Another piece highlights cafés such as Queen Bean as "third places" where residents gather for dialogue and creativity. The West Modesto Community Collaborative offers a venue for community ...

How does it change us as a nation to witness countless acts of cruelty by our government?” asks the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Two new laws that have drawn widespread attention and are going into effect Jan. 1 include a broad ban on single-use plastic bags from stores, and a ban on procedures to remove cats’ claws, unless ...

The Jackson County vote in 2024 was the catalyst for the Chiefs’ move to Kansas. We break it down in our latest SportsBeat KC podcast.

In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed ...

Melodee Buzzard, the missing 9-year-old girl from Lompoc, was found shot to death in rural Utah in what the Santa Barbara County sheriff called a “ruthless act” that ultimately led to the arrest of ...

The families of seven people killed in the July 1 fireworks explosion in Esparto have filed a $35 million claim against Yolo County, state fireworks regulators and several public officials, alleging ...

California City Immigration Processing Center is California’s largest ICE detention facility. The 2,560-bed facility was formerly a privately-operated state prison until it closed in early 2024.

California Democratic and Republican members of Congress have come together to strongly urge the Trump administration to stop cutting jobs at national parks, saying the reductions have hurt emergency ...

Two former employees of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor are alleging a toxic environment at the Sacramento ICE facility where the former employees say, some case specialists ...

On Thursday, Dec. 18, Trump signed an executive order adding two extra paid holidays to the federal calendar in 2025. During ...

Yosemite’s iconic tunnel view unveils an unusually quiet snowy winter scene with banks piled high with snow and ice covering ...