‘Star Wars’ stays atop North America box office
Star Wars characters R2-D2 (L) and C-3PO arrive for the world premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood,…
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Trip to Mars begins in California ‘clean room’
The Mars 2020 Rover is seen in the spacecraft assembly area clean room on 27 December 2019 during a media tour at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,…
Russia-Europe pipeline whacked
DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Speaks to supporters at an Immigration Town Hall in San Ysidro, California on Friday. AFP
Power firm settles California wildfire fine
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A California energy supplier has reached a nearly $1.7 billion settlement with regulators for its role in causing…
Boeing to halt 737 MAX production by 2020
In this file photo taken on 28 March 2019, Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California…
PG&E to pay $13.5B for California fire
The faulty PG&E powerlines were responsible for sparking last year's “Camp Fire” in northern California. (Yahoo)
Uber rapes prevalent
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AFP) — Nearly 6,000 sexual assaults, including more than 450 cases of rape, were reported to Uber in the United States in 2017 and…
US retailers report banner start to 2019 holiday season
A U.S. Postal Service worker unpacks packages from a truck in San Francisco, California. (AFP)
Firefighters battle new blaze in California
The Cave fire burns a hillside above houses in Santa Barbara, California on 26 November 2019. (AFP)
Worth the toast
Sia says his love for wines is “serendipitous.” He was on his annual trip to Anaheim, California, in 2009 for his other business, Healthy Options, when he saw…
Guilty of toxic pesticide use
LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — Biotech giant Monsanto on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to illegally using a banned and highly toxic pesticide on research…
Teen California gunman dies
People visit a makeshift memorial at Central Park on 15 November 2019 in Santa Clarita, California, where parents and children were reunited following the…
Gilroy garlic fest victims sue organizers
Emergency vehicles line the road leading to Christmas Hill Park, where the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting broke out on 28 July in the city located in Northern…
California burning, Trump fuming
US President Donald Trump vents before White House reporters after watching a mixed martial arts fight in New York. AFP
US students called suicide hotline but instead got sex line
Officials from a California school district were left red-faced after students who dialed a suicide prevention hotline listed on their ID badges instead…
Millions face power cuts as California fires spread
Californian officials warned Saturday that “extreme” wind conditions were set to fan wildfires across the north of the US state as residents were ordered to…
Jury recommends death sentence for ‘Hollywood Ripper’
A jury in California recommended the death sentence on Friday for a man dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper” who was earlier found guilty in the gruesome killings of…
California unveils early warning earthquake app
California on Thursday launched the country’s first earthquake warning system in the hope that residents will be alerted within seconds of a possible impending…
California becomes first US state to push back school start time
California has become the first state in the country to push back start times at most public schools in the hope the measure will help adolescents perform…
Wildfires force 100,000 to flee
The wildfires in the south erupted as California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), implemented rolling power blackouts that affected some two…