The lighthouse is part of the Cabrillo National Monument, which commemorates Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States.

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News, covering California. Her investigations, Capitol accountability reports, and solutions-oriented journalism air weekly ...

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CHICO, Calif. – Voting began this week for a statewide special election that would drastically alter California’s congressional map. Proposition 50, or Prop 50, could add as many as five ...

CBS News California Investigates correspondent Julie Watts sat for in-depth interviews with the candidates running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he terms out in 2026. In this ongoing series, ...

A powerful new opioid drug that’s sold at convenience stores across California has been linked to three additional deaths, as public health officials warn of a growing public health crisis linked to ...

Federal scientists on Thursday announced that La Niña — the phenomenon where Pacific Ocean waters off South America are cooler than normal — has officially begun and is likely to continue into winter.

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

California voters have a yes-or-no decision to make this fall that will determine the future of the state's congressional district maps. Voting is already underway in the nation's most populous state ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge blocked the administration from deploying that state's guard to Portland, ...