The average homeowners insurance policy in California costs about $1,429 per year, according to Bankrate data. That's significantly less than the national average of $2,258 per year, but owners in ...

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You can use it to find information about public employee compensation in California government agencies and in the state’s public universities. About 260,000 people work for the state of ...

The strongest storm to impact parts of California in over a year has arrived and was drenching hundreds of miles of the state Thursday. Coastal areas and valleys in Southern California ...

“It’s more of an old-school Orange County Republican-type district, and Young Kim has typically done pretty well with that type,” said Rob Pyers of California Target Book, the nonpartisan ...

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Seismologists are closely monitoring California's fault lines as concerns grow about the possibility that the "Big One" could happen soon. The "Big One" refers to a massive earthquake that could ...

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New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them ...

Cases of the flu viruses continue to surge across the U.S. and California, placing a strain on healthcare systems and causing tens of millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths each year.