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OPINION: California's history of diversity and migration created the most populous state and fostered one of the largest ...

California’s history is far more chaotic than the Hollywood version suggests. Long before it became America’s richest cultural and economic powerhouse, it was Indigenous homeland, Spanish mission ...

Voters approved the creation of the county of Riverside in 1893 from portions of San Bernardino and San Diego counties, and just like that, the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs were within the newly ...

California has a long history of tsunamis reaching its coast, and in some cases they've turned deadly. Here's a look back at tsunamis that have impacted the California coastline. Crescent City in ...

Wind-driven fires that ignited and quickly swept through Southern California have resulted in at least 11 deaths, thousands of structures destroyed, and likely billions in damage. LIST: List of the ...

Marissa Wenzke is a journalist based in Los Angeles. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. A massive 7.0-magnitude ...