The California Workforce Development Board has granted $5.74 million in Workforce Accelerator Fund 14 grants to establish sub ...

Though many report little knowledge of offshore wind, development is popular in communities near offshore lease areas.

On October 16, the Justice Department warned Los Angeles County and California election officials they could be liable as abettors of a federal crime if they count mail ballots returned by more than ...

Energy demand is steadily rising, and our gas prices continue to fluctuate thanks to reliance on a volatile global oil market. We know that fossil fuels aren’t the answer.

California Fish and Game Commission advances new MPAs for Point Sal and Carpinteria Reef and approves endangered species candidates.

Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state's already battered coast. Significant ...

Swimmer Catherine Breed finished a 900-mile swim of California’s coast, battling El Niño, warmer water and shifting currents ...

California has committed billions of dollars to affordable student housing as the cost of living continues to challenge ...

ZIP codes from 10 California counties made the list. Only 25 counties in the rest of the U.S. were among the nation’s most ...

Black students in Santa Barbara, California, walked out of class and railed against the district at a board meeting after a ...

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SANTA BARBARA, CA – The body of Vikram Mubayi, a doctoral student at the University of California Santa Barbara, was recovered on August 3 in the Sierra Nevada mountains after he went missing during a ...