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The deal, if passed in the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, would add to a wave of minimum wage increases at the state level in the U.S.

The agreement is yet to be finalized, and would be presented to the Legislature as part of the state Sen. Mark Leno’s minimum wage bill.

A man was arrested after a husband, wife and daughter were found dead and wrapped in plastic in Southern California.

The ride-hailing company will use annual revenue fund expansion in the world's second-biggest economy, its CEO says.

A bomb threat in Walnut, near Los Angeles, led to the lockdown of Walnut High School and evacuation Mt. San Antonio College.

The company was forced to file for bankruptcy in May.

The federal agency on Thursday filed a lawsuit attempting to block Times owner Tribune Publishing from buying the owner of a nearby competitor.

Population centers in the southern part of the state could see massive damage if the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults were to jointly rupture, a study says.

Instead of a ballot initiative, activists in Nebraska are hoping to create a political party aimed at legalizing marijuana for medical use.

Bills in several states would end a lucrative tax benefit for financial execs. But the efforts could be blocked by big-money interests -- and governors like Bruce Rauner of Illinois.

After the services, Reagan will be laid to rest next to her husband in a hillside tomb that faces the Pacific Ocean.

The country’s largest agricultural water district misled investors to promote investment in a $77 million bond issue in 2012.

The area lost more than 7,600 residents to other U.S. regions in 2014, the first time that has happened since 2011.

Simpson, who was famously acquitted of murder, will be eligible for parole in Nevada in October 2017 from an unrelated conviction.

Police will test a knife found buried at the former home of Simpson, who was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in 1995.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s share price skyrocketed Friday after the information technology firm posted its first financial results since splitting with HP Inc. last year.

In recent weeks, media reports have surfaced that Time Inc., Verizon and several other suitors have emerged as potential buyers.

The tech industry’s year-to-year growth for women’s representation actually peaked in 2013, a data analysis has found.

Clark said the media attention in the case went on to affect the prosecution.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged private and federal bodies to work together over issues of national security.

“My dad [didn’t] smoke, [didn’t] drink. I think holding in secrets [and] stress kills you!” the reality-television star says.