The bill increases the wages of prisoners who work fighting California wildfires, but the pay is still far below the state minimum wage.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has been busy in recent weeks signing bills on everything from housing policy to prescription drug costs. But he also signed legislation last week that included two new symbols for California.

A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds (1,064 kilograms).

Contrary to Republican assertions, undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program or Medicare, or coverage through the Affordable Care Act, though California state law requires they receive emergency services.

Virtual power plants generate power across a variety of sources from various locations, including rooftop solar panels, home batteries and smart thermostats. Public utilities and private companies manage these energy resources, and consumers can get compensation for participating and sending energy back to the grid.

This two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, where flowers are painted onto the blue shutters, is in Echo Park, less than two miles from both Echo Park Lake and Dodger Stadium. A cafe and bakery is a few blocks away. A Detroit-style pizzeria, a small used bookstore and a mix of coffee shops and cocktail bars line a nearby stretch of Sunset Boulevard.

A 76-year-old skydiver died after a “landing accident” in Perris on Saturday, Oct. 11, according to law enforcement officials. Deputies responded shortly before 11:40 a.m. to Case and Murrieta roads after an air emergency, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

As two of the country’s biggest states by GDP, their economies ‘may be canaries in the coal mine,’ one economist notes