California pair convicted in Chinese birth tourism scheme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Southern California couple of running a business tha...
AMY TAXIN
14/09/2024
AMY TAXIN
Jury selection will begin in Hunter Biden’s tax trial months after his gun conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in Hunter Biden’s federal tax trial just ...
AMY TAXIN
05/09/2024
Chocolate’s future could hinge on success of growing cocoa not just in the tropics, but in the lab
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive co...
AMY TAXIN
01/09/2024
Hunter Biden’s lawyers, prosecutors headed back to court ahead of his trial on federal tax charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weeks before Hunter Biden is set to stand trial on federal tax charges, the legal...
AMY TAXIN
21/08/2024
California bookie pleads guilty to running illegal gambling business used by ex-Ohtani interpreter
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the ...
AMY TAXIN
10/08/2024
California date palm ranches reap not only fruit, but a permit to host weddings and quinceañeras
COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) — Claudia Lua Alvarado has staked her future on the rows of towering date pal...
AMY TAXIN
27/07/2024
A plan to replenish the Colorado River could mean dry alfalfa fields. And many farmers are for it
A plan to help shore up the depleted Colorado River by cutting off water to alfalfa fields in Califo...
AMY TAXIN
25/07/2024
Orange County judge can stand trial in wife’s shooting death, judge says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is sufficient evidence for a Southern California judge to stand trial on a ...
AMY TAXIN
21/06/2024
California man charged with killing gay college student takes the stand
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania stud...
AMY TAXIN
19/06/2024
Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California’s crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that ...
AMY TAXIN
09/05/2024
Southern California city council gives a key approval for Disneyland expansion plan
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Visitors to Disney’s California parks could one day walk through the snow-c...
AMY TAXIN
17/04/2024
Crop-rich California region may fall under state monitoring to preserve groundwater flow
California might step in to regulate groundwater use in part of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley, wh...
AMY TAXIN
17/04/2024
Years after college student is stabbed to death, California man faces trial in hate case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More than six years after University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstei...
AMY TAXIN
09/04/2024
Tiny, endangered fish hinders California River water conservation plan
Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farmers who grow most of...
AMY TAXIN
27/03/2024
Disney seeks major expansion of California theme park to add more immersive attractions
Walking through the frosty, snow-covered hamlet of Arendelle from “Frozen,” or the bustling, critter...
AMY TAXIN
11/03/2024
States in Colorado River basin pitch new ways to absorb shortages but clash on the approach
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are sug...
AMY TAXIN
07/03/2024
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens will appear in court as judge weighs his detention
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery sch...
AMY TAXIN
26/02/2024
California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out o...
AMY TAXIN
18/02/2024
Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize
Workers who help bring Disneyland’s beloved characters to life — including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck...
AMY TAXIN
14/02/2024
A California man is found guilty of murder for killing a 6-year-old boy in a freeway shooting
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a California man of murder for shooting to dea...
AMY TAXIN
26/01/2024
Rules aimed at long-contaminated groundwater drive California farmers and residents to court
Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get...
AMY TAXIN
22/12/2023
US officials want ships to anchor farther from California undersea pipelines, citing 2021 oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials on Tuesday recommended increasing the distance fro...
AMY TAXIN
06/12/2023
Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides aro...
AMY TAXIN
05/11/2023
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrin...
AMY TAXIN
01/10/2023
California sues district that requires parents be notified if their kids change pronouns
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general sued a Southern California school district Mo...
AMY TAXIN
29/08/2023
California’s big bloom aids seed collectors as climate change and wildfires threaten desert species
JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — Flowers that haven’t been seen in years bloomed across Southern Californi...
AMY TAXIN
20/08/2023
Prosecutors say a California judge charged in his wife’s killing had 47 weapons in his house
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge was charged Friday with murder in the shooting ...
AMY TAXIN
12/08/2023
California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires
For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking ...
AMY TAXIN
25/07/2023