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Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming, a move Schwarzenegger ...

California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.

Twice in the span of a month, wildfires have ravaged the same northeast corner of greater Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of homes and the good life offered by California's scenic beauty at the city's edge.

To Marc Lamont Hill, the election of Barack Obama proves black America can reach a goal once considered unattainable, but it doesn't end the fight on such issues as education reform, job creation and fair wages ...

Lawyers representing Heath Ledger's three-year-old daughter, Matilda, have vowed to financially punish a US life insurance company for its failure to pay a $US10 million policy the Oscar nominated actor took ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's global climate summit gets under way today in Beverly Hills.

Attorneys for the state and inmates' rights groups clashed Tuesday at the opening of a high-stakes trial over whether California's jam-packed prisons have led to unconstitutionally poor medical and mental ...

The Southern California wildfires are burning a bigger hole in California's budget, adding to the state's $11.2 billion deficit.

BREAKING: Resident Kristen Fowler walks through the remains of her home which was burned during wildfires in Yorba Linda, California.

Michael Hernandez pulled a charred photo album from the wreckage of his home, the plastic pages melted and flaking after a wildfire tore through the mobile home park where he lived with his grandparents and 7-year old daughter.

It was one of a handful of keepsakes Hernandez was able to rescue Monday during a police-escorted tour for some residents of Oakridge Mobile Home Park, a tight-knit community of manufactured homes that became a flattened field of blackened trees and twisted metal.

The fire at the park was one of three in Southern California that have destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and apartments and burned 42,000 acres, or 65 square miles, forcing thousands to flee.

After calm winds allowed firefighters in Southern California to make gains on two raging wildfires, some crews were able to get a break Monday to get food and and a little rest.

Scientists, environmentalists and government and industry officials from around the world meet this week for a summit on greenhouse gas emissions that their host, Gov.

California's attorney general is urging the state's high court to take up lawsuits challenging a recently approved constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage in the state.

Rescuers searched for anyone who might not have escaped the devastating fire at the Oakridge development in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles late Friday.

Representatives for the king of Bahrain 's son say he is suing pop star Michael Jackson for $7 million.

Hundreds of nails that once held together single-story, pastel-colored mobile homes now litter the gutters lining the curving streets.

As wildfires continue to rage in Southern California, there are some bright spots: people whose homes are escaping destruction thanks at least in part to stringent fire standards.

Nov 16 - Thousands are fleeing a series of wind-whipped wildfires in southern California.

Thousands of gay marriage advocates held boisterous rallies on Saturday across the United States and abroad in a coordinated protest of California's vote this month to ban same-sex marriage.