The site of a head-on crash involving a van and a pickup truck where eight people were killed is checked in Madera County, Calif., on Friday. Anthony Galaviz/AP hide caption
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San Jose: Search and rescue workers check a car trapped in flooding after heavy rain caused the Guadalupe River to overflow its banks, Sunday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
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A car sits partially submerged on a flooded road during a rain storm in Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday. David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This aerial image from video provided by KTLA shows law enforcement vehicles where several people were found shot to death in El Mirage, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. KTLA/via AP hide caption
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A homeless encampment stands in front of a city water and power building in the Skid Row community in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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California's new law is already facing all kinds of hurdles in the courts. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A new California law restricts carrying guns in public — testing the Second Amendment
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Workers set up sand bags in front of a beachfront property in anticipation of high surf hitting the shore on Friday in Ventura, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
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A man fires his pistol at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew his Carry Concealed handgun permit at the Placer Sporting Club, July 1, 2022, in Roseville, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, left, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 26, 2020. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Petek said California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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People gather in San Francisco to watch a debate on Fox News between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Community health worker Hector Gallegos and nurse Jose Lopez gather supplies to treat homeless patients in Modesto, California. Ryan Levi/Tradeoffs hide caption
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Five years after one of the worst wildfires in American history, the town of Paradise, Calif., is slowly being rebuilt. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A California town wiped off the map by wildfire is still recovering 5 years on
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A new development under construction in Casa Grande, Ariz., will feature 331 rental units, part of a larger boom of "build to rent" projects in recent years. Lauren Sommer/NPR hide caption
3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places
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Kris Perry (left) and Sandy Stier, two plaintiffs in the landmark 2010 lawsuit that overturned California's ban on same-sex marriage, share photographs from their wedding ceremony during an interview at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 3. Stier and Perry came to the studio to watch clips of their testimony in federal court, which KQED had fought to get unsealed, for the first time. Kori Suzuki/Kori Suzuki / KQED News hide caption
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A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside its offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The FDA says it's considering banning brominated vegetable oil, a food additive. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption