Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, Calif., on Wednesday. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 vehicles, the automaker said in a recent court filing. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters hide caption
The city council in Los Alamitos, Calif., has given its preliminary approval to a measure exempting the city from a state law that limits cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents. Mayor Troy Edgar is seen here on Monday outside Los Alamitos City Hall. Amy Taxin/AP hide caption
Wendy Root Askew with her husband Dominick Askew and their son. When the little boy (now 6) was born, Root Askew struggled with postpartum depression. She likes California's bill, she says, because it goes beyond mandatory screening; it would also require insurers to establish programs to help women get treatment. Courtesy of Wendy Root Askew hide caption
Scientists are finding that, just as with secondhand smoke from tobacco, inhaling secondhand smoke from marijuana can make it harder for arteries to expand to allow a healthy flow of blood. Maren Caruso/Getty Images hide caption
Vanessa Flores (right) embraces another woman Friday after she leaves the locked-down Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., during a hostage situation. Law enforcement officers found a gunman and three hostages dead after a lengthy standoff. Stephen Lam/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is seen here on March 7, 2018. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Jacob Katz, with California Trout, says growing bugs in rice fields could be part of the solution for boosting salmon populations in rivers statewide. Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio hide caption
A flooded car sits in Hough's Neck on Friday in Quincy, Mass. A nor'easter hit the east coast on Friday, bringing coastal flooding, heavy snow and strong winds to the area. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption
A new study suggests Risso's dolphins, which are common along the U.S. Pacific Coast, use past experiences to plan their dives for food. Elizabeth Haslam/Flickr hide caption
Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on Dec. 4, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The court, continuing a years-long pattern, has declined to hear a constitutional challenge to a state gun law. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Coffee cherries are harvested at Good Land Organics, a farm in Goleta, Calif. Matthew Christopher Miller/Good Land Organics hide caption
Social clubs have sprung up at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in recent years — and a lawsuit describes threats of violence aimed at one of them. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for a Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in December. Critics have raised questions about her age as she runs for re-election. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Marijuana plants are grown for medicinal purposes in a clandestine greenhouse in Mexico City in 2015. Mexico legalized medical marijuana in 2017, but recreational pot remains largely illegal. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption