California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.5 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles (423,970Â km2), California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.
Christina Mauser, a girls basketball coach for a private school in Orange County, California., was identified as one of the nine victims in crash.
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Tragedy struck sports world Sunday with Kobe Bryant's death. Here are latest details about the California helicopter crash that killed nine people.
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Weather conditions appear likely to come under the scrutiny of investigators probing the helicopter crash that killed former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others near Los Angeles on..
Tributes have poured in for Kobe Bryant after the former basketball star died in a helicopter crash at the age of 41. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna also died in the crash near Calabasas,..
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at a news conference on Sunday said they believe nine people died in a helicopter crash that officials said killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant. Gavino..
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he believes there were nine victims of a helicopter crash that reportedly killed former NBA Star Kobe Bryant. Villanueva said, "it would be extremely..
Former LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant has reportedly died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning. The Root reports Bryant was traveling with at least three other people in a..
Please don't use after 48-hours Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant has died aged 41, according to reports. The point guard died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning. He was widely..
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California leaders on both sides are playing an outsized role in Washington’s impeachment drama, reflecting the complex political landscape in the deep blue state. NYTimes.com - Published
A helicopter crash in California Sunday killed Kobe Bryant, who reinvented himself as an investor and producer after his NBA career.
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Former NBA great Kobe Bryant was among the passengers who died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California,
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Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greats whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and.. Reuters - Published
Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California. Here is biographical information on him and highlights from his.. Reuters - Published
Tragedy struck the sports world Sunday with news of Kobe Bryant's death. What we know about the California helicopter crash that killed nine people.
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Kobe Bryant, a Hall of Fame basketball player who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died aged 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California. Reuters - Published
Looking back at the entertainment career of Kobe Bryant, who was among five people who died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.
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A third U.S. case of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed more than 50 people in China has been confirmed in Southern California.
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A third case of the new coronavirus has been registered in the United States, in Orange County, California, the county's health agency said. Reuters - Published
The husband-and-wife owners of DC Solar, a California solar company that caused Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc to take a $377 million charge last year, pleaded guilty on Friday to involvement.. Reuters - Published
Low wages and a stagnant housing market have pushed Salinas families to the margins. Advocates say the city's low-income farmworker community bears the heaviest burden.
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Renters with Section 8 vouchers get abused. The Trump administration threatens to withhold money if the state continues requiring health care plans to provide abortions. And even as state lawmakers.. USATODAY.com - Published
NFL free agent Antonio Brown has been granted bail by a Florida judge. Brown is accused of attacking the driver of a moving truck that carried some of his possessions from California. (Jan. 24)
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The Trump administration said on Friday that California cannot require health insurers to cover abortions, issuing a notice that the state is violating federal law. Reuters - Published
The move, which would be unlikely to happen until after the Senate impeachment trial, could enhance her chances of becoming vice president but could also anger liberals in California. NYTimes.com - Published
The population of monarch butterflies overwintering in California remains at critically low levels for a second straight year, an environmental group said.
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The Bay Area's poor face great challenges, but their solutions for survival should inspire confidence in the future of California.
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Everyday Americans from California to Illinois to North Carolina have a sideways view of the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
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Even before the California utility said it had an accord with bondholders, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that the plan didn’t meet the public interest. NYTimes.com - Published
California Governor Gavin Newsom, stepping up his bid to enlist U.S. government help to combat homelessness, has urged the Trump administration to open up surplus federal property for construction of.. Reuters - Published
Authorities say four people were killed Wednesday in the crash of a small airplane at a Southern California airfield. Firefighters found the plane burning in brush on the east side of the airport, not.. USATODAY.com - Published
The rideshare giant is testing a feature to let drivers set prices — and get around the new gig economy labor law. Plus: A nonprofit asks Uncle Sam to lease it land to put up tiny homes.. USATODAY.com - Published
A judge allowed prosecutors to admit into evidence the accounts of two accusers who say that Mr. Gooding groped them in bars in New York and California. The claims date back to 2013 and 2018. NYTimes.com - Published
House impeachment managers, led by Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., have 24 hours, over three days, to argue their case against Trump.
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A local sheriff's deputy has killed the mountain lion that attacked and wounded a 3-year-old child in a Southern California wilderness park before the boy's father chased the cougar off, state wildlife.. Reuters - Published
Acetaminophen, an active ingredient in popular pain-relief medications like Tylenol and Excedrin, may be considered a carcinogen by California.
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How farmworkers survive on $17,500 per year living in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. Plus: The love for Tulare's Devin Nunes runs deep — what's Ukraine got to do with.. USATODAY.com - Published
Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday said it is testing a feature that allows some drivers in California to set their own fares, hoping the change will help it show that its drivers are independent.. Reuters - Published
Tuesday: California legislators say Bayard Rustin should be cleared of a conviction under laws that targeted gay people. Also: Women’s marches. NYTimes.com - Published
Koala-naming contest at California zoo to benefit Australian wildlife, Missouri couple die on same day after nearly 65 years together, and more
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The attack occurred in Whiting Ranch, where a mountain biker died in a similar attack in 2004. The adult female lion was shot by authorities.
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Four Los Angeles-area schoolteachers who were doused with jet fuel dumped by a Delta Air Lines plane in the minutes before it made an emergency landing sued the airline on Friday, accusing the flight.. Reuters - Published
One person died and another was badly injured in a morning avalanche in Lake Tahoe. The state sues over President Trump's plan to open up coastal and farming land to gas and oil extraction. And.. USATODAY.com - Published
Cole Comstock, 34, of Blairsden, California, was killed during the avalanche at the Alpine Meadows ski resort, authorities said.
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It's a claim frequently made: Homeless people in town are from somewhere else. It's really not true. In related news, Gov. Newsom wraps up a homelessness tour in Oakland, where he promises to "own.. USATODAY.com - Published
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