A Deadly Accident Has Hawaii Officials Pleading for an End to Amateur Fireworks Shows HONOLULU (AP) — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law ...

Several new laws are set to come into effect in California in 2025, impacting millions of residents. During the state's latest two-year legislative session, nearly 5,000 bills were introduced ...

California lawmakers passed roughly 1,200 bills last year, including some that resulted in unforeseeable wins by Republicans, promising protections for consumers and small strides for those in the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — New year, new laws. Hundreds of laws were passed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. By 2025, a number of those laws are set to go into effect — along with some from years ...

Insurance companies must provide policies in wildfire-prone areas if they want to continue doing business in California, according to a new state regulation announced on Monday. The new rule will ...

A new California law requires baby food manufacturers to test their products monthly for heavy metals and disclose the results. A QR code that takes consumers to a website detailing concentrations ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A fire burns a house in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio ...

Consumer protection laws, new banking and rental regulations, and medical debt reforms are part of a bevy of new California laws that will go into place when the calendar flips to 2025.

An airplane drops fire retardant as firefighters battle Franklin fire on Dec. 10 in Malibu. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom passed big changes to laws this year, and many go into effect in 2025. The 2025 slate of new California laws includes protections for actors in Hollywood against artificial ...

SACRAMENTO — The winning ticket for Friday night's estimated $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the fifth-largest in the game's history, was sold in Northern California. The California Lottery ...