The nonprofit Swords to Plowshares Northeast isn’t just raising awareness of gun violence; it is forging a more peaceful ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law ...

New safeguards against artificial intelligence deepfakes. The California Legislature passed hundreds of bills in 2024, many of which go into effect on Jan. 1 and touch nearly every aspect of life ...

California lawmakers passed roughly 1,200 bills last year, including some that resulted in unforeseeable wins by Republicans, promising protections for consumers and small strides for those in the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — New year, new laws. Hundreds of laws were passed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. By 2025, a number of those laws are set to go into effect — along with some from years ...

Pope Francis on Sunday appointed Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari as the new bishop of the Diocese of Tarlac in the Philippines. Mallari, 66, will succeed the late Bishop Enrique Macaraeg ...

(RNS) — An Episcopal Church investigation into possible misconduct by former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Bishop Todd Ousley, a former Office of Pastoral Development official, concluded ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A fire burns a house in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio ...

On Sunday, December 15th, 2024, Geraldine (Gerry) Bishop of Concord, passed away peacefully at age 87, with her family by her side. Gerry was born in Oakland, CA, the oldest of three children ...

Although President-elect Donald Trump has not yet taken office, the government of California is not standing for it. Whatever it is, they’re against it. “Lawyers from the Attorney General’s ...

SACRAMENTO — The winning ticket for Friday night's estimated $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the fifth-largest in the game's history, was sold in Northern California. The California Lottery ...