Evacuation warnings have been issued in recent burn scar areas across Southern California, including the Eaton, Palisades, Hurst, Kenneth, Canyon and Sunset fire zones.

Residents in Bakersfield, California, faced potentially harmful levels of air pollution in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a live map from AirNow showed. AirNow, an air quality data resource, is a partnership between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other agencies.

The law bans new sales of "semi-automatic handguns that can be easily converted to a fully automatic machine gun with the use of a simple 'switch.'"

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in California.

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in Southern California warned that some parts of the state could face significant debris flows and flash flooding on Tuesday amid bouts of heavy rainfall. Newsweek reached out to the NWS office in Los Angeles by phone for comment.

A sister-in-law of 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. senator Mitt Romney was found dead following a five-story fall at a Southern California parking garage, authorities said Monday.

A new California law will effectively ban a deceptive policing tactic used for years against the families of people killed by police and popularized by the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals.

Gun rights organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new California law that bans certain types of Glock-style semi-automatic firearms.

Mr. Newsom said he was concerned that the measure restricting PFAS chemicals would make pots and pans more expensive for Californians.

Celeste Rodriguez, an Arleta Democrat and the bill’s author, said it ensures "no child is left without a safety net."