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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The hazardous weather bearing down on Northern California has flooded overwhelmed rivers and creeks, toppled trees and knocked out power to a storm-weary region.

Friday was the fourth day of voting for House speaker. Photographers captured tense moments in the House chamber as lawmakers negotiated.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in 2023, farmworkers and employers say the policy is costing them money.

McCarthy had been on the cusp of victory in the 14th round of voting late Friday, but he fell one vote short. After nearly adjourning, the House remained in session and elected McCarthy on the 15th ballot.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — John Klingberg scored 68 seconds into overtime as the Anaheim Ducks came back to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Friday at Honda Center.

WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected speaker of the House early Saturday morning after four days and 15 ballots, resuscitating a chamber that had been paralyzed as it endured the longest struggle to elect a leader since the Civil War.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the start of his second term Friday on the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, choosing the moment to contrast California’s progressive and inclusive values with the “ugliness that overflowed on January 6.”

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday failed in his 13th attempt to succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as speaker but edged closer to finally clinching the gavel as he flipped a 15th vote his way Friday.

Fourteen fights are on tap for Bellator 290 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., with Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader atop the card.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay Area began cleaning up Thursday from a punishing storm that left tens of thousands of people in the dark, flooded coastal businesses and killed two people, even as two more atmospheric river storms line up in the Pacific, poised to hit California…

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned Thursday with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California still in search of more than a dozen elusive votes to become speaker.