Author: Associated Press

Waiters and bartenders are being thrown out of work — again — as governors and local officials shut down

(AP) — With California desperately battling an out-of-control coronavirus surge, the state’s health secretary is urging families to avoid

(AP) — California can’t enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because

(AP) — The second of three estimates on U.S. growth for the July-September quarter was unchanged at a record

(AP) — German media giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon &

The pandemic has millions of Americans working remotely from home to avoid an outbreak in the workplace — but

The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through 30,000 points Tuesday as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on

A California judge has rejected a request from a restaurant industry group to block the nation’s most populous county

(AP) — A California prosecutor says someone has filed an unemployment claim in the name of convicted murderer Scott

(AP) — Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after

(AP) — Home Depot has reached a $17.5 million settlement with the attorney generals of 46 states and the

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday after investors received several pieces of encouraging news on COVID-19 vaccines and

(AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia claimed victory Friday in his back-and-forth contest with Democrat Christy Smith in

(AP) — General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s

Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the “Jaws” mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old

(AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed

(AP) — By most measures of what keeps a pub afloat, the coronavirus pandemic should already have Ye Olde

Stocks ended an up-and-down week on a down note on Wall Street Friday, taking 0.7% off the S&P 500.

California authorities have arrested 50 members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and the Fresnecks street gang in Fresno

(AP) — A week before Thanksgiving, more than 100 residents were displaced Thursday by a wind-whipped wildfire that ravaged

(AP) — U.S. border authorities stopped people entering the country illegally from Mexico more than 69,000 times in October,

(AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is calling on Congress to enact billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before

Pfizer formally asked U.S. regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a

(AP) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy easily won reelection as House Republican leader, a stunning turnaround as the entire GOP

Wall Street capped a day of choppy trading with modest gains for stocks Thursday, as the market’s tug of

(AP) — California is imposing an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head

(AP) — General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles

(AP) — An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project

(AP) — Los Angeles County imposed new restrictions on businesses Tuesday and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew

(AP) — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded

Pfizer said Wednesday that new test results show its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, is safe and also protects

(AP) — After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared

(AP) — The prestigious University of California system has reached a proposed $73 million settlement with seven women who

(AP) — California gym owner D’Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat

With more shutdowns looming and a vaccine months away from wide distribution, governors across the U.S. are pleading for

(AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cellphone app that allowed staff to monitor

A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another

(AP) — The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are being summoned before Congress to defend their handling of disinformation

(AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average returned to a record Monday for the first time since plunging nine

(AP) — The governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued travel advisories Friday urging people entering or returning to

(AP) — Acknowledging that the nation is in a “dark” place, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his administration

(AP) — SpaceX chief Elon Musk may have to steer clear of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after getting mixed

(AP) — Only a few of America’s CEOs have made public statements about President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept

(AP) — The longtime chairman of a Massachusetts tribe and an architecture firm owner have been charged in a

(AP) — A huge fear for Wall Street coming into this month was a contested U.S. presidential election, one

(AP) — Retailers and carriers are preparing for an online holiday shopping surge that could tax shipping networks and

(AP) — Federal health officials have reached an agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines

(AP) — A month ago, Antonio Gomez III was a healthy 46-year-old struggling like so many others to balance

(AP) — Election Day is over but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the

(AP) — Walt Disney Co. reported fiscal fourth-quarter loss on Thursday thanks largely to changes related to the COVID-19