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American commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank is forcibly shut down by regulators for the U.S. state of California, and its assets controlled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the bank failed to raise enough capital and a subsequent bank run occurred. With assets totalling US$209 billion, the bank's closure is the second-largest bank failure in American history.
2023-03-10

California announces that the state will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
2021-07-26

Florida surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third U.S. state to do so after California and Texas.
2021-03-20

California surpasses 50,000 deaths of COVID-19, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
2021-02-24

The cost of the Oroville Dam spill rises to US$870 million. The U.S. state of California continues to hope for federal aid for the project.
2018-01-26

Key housing bills pass in California, the U.S. state with the highest number of people suffering from homelessness and poverty.
2017-09-15

Police arrest 75 people outside Oakland City Hall in the U.S. state of California while clearing the campsite of the Occupy Oakland protest.
2011-10-25

Writer Raymond Chandler's wife's ashes are buried over his casket during a ceremony in San Diego in the U.S. state of California.
2011-02-15

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest computer maker based in the U.S. state of California, pays US$55 million amid allegations it defrauded the United States government.
2010-08-31

Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker, after deciding for the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, mandates that same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California should resume on August 18.
2010-08-12