OPINION: California's history of diversity and migration created the most populous state and fostered one of the largest ...

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Voters approved the creation of the county of Riverside in 1893 from portions of San Bernardino and San Diego counties, and just like that, the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs were within the newly ...

Marissa Wenzke is a journalist based in Los Angeles. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. A massive 7.0-magnitude ...

Wind-driven fires that ignited and quickly swept through Southern California have resulted in at least 11 deaths, thousands of structures destroyed, and likely billions in damage. LIST: List of the ...