California

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck off the Northern California coast, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). In its report, the USGS said the quake on Sunday was recorded 74.3 miles west-northwest of Eureka and 63.5...

Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce just bought one of the greatest architectural masterpieces in California - a 30,000-square-foot home.Real estate sources told tmz.com that the couple paid $200 million for the property, making it the most expensive home ever...

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, amidst strong opposition from Indian-American business and temple organisations.The California Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously voted ‘Yes’ to...

California's snowpack total for 2022 to 2023 has surpassed the record set 40 years ago in the 1982-1983 season, according to the latest data released by the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR). The snowpack across California, the most...

Kyle Busch still smiles at the memory of getting thrown out of California Speedway during his first competitive trip here in 2001. The 16-year-old upstart dominated a NASCAR Truck Series practice, only to be told he couldn’t run in...

A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days.Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after...

A frustrated President Joe Biden said there is “no there there” when he was persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office.“We found a handful of documents were filed in...

The suspect in the kidnapping and murders of a Punjab-origin Sikh family of four, including an eight-month-old infant, in California had worked for the victims’ trucking business and had a longstanding feud with them, police said.“This (Thursday) evening, Jesus...

Four members of an Indian-origin Sikh family, including an eight-month-old baby girl, who were kidnapped by an armed man in California earlier this week have been found dead in a rural orchard, authorities said as they were working to...

Indian-origin biomedical scientist Maitreyee Wairagkar has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Inspiring Women in Science’ award by leading scientific journal Nature for developing advanced neurotechnology using artificial intelligence (AI). Wairagkar, who is currently a post-doctoral scholar at the University...