California
- Trump administration freezes $10B in child, family aid to 5 states over fraud concerns - The move comes a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he would not seek reelection amid political fallout over a massive fraud probe in his state.
- Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213 - Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. representative from California, has died, GOP officials said Tuesday. LaMalfa represented Northern California’s 1st District, along the Oregon border, including Redding and reaching just north of
- Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
- High tides and heavy rain flood parts of California’s Bay Area - King tides cause highest floodwaters in decades for area, while people are rescued from trapped cars and roads close
- Heavy Rain and King Tides Cause Flooding in California - Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.
- California’s Latest Storm Brings Flooding to San Francisco Bay Area - The state has seen a nonstop run of storms in recent weeks. This one is expected to bring heavy rain through the weekend.
- California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules - By Nate Raymond Jan 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.
- Khanna calls for nationwide fraud investigation after wealth tax proposal caused firestorm - California Rep. Ro Khanna is navigating a difficult environment as one-time supporters turn on him due to his support of a wealth tax.
- California's Ro Khanna faces Silicon Valley backlash after embracing wealth tax - A proposal to tax California billionaires at 5% of their wealth could land on the California ballot in November.
- No motive revealed in killing of prominent California farmer's estranged wife in Arizona - Investigators declined to reveal the suspected motive in the shooting death of a prominent California farmer’s estranged wife in eastern Arizona, but they said the couple's prolonged divorce case arose in nearly all interviews with family a