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Parched hillsides, a dwindling supply of fresh water and summerlike temperatures have many worried.

A California teacher who was arrested two months ago for hoarding more than 400 snakes in his Orange County home has been charged with felony animal abuse.

A warming trend will begin in the Southland today, bringing downtown L.A. an early blast of summer with a high of 88 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday before current temperature levels return on Thursday, National Weather Service forecasters said.

In this photo taken Friday March 7, 2014, Eric Henry gases up his car in Sacramento, Calif.

California took steps to reduce the toxins found in children's products and home and building supplies Thursday, when regulators announced they would pressure manufacturers to eliminate chemicals known to cause cancer and other health risks.

Trauma centers specialize in the care of severely injured patients. Over the last two decades, about one-third of the 1,125 trauma centers across the nation have closed, according to the University of California, San Francisco researchers.

LOS ANGELES a?? Now that Southern California has dried out from recent rains, folks can get back to worrying about the epic drought that still grips the state and threatens its future.

Colorado's second-highest court says some people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana can ask for those convictions to be thrown out under the law that legalized recreational marijuana in the state.

The winter of 2013-14 was a tale of two extremes, bringing intense cold and heavy snow in the north-central USA and record-breaking warmth and drought in the West, especially California.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has invited fans to fly to Los Angeles to ride in a tank and "crush things" with him.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake struck at 7:11 p.m. about 34 miles south of the community of Lone Pine, near the south end of Sequoia National Forest.

Two men were charged Wednesday with killing three members of a Southern California household whose bodies were found at a burning home eight years ago.

A California board has approved parole for former Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis, but Gov. Jerry Brown - who vetoed parole for Davis just last year - can stop his release.

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Our recent series on council pay and compensation by reporter Katie Nelson was an eye-opener.

A red flag warning denoting a high risk of wildfires was in force in much of Southern California today because of high winds and low humidity amid unseasonably high temperatures.

The Midwest and the Eastern Seaboard are bracing for another blast of below-normal temperatures and heavy snowfall after a few days of temperatures slightly above normal for this time of year.

President Barack Obama is fulfilling a State of the Union pledge to preserve more federal lands by adding more California coastline to a national monument.

With 2013 the driest year on record and 2014 possibly worse, the devastation of California's drought is trickling down to crops, fields, farmers markets, grocery stores -- and the kitchen table.

Nearly 870,000 Californians have signed up for an insurance policy through the state's health care exchange, as the state intensifies efforts to boost participation ahead of the March 31 enrollment deadline.