University of California President Michael V. Drake announced Wednesday he would step down at the academic year, after managing the pandemic, policing, protests and budget woes during a challenging four-year tenure.

Another heat wave and monsoonal thunderstorms are expected to increase wildfire danger in California over the weekend into next week.

The Newsom administration is projecting that California’s State Water Project could lose up to 23% of its water-delivering capacity within 20 years.

A family of Rottweilers was abandoned by their owner as they fled the blaze. Firefighters found the dogs a few days later in a truck by the side of the road.

Only 15% of phone calls seeking psychiatric appointments for Medicaid patients resulted in an appointment in Los Angeles, the lowest percentage out of four cities in a “secret shopper” audit, researchers found.

Thousands of Californians have been trying to get Medicaid benefits for services to help medically vulnerable people remain at home, but the waitlist is thousands of people long, and the state is opening only 200 new slots a month.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a teenager who went missing while swimming off Huntington Beach on Sunday night.

United Airlines says a ban placed on Terrell Davis was lifted and it no longer employs the flight attendant involved in the incident with the Hall of Famer.

Shawn Jackson Jr., a 21-year-old being held at the state Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, died Sunday afternoon after he was allegedly beaten by another inmate, Jarvis Richerson. The death is being investigated as a homicide.

The Nixon fire near Aguanga that started Monday had burned nearly 4,000 acres by Tuesday morning. About 2,000 buildings were under evacuation orders or warnings.