Last summer’s COVID wave in California was big enough to cause significant disruptions. As a new family of subvariants takes hold, how bad will this year be?

Graham Cooper and Adrian Ballinger, California mountaineers whose training for Mt. Everest included sleeping for months in hypoxic tents that mimic conditions at extreme altitude, reached the world’s highest summit this week.

The incident happened Thursday night in neighboring San Bernardino County.

The earthquake struck Ojai, Calif., and occurred nine miles from Ventura and 14 miles from Oxnard.

Los Angeles would join other local governments in rolling back the vaccine mandate, including San Diego, Long Beach and L.A. County.

Clear Lake, one of California’s most visited lakes, has turned cloudy and green amid an algal bloom that can threaten wildlife and tourists. See the photos.

Former President Trump is scheduled to headline fundraisers in San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Newport Beach next week after his felony convictions.

UAW 4811, which represents 48,000 academic workers in the UC system, said its members would go on strike at UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara the first week of June.

Tibet Ergul is the final defendant to be sentenced in the 2022 attack. Ergul also pleaded guilty in February to federal charges of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.

Top federal officials announced that Direct File, a free tax-filing service for people with simple returns, will be made available to all states in 2025.