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FILE – Vice President Kamala Harris speaks before signing the desk drawer in her ceremonial office, a long-standing tradition for Vice Presidents, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kamala Harris plans a speech sharply criticizing Donald Trump’s policies

April 30, 2025 at 7:46 a.m.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt...

FILE – Ella Venne, left, searches through the remnants of her family’s home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

As flames linger, talk turns to rebuilding Los Angeles neighborhoods leveled by wildfires

January 16, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.

Staggered after one of the most destructive natural disasters in Southern California history, thousands of heartbroken families, burned-out business owners and beleaguered leaders across Los Angeles County are beginning to...

FILE- U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, left, D-Calif., and Republican Steve Garvey, both candidates for U.S. Senate, participate in a debate Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Glendale, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

California Democrat Adam Schiff wins US Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein

November 5, 2024 at 11:35 p.m.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest.

FILE – Former baseball player Steve Garvey speaks during a televised debate for candidates in the senate race on Jan. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. Several prominent Democratic House members are jostling to fend off Republican former baseball great Steve Garvey in the fight for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat

March 5, 2024 at 11:41 p.m.

Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will compete in November for the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Dianne Feinstein. It’s a rare...

A customer wears a mask while shopping at The Green Cross cannabis dispensary in San Francisco. As about 7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area are under shelter-in-place orders, only allowed to leave their homes for crucial needs in an attempt to slow virus spread, marijuana stores remain open and are being considered "essential services."

A pot shop at your door: Home delivery surges amid outbreak

March 20, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

One company rushed to expand its delivery fleet. Another has seen sales triple. The global coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people locked out of bars, restaurants and theaters, but...

He’s 29, Mexican, Arab and suddenly relevant

May 23, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar, a 29-year-old who's never held elected office, was working on a TV advertisement to boost his exposure when news broke that his opponent, the heavily...

A sign on the chimney of a home warns looters Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, after it was destroyed by wildfires in Glen Ellen, Calif. California fire officials have reported significant progress on containing wildfires that have ravaged parts of Northern California.

California fires cause at least $1 billion in damages, burn 7,000 buildings

August 22, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

The wildfires that have devastated California this month caused at least $1 billion in damage to insured property, officials said Thursday, as authorities raised the number of homes and other...

California: To expand tanks, SeaWorld must stop breeding killer whales

June 20, 2019 at 5:27 p.m.

A California agency has approved a $100 million expansion of the tanks SeaWorld uses to hold killer whales in San Diego — but it has also banned the park from...

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