:04 AM Associated Press

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Bars and restaurants with DirecTV can still show Major League Soccer games. The satellite service announced on Thursday…

California debates what to do with water from recent storms

February 15, 2023 5:11 PM FOX 35

By ADAM BEAM Weeks after powerful storms dumped 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow on California, state officials and environmental groups in the…

California and Nevada may ban forced prison labor, servitude

February 15, 2023 4:29 PM Associated Press

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada and California are advancing…

Dianne Feinstein announces she won’t run for reelection in 2024

February 14, 2023 11:06 AM CNN Newsource

CNN — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024. “I am announcing today I will not run…

Edwin Castro was named as the winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever – a record-setting $2.04 billion Powerball prize – in a California news conference on Tuesday

Sole winner of November’s $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot is announced

February 14, 2023 6:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Watts and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The sole winner of November’s record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was named Tuesday at a…

Granite Bay, CA, father-daughter duo shed light on Asian American health issues

February 12, 2023 11:15 AM CNN

GRANITE BAY, California (KOVR) — Asian American Pacific Islander leaders from all fields headed to Los Angeles this weekend for UCLA’s AAPI Policy…

Judge could bar comments to press after California shooting

February 10, 2023 3:35 PM Associated Press

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday barred attorneys from talking to the press about the criminal case of a farmworker accused of killing…

Santa Cruz and Greenfield to receive nearly $35 million of $825 million for affordable housing

February 9, 2023 5:28 PM Ricardo Tovar

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that more than $825.5 million would be given to around 58 communities in…

California proposal would reinstate prisoners’ voting rights

February 8, 2023 6:31 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions…

Governor Newsom wants federal investigation into high gas prices in California

February 7, 2023 3:47 PM Ricardo Tovar

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Gavin Newsom demands action after natural gases have dropped across the country, except in California. Prices…

New California oil well ban put on hold for voters to decide

February 3, 2023 6:28 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s new law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and other community sites has been put on…

California weighs making flag football a girls’ school sport

February 3, 2023 1:29 PM Associated Press

California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport amid soaring popularity of the game and a push…