California government officials are trying to find a buyer for Valero Energy's Benicia refinery near San Francisco, three sources familiar with the matter said, an unusual effort as the clock ticks down on the company's planned closure of the facility in April.

The surge in unsold homes signals growing challenges in California's housing market, where affordability has long been a major issue. California's supply of unsold homes has been growing for several years, but the increase has become even more pronounced in 2025. Simonsen queried why this was happening in the state at this moment in time.

San Francisco high school teacher Nicholas Pellegrino was stabbed in the neck on July 15 while vacationing in Milan. He survived the attack and is set to return home Thursday.

On Thursday at 1:38 a.m. a coastal flood advisory was issued by the NWS San Francisco CA valid from 9 p.m. until Friday 2 a.m. The advisory is for North Bay Interior Valleys and San Francisco Bay Shoreline as well as San Francisco County.

Around 3:15 p.m., four masked robbers armed with hammers entered Don Roberto Jewelers on West La Palma Avenue, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Matt Sutter. One suspect pushed a customer aside while entering, causing minor injuries.

Ex-NFL star Kellen Winslow II had argued his football head trauma and previous sex abuse against him should be considered as part of a resentencing.

A 39-year-old man who allegedly hurled concrete blocks at federal immigration officers last month in Paramount has been arrested.

Most comments agree that the nickname isn’t used much among those born here, but is common elsewhere in the U.S. “Native Californians never say Cali under any circumstance and the few who do are immediately stared at for their cringey comment,” wrote user Gattawesome.

California has sued the Trump administration over its efforts to block access to federally funded public benefit programs to undocumented immigrants.

As California’s much-loved hamburger chain In-N-Out Burger expands across the country into Tennessee, billionaire owner and CEO Lynsi Snyder has announced she and her family are going with it and heading east,

Under AB 1332, which went into effect this year, homeowners choosing a pre-approved plan must have their permits approved in 30 days or less.

A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee, controlled by Republicans, voted Tuesday to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend. She was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021 and is now serving a 20-year prison sentence.