Residents in the western U.S. are enduring a heat wave, with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Meghan Markle shared a rare Instagram video of Prince Harry surfing in California, just days after celebrating her 44th birthday.

California could become the first U.S. state to require restaurants to disclose common food allergens in each menu item under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

The powerful House Oversight Committee is probing whether cost and ridership estimates were ‘misrepresented’ in order to secure federal and state funding.

Mercury is the first home insurer to use California's recently passed regulatory reform to ask for a rate hike. More are likely to follow, experts say.

California's parole board has denied Erik Menendez his release. He was convicted in the 1989 shotgun slaying of his parents in Beverly Hills with brother Lyle.

A two-hour drive north of San Francisco, on a 340-acre ranch tucked into the hills outside Middletown in Lake County, Julie Barr has spent nearly a decade raising alpacas. A retired Navy nurse, she moved her herd from Texas in 2015, filling the pastures with animals she describes as "so adorable."

California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is slated to be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, according to a report released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority.