By Kelsey Reichmann WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court allowed a California law governing pork standards to move forward on Thursday despite industry claims over its broad reach. “Companies that choose to sell products in various States must normally comply with the laws of those various states,”...

By Sam Ribakoff SAN DIEGO (CN) — A federal judge has ordered California to stop enforcing important components of its handgun control laws after a group of gun owners and gun lobbying groups sued claiming the laws violate their Second Amendment rights. The lawsuit revolves around provisions of California’s...

By Natalie Hanson (CN) — California received so much snow this winter it could be the biggest snow year on record since 1950, according to the results of most crucial snow survey of the water year. Monday’s survey measures the water content in the snowpack at the Phillips Station snow course,...

By Sam Ribakoff (CN) — Joshua trees will not be added to the endangered or threatened species list after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided the iconic symbols of the Mojave Desert don’t face any serious threats. The decision, which will be published on Thursday, comes after a yearslong...

By Hillel Aron (CN) = Local water agencies received good news from the state of California on Wednesday: thanks to early gains in the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the State Water Project is increasing its allocation to 35% of what agencies had asked for. “We’re hopeful that more storms this week are a...

By Natalie Hanson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Heading into 2023, Californians will see historic new laws take effect that range from tackling climate change to protecting workers’ pay and women’s right to reproductive health care. “California leads, and we do so by following our moral compass and...

By Hillel Aron (CN) – A federal judge handed California another win Wednesday in the state’s long-running dispute with the U.S. Department of Labor over federal transit money. In 2021, President Joe Biden — famously a longtime lover of trains — signed into law a $1.2 trillion infrastructure...

By Nathalie Hanson (CN) — As much of the United States reels from a paralyzing arctic blast, California and the West Coast is looking to the Pacific where an atmospheric river is shaping up to bring much needed rain to close out the year. A chance of showers begins across much of California, on Monday,...

By Natalie Hanson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California lawmakers will go back to work in a special session in December to discuss levying a windfall tax on oil companies as residents are again paying record prices for gasoline. After indicating Thursday that he was considering calling a special session,...

Colorado River in the Grand Canyon Horseshoe Bend, AZ. Photo credit: Peter McBride. By Madalyn Wright SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Following federal pressure to reduce how much water it takes from the Colorado River, California on Wednesday announced a plan to cut its consumption annually by 400,000 acre-feet. In...