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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, servicing most of Greater Los Angeles, declares a water shortage emergency and requires agencies to enforce restrictions on non-essential water usage as of June 1. This comes amid a drought which worsened as the 2021–22 California winter season was the driest on record.
2022-04-27

The United States Forest Service orders all national forests in California to be closed until mid-September in order to help combat the state's wildfires.
2021-08-31

California fire officials issue an evacuation order for the Lake Tahoe Basin as the Caldor Fire continues to spread. The fire has burned 177,000 acres and destroyed over 470 structures so far.
2021-08-31

Facebook bans groups affiliated with the boogaloo movement, which was linked to a pair of attacks in California, US, that left two dead and three injured earlier this month and late last month.
2020-06-30

One person is killed and multiple people are wounded in a shooting that occurred at a synagogue in Poway, California.
2019-04-27

The Senate of the State of California votes to reinstate internet open-access rules.
2018-05-30

United States Federal Prosecutors file a request to sentence Enrique Marquez, who purchased rifles used in a 2015 terror attack in California, to 25 years in prison.
2018-04-10

California wants to schedule its primaries earlier than usual, possibly on March or Super Tuesday, to have much more influence in comparison to its weight and diversity and to help Californian candidates, such as Eric Garcetti and Kamala Harris.
2017-09-14

Activision Blizzard files papers with a California court, calling for unidentified programmers that created cheats for Starcraft II to be made to compensate them for copyright infringement.
2014-05-22

Schools in the United States plan to drop literature classics such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Catcher in the Rye" from their curriculum; children there will instead learn from "informational texts" such as "Recommended Levels of Insulation" by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the "Invasive Plant Inventory" by California's Invasive Plant Council in order to be better prepared for workplace reading material.
2012-12-11