A new generation of pioneers is seeking to create their own communities where the focus is on innovation for business outside of the mainstream — and outside of the United States.

California's rainfall last year was the lowest since 1877, it hasn’t rained yet this "rainy season," fire watch started in January, and there's almost no Sierra snowpack to melt. There's a drought emergency in this giant agricultural state.

California says no to letting insurers reissue canceled plans for another year. And it’s not just because the policies are substandard. Without those customers on the exchanges the whole thing could collapse.

To free up tickets for concerts and sporting events, California is the latest state to ban ticket bot programs.

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.