A commercial building sits empty Sept. 19 in Citrus Heights, Calif., northeast of Sacramento. Two new laws in California will let developers bypass local governments to build housing on commercial land. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Wednesday
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces a lawsuit against Amazon in San Francisco on Wednesday. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Rick Fitzpatrick holds a dog after evacuating from the Fairview Fire on Monday, Sept. 5, near Hemet, Calif. Ethan Swope/AP hide caption
Saturday
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters try to stop flames from the Mill Fire from spreading on a property in the Lake Shastina subdivision northwest of Weed, Calif. on Friday. Hung T. Vu/The Record Searchlight via AP hide caption
Tuesday
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was scheduled to be shuttered in 2025. But California Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to expand its lifespan. Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
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Friday
A vehicle drives by an almond orchard in Firebaugh, Calif., last year. City manager Ben Gallegos told NPR he doesn't want small cities like his to be overlooked as California prepares for a potential megastorm, a weather event made more likely by climate change. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
This city manager wants California to prepare for a megastorm before it's too late
Tuesday
A search and rescue canine leaves a home leveled by the McKinney Fire on Monday in Klamath National Forest, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared a state of emergency in Illinois on Monday to help respond to the monkeypox outbreak. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Falcolner Ricky Ortiz poses with Pac-Man, a Harris's hawk, at the El Cerrito del Norte BART station in El Cerrito, Calif. Raquel Maria Dillon/NPR hide caption
The key to this California train station's pigeon problem? A hawk named Pac-Man
Tuesday
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles to defend abortion rights on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Lee Mitchell had three abortions before Roe v. Wade made it legal. Now she plans to volunteer as a driver and host for women who travel to California from other states where the procedure is banned. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption