Diwali has been added to California’s official list of statewide holidays — just in time for this year’s festivities.

Atherton, home to famous residents like NBA star Steph Curry and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has long reigned as the nation’s most expensive ZIP code. But after eight years of dominance, the small, wealthy Bay Area enclave has finally been dethroned.

The most destructive blaze that year was the North Complex fire, which was ignited by a lightning strike in the Plumas National Forest in Butte, Plumas and Yuba Counties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

For this humble brown reptile to rebound as successfully as other endangered species, conservation history shows that it will take combined efforts from the state, zoo and wildlife refuges, and biologists to increase numbers and preserve the state snake.

The term “Proposition 50” doesn’t ring a bell with many in the rural San Joaquin Valley. But even some of the most disengaged voters are familiar with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to redraw California’s congressional maps.

Jonathan Rinderknecht allegedly set a New Year’s Day fire that reemerged six days later to become the devastating blaze that killed 12 and burned nearly 8,000 homes.

Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer announced Thursday that he would spend $12 million backing California Democrats’ redistricting push this fall, becoming the latest megadonor to enter the high-stakes contest.

The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.

The new video shows more than a dozen drivers and other good Samaritans rushing to the wreckage of the helicopter, lining up and lifting the aircraft.

La Niña has reemerged in the eastern Pacific, a climate pattern that typically drives dry winters across the U.S. Southwest. Last winter's weak La Niña helped push Southern California into drought, and experts say it could be even more dramatic this year.