Deborah Frieden and her husband love their neighborhood near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. The couple raised their family in the three-bedroom single-family house they've lived in for the ...

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Before graduating from a California high school, students must complete a minimum of 13 state-mandated courses, including three years of English, two years of math and two years of science.

An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the ...

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In 2017, one of California's largest ever wildfires was steadily approaching Montecito. But it had long been preparing for just such an event, and survived almost intact. A few days into December ...

A low pressure system moving into the West Coast today will bring rare early-season snow and rain to California through Monday. “A winter weather advisory is in effect for portions of the Sierra ...

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California issued its earliest snow advisory in the past 20 years with an alert early this week for residents in the Sierra Nevada, according to the National Weather Service. From Sunday to Monday ...

The Bridge Fire is raging through southern California, forcing thousands of evacuations and scorching more than 50,000 acres, as fire authorities hope a burst of humidity will continue to slow its ...

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