The Sacramento Police Department said 134 people dropped off firearms at a gun buyback on Saturday. The department offered gas gift cards in exchange for guns, but ran out less than an hour into the event. Steve Prezant/Getty Images hide caption
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Monday
A man uses a safe injection site in New York City in January. A bill in California would allow pilot sites in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
People pray during a prayer vigil in Irvine, Calif., Monday, May 16, 2022. The vigil was held to honor victims in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Friday
Solar and wind power projects have been booming in California, like the Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains, but that doesn't mean fossil fuels are fading away quickly. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption
California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren't fading away yet
Wednesday
Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor of Third Baptist Church, San Francisco, Calif., speaks is 2012. California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force meets in person Wednesday for the first time since its inaugural meeting nearly a year ago. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Miya Ponsetto has made a plea deal after she falsely accused a Black teen of stealing her phone and then attacking him in 2020. Ventura County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption
Friday
James Howard Jackson was in custody on charges of attempted murder in connection with the shooting of Lady Gaga's dog walker and the theft of two of her French Bulldogs in February 2021. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Thursday
The California city of Palm Springs has taken the first step in developing a universal basic income program for transgender and nonbinary residents. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Friday
Lauren Alkire (from left), Nick Ellis and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 1. Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via AP, File hide caption
Authorities found two rocket launchers and a practice grenade at a house in Temecula, Calif., on Tuesday. Riverside County Sheriff's Department hide caption
Wednesday
Pecolia Manigo of Reparations for Black Students speaks in a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2022. MediaNews Group/The Mercury News/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Justice Patricia Guerrero was sworn in as the newest judge of California's Supreme Court Monday, becoming the first Latina woman in the role. Office of Governor Gavin Newsom hide caption
Friday
Gabriela Chirinos places the handle back on the pump after filling her vehicle with gas at a Miami Shell station on Nov. 22, 2021. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would ask state lawmakers to temporarily "zero out" state gas taxes next year. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Rep. Vic Fazio, joined by his wife Judy, announces to a gathering of friends and supporters in the Woodland Hote, in Woodland, Calif., on Nov. 17, 1997, that he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives next term, following a 10-term career in Congress. Dick Schmidt/AP hide caption
Thursday
Hank the Tank is "our big bear friend who has adopted the Tahoe Keys neighborhood as his residential area," police in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., say. Officials with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife say that DNA samples show that at least two other large bears have broken into nearly two dozen homes. Bear League hide caption