California

California's pricing system for milk gives cheese makers the lowest price for milk -- a holdover from the Depression era, when making cheese was a way to use up surplus milk. But now cheese makers are dairies' biggest customers, and still get the low price.

California becomes the first state to regulate -- and, therefore, recognize -- ride-sharing made possible by apps Uber and Lyft.

Golden State legislators are voting on whether to weaken a key law protecting the environment. Many say the law has been abused.

Wildfires are burning across the West and are expected to get worse as global temperatures rise. One problem: people living in high-risk fire zones.

Richmond, Calif., is trying to help distressed homeowners by reducing the principal on their mortgages using eminent domain.

Many housing developments were mothballed when the housing bubble burst several years ago. In states like California, they're being reanimated as demand for new houses increases.

To speed things up, officials offered contractors a $20 million incentive if they finished on time.

The strike has laid bare a tricky cultural divide in the Bay Area, between traffic-weary tech workers who drive the local economy, and blue collar transit workers who feel left behind.

Solar facilities like Ivanpah could be the future -- or, they could be a footnote in the history of clean energy.