The toy company Mattel is apologizing for a misprint on its doll packaging that sent unsuspecting Wicked fans to a pornographic website. The dolls depict some of the main characters from the ...

The federal government has been tracking the weather for more than 150 years. Yet over the last few decades, the rise of the Internet and big tech have made weather forecasting a more crowded space.

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Californians voted down two measures this year that would’ve given city and county governments more control in setting ...

Dislodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each ...

Proposition 4 funds a variety of climate-related projects, including those that focus on wildfire prevention and the protection of natural lands.

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Donald Trump's return to the White House will reverberate through trade, security and immigration in China and Mexico. NPR's ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta, a longtime champion of reproductive rights, is ready to lead California in the fight to protect ...

On a rare undeveloped point of the California coast, scientists are trying to repopulate shorelines with an endangered marine snail. This type of experimental conservation is becoming more necessary.