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PHOTOS: See the wildflower 'superbloom' happening across California

Thanks to a very wet year, the Golden State is experiencing a rare "superbloom" that's blanketing the ground with a variety of richly colored plants.

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This swordfighting school promises your own personal ‘Game of Thrones’

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It’s 1 p.m. on a recent Thursday in San Jose, and Steaphen Fick is intently watching two grown men swing unsharpened steel swords at each other.

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Sacramento County foster kids have been living in cells for 6 months

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County officials have for six months housed foster children in cells in a former juvenile detention facility, in violation of state law.

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California bill requiring school staff to out transgender students to parents effectively dead

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill that would require school employees to out transgender students to their parents will not get a committee hearing, meaning the legislation is effectively dead.

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California stockpiles abortion medication after Texas court ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol in response to a federal judge in Texas ruling against the authorization of another medication that has been used to terminate pregnancies for decades.

Los Angeles Times

Coachella 2023: Where to go for breakfast, lunch or late-night snacks pre-and post-festival

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Before it became home to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the desert city of Indio was known for its date groves.

The Orange County Register

New records show how police found 8-year-old Sophia Mason — but it was already too late

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly obtained documents in the killing of Sophia Mason show that Hayward police — after getting a missing person’s report about the 8-year-old in March 2022 — swiftly determined what Alameda County social workers had failed to see for more than a year: The girl was…

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California has a new take on mezcal and tequila. How Sacramento-area farmers are leading it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On recent a brisk March morning in Woodland’s rolling hills, Raul “Reppo” Chavez was already covered in sweat.

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California is phasing out its youth prisons. Is a ‘shadow’ justice system emerging?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Nia MooreWeathers first heard about California’s sweeping plan to shutter its youth prisons and transform the state’s juvenile justice system, she was filled with hope.

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Nathan MacKinnon’s power play goals tie and defeat Ducks in overtime to give Avalanche edge in division

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Avalanche have prided themselves on a season of historic poise away from home. When they needed it most, they resurrected their division title dreams.

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13-year-old driver accused of stealing a car and causing fatal crash in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A traffic collision — which investigators say was triggered by a 13-year-old driver — left one person dead and about a dozen more injured, according to the Woodland Police Department.

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Bill Shaikin: Shohei Ohtani's star power transforms Angels into international tourist attraction

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The sign was written by hand, with love, not on an enormous poster but on a sheet torn from a notebook. "We're here on our honeymoon!"

Los Angeles Times

California touts gun seizures from prohibited persons, but will it slow rate of violence?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California officials announced in a news release that they had seized guns from people who had become legally prohibited from owning weapons they had once purchased legally.

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Why California Republicans still use Sacramento mass shooting in push to undo prison reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One year later, Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting continues to shape discussions in the California Capitol. They revolve around one question: would lives have been saved if one of the suspects had served out his full prison sentence?

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Avian flu has killed 3 California condors in northern Arizona

Authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock. The California condor population fell to near extinction in the '70s, but the total wild population now numbers more than 300.

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Warriors still pushing for playoff spot after 119-97 win in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors remain in the hunt for a playoff spot after beating the Sacramento Kings 119-97 on Friday night.

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Mike Trout’s 441-foot home run blast can’t save Angels in home-opening loss

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The cheers at Angel Stadium were already deafening before the ball started its descent. Mike Trout, leader of the Angels and destroyer of baseballs, hit a two-run home run that at first disappeared into the night, but then came crashing down by the SUV parked beyond the…

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Judge names 17 Bay Area cops who allegedly sent racist text messages, memes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a move that deepened the scandals engulfing the Antioch Police Department, a Contra Costa County judge on Friday released the names of 17 city police officers accused of using racist slurs, jokes and memes in text messages over a period of more than two years.

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Grocery workers oppose Kroger/Albertsons ‘mega-merger’

LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Southern California grocery workers and community supporters held a rally Thursday at a Ralphs grocery in Lakewood to oppose the planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.

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What to pack for the 2023 Coachella and Stagecoach fests — and what to know before you get there

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It just doesn’t feel like a full year has gone by since we last stepped on the sprawling green grass at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its sister country music event, Stagecoach.

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How a surge of creativity led to Dirty Heads releasing a trio of EPs in 2023

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The creative juices wouldn’t stop flowing for Huntington Beach’s Dirty Heads as they were recording the 10-track album “Midnight Control,” which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s alternative albums chart last year. Vocalist Jared Watson also described it as one of the best albums the band…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: There's a bright side to the battery of California storms — more clean hydroelectric power and groundwater

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drought-busting storms this season have given California priceless opportunities on two ecological fronts.

The Orange County Register

Angels confident they can succeed with lefty-heavy rotation

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Perry Minasian insists he didn’t set out to build a rotation with so many lefties.

Los Angeles Times

Shohei Ohtani reveals new custom glove design based on WBC prototype

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani has been pitching with something new this year.

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Biden, California lawmakers going to war against ‘junk fees’ on hotels, concert tickets and airlines

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Think of “junk fees” this way, says Susan Rice:

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