In an unrelated action, California’s gasoline excise tax, which is adjusted annually, increased 1.6 cents per gallon on Tuesday. The tax is primarily used to pay for roads and highways.

With the July 4 holiday travel season here, motorists might have noticed a slight increase in fuel prices. However, the long-term impact of California's tightening environmental policies on gas prices remains uncertain.

A warehouse storing fireworks in California caught fire and exploded Tuesday, sending a fireball into the air, launching debris, and causing pyrotechnics to detonate above the site, according to offic

A fire and several explosions were seen at a fireworks storage facility in Yolo County, California. (Hudson Sheats via Storyful)

The Trump administration recently approved a request from the military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration-related unrest in the Los Angeles area to return some of the troops to California's command.

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returne

A quickly growing brush fire in Southern California has spread at least 1,400 The fire was just 10% contained as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire. Evacuation orders are in place for areas north of Poppet Flat Divide Truck Trail,

Firefighters battle flames from the Wolf Fire in Banning, Calif., on Sunday, June 29, 2025, as residents were forced to evacuate.

Several Southern California wildfires continue to burn as fire crews work to contain fast-growing flames that ignited over the weekend.