Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett

The closure of the Spreckels Sugar factory will shutter a $243 million industry and hundreds of jobs in a county with the highest unemployment rate in the state.

When Trump announced his law enforcement actions in D.C., he also singled out a slew of other Democratic cities. The mayors of Baltimore, LA, Chicago, New York and Oakland, Calif., say crime is down.

Denzel Washington stars in a loose remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa film High and Low. And four anthropomorphic turtles are back in theaters for an anniversary re-release.

Mayor Bill Wells and others have openly supported President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Advocates say this has deepened divisions in the community and eroded trust in the police department.

Hundreds of former air force reservists and pilots join a chorus of defense establishment figures calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.

The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare program. Japan's government has never apologized for the atrocities.

California's three largest utilities received approval to collect $27 billion from ratepayers after utility equipment sparked tragic wildfires. The soaring price of electricity has ignited debate about how much California families should bear for the cost of wildfire prevention, whether utilities are balancing risk and affordability and whether the money is being spent wisely.