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JANUARY Omicron surge Cities around the country and around the world suffered a new surge of coronavirus cases fueled by the omicron variant in late 2021 and into early 2022. Deaths and infections hit new records. One-year anniversary of Capitol riot A…

JANUARY Capitol riots Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a brazen show of force on Jan. 6, as Congress met to certify the 2020 election. Lawmakers were forced to run for safety as the building was ransacked by radicalized …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In some of California’s most conservative counties, where Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dahle was the clear favorite over Gov. Gavin Newsom and where anti-abortion Christian conservatives are leading in partial returns, …

California lawmakers earlier this year declined to put an anti-slavery measure on the ballot, delaying a decision on a proposal to forbid the practice of using work as a form of criminal punishment. Voters in five other states – Alabama, Louisiana, Ore…

While Mexicans still make up the largest share of U.S. Latinos, the population has become increasingly diverse in the last 20 years, with the fastest growth coming from countries in South America. That’s according to a new report from the UCLA Latino P…

President Gavin Newsom? Watch California’s newly reelected Democratic governor closely in 2023. He has been making unmistakable moves that signal his interest. He’s taken on the conservative governors of Florida and Texas and won accolades from Democra…

Pink champagne lined a wall of the Citizen Hotel’s ballroom in downtown Sacramento, Shania Twain blasted over the speakers, Proposition 1 supporters wore matching hot pink suits and the room was lit with pink spotlights. Californians had overwhelmingly…

SAN FRANCISCO — Kings coach Mike Brown felt the officials cost his team another opportunity to win a game and he couldn’t hide his frustration. Brown believed Kings guard Kevin Huerter was fouled on a 3-point attempt as time expired in a 116-113 loss t…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s two giant pension systems lost a couple billion dollars more than was previously reported in the volatile markets of the first half of this year. The Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retireme…

ISHI PISHI FALLS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Carrying a pair of 20-foot wooden poles with a net strung between them, Ron Reed shimmied above the Klamath River across wooden boards perched between slippery boulders. He paused and stared into the white fo…