Political prognosticators legally bet over $100 million on the 2024 presidential election, favoring Harris over Trump.

Actor and former Sacramentan LeVar Burton received the 2023 Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden for his impact as an ...

Social Security has thus far been self-sustaining—payroll taxes go into this big fund, which then pays out monthly checks.

This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new ...

Advocates for the measure say it’ll help California reach more people with substance use disorder treatment. Opponents say it ...

With much at stake on Election Day, labor unions have deployed canvassers to knock on doors in swing states. With polling tight, the focus is on turning out the vote.

Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn't fancy enough — but they also say it's too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up change.

The Orange County Water District's wastewater recycling program uses ponds, manmade waterfalls and technology to keep wells from running dry -- a model for other regions facing water scarcity.

Several people caught dengue fever locally in Los Angeles this fall. Climate change and invasive mosquitoes have made that ...

Toby Ewing, executive director of California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, is resigning ...

A special kind of beauty contest featuring bats kicked off in the lead-up to Halloween: The Bureau of Land Management is ...

JPMorgan Chase is filing lawsuits against customers who exploited a viral technical glitch this summer that allowed people to pull huge amounts from Chase ATMs.