A California man killed his parents and their housekeeper inside their $6 million home during a multi-day rampage culminating in him blowing hundreds of dollars on sex toys and drugs -- all because they gave him an ultimatum to check into a mental health and addiction facility.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed hundreds of 2025 bills into law on artificial intelligence, immigration, wildfire relief and more before an October deadline.

California voters could decide next year whether to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to backfill federal funding cuts to health care.

Police fired shots at a U-Haul truck that backed into them at the entrance of U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda in California, local CBS affiliate KPIX reported, where protests had broken out earlier in the day against planned federal immigration enforcement action in San Francisco.

Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) said Thursday it moving forward with its plan to close its 145,000 bbl/day Benicia refinery in California by next spring following talks with state officials about options to keep it running,

In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. It's hard work, but so is starting at 4 a.m., even though he knows it's the safest thing when temperatures in this California desert frequently soar into the triple digits.