California
‘To All The Boys’ star Lana Condor weds long-time boyfriend
Lana Condor has started a new chapter in her life by marrying Anthony De La Torre. The couple exchanged vows on Thursday (October 31), after a nine-year relationship, celebrating their union in an intimate ceremony in Malibu, California.
Millions face power cuts as California fires spread
Californian officials warn that "extreme" wind conditions were set to fan wildfires across the north of the US state as residents were ordered to evacuate and millions faced power cuts.
Separated families must be reunited within 30 days: Judge
A judge in California orders US border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents.
Car flies 20m into upper floor of building in California
A Nissan sedan becomes airborne and crashes into a California dental office, coming to rest dangling out of the building's second storey, the authorities say.
California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use
California is to launch the world’s largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana, as dozens of newly licenced stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state.
Thousands evacuate as California wildfires kill 10
More than a dozen fast-moving wildfires tearing through through California's wine country have killed at least 10 people, destroying hundreds of homes, authorities said Monday.
Thousands evacuated central California, wildfires burn across US West
A 25,000-acre wildfire in central California, one of three dozen major blazes burning across the US West, threatens hundreds of homes and businesses after forcing the evacuation of about 5,000 residents.
Trump supporters, opponents clash in California park
A melee erupts in a Berkeley, California park where supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump were holding competing rallies.
Novak Djokovic seeks to turn up heat in California desert
Five-time champion Novak Djokovic will be out to reassert his dominance on the hard courts of Indian Wells this week, seeking to shake off the slump that has dogged him into 2017.
Man who scaled cliff to propose arrested for drugs
A man who had to be rescued when he climbed a California cliff to propose to his girlfriend via cellphone video later was acting erratically and was found to be high on methamphetamine, authorities say.
California chase ends with suspects taking selfies, chatting
Authorities arrest two burglary suspects who led them on a long, bizarre chase Thursday in a top-down convertible through rainy Southern California that ended with the men stopping to exchange high-fives with onlookers and take selfies before being handcuffed.
1 dead as plane hits car on US highway
A plane has crashed on a California freeway, slamming into a car and killing one of the vehicle's passengers - years after being safely landed on the same stretch of road.
Google self-driving car hits a bus in California
One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.
California Ku Klux Klan rally ends with stabbings and arrests
At least four people have been stabbed in a brawl between Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and counter-protesters in Anaheim, California, US police said.
Facebook India MD Kirthiga Reddy stepping down
Facebook Inc's India managing director, Kirthiga Reddy, said on Friday she is stepping down and returning to the United States to "explore new opportunities" at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
5 billion users by 2030: Zuckerberg
Social networking giant Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wishes to have five billion users by 2030.
Facebook quarterly profit doubles as user ranks grow
Facebook quarterly profit more than doubles as its ranks swelled during the past year to a mammoth user base of nearly 1.6 billion, the social media giant says.
Drones, smartphones turning California residents into citizen scientists
In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face.
'2015 Earth's hottest by a wide margin'
Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.