A $240 MILLION rehabilitation building project at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center will probably be completed by January 2026, but changing the culture in California’s prisons will take decades ...

As one of America's largest states, California is home to some of the country's biggest icons and, conversely, some ...

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

California appears to be a loser in the culture wars when it comes to interstate migration flows. Folks who talk about leaving the Golden State – or actually depart – say they no longer feel ...

California had the highest cancel culture score at 100. The scores, ranked from 0-100, were weighted on respondents’ willingness to unfollow a “canceled” celebrity, ...

These are the places where California’s wildfires rage, and so the success of wine has lured many more people to live in riskier places. This era’s giant blazes have hit all our wine countries.

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Three new books examine the mythology of the Golden State via its postwar 20th century proselytizers, the makers of pop culture. Mick LaSalle’s “Dream State: California in the Movies” is, as ...

Southern California’s famous “car culture” began in the earliest days of the automobile, and the love affair has spawned an impressive list of “firsts” in the automotive world.