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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A late clergyman who served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento for four decades has been accused for the first time of sexually assaulting a child, joining dozens of Sacramento clergy previously implicated in the Catholic Church’s decades-old abuse scandal.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Jeffries will replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the top elected Democratic leader. He represents a generational shift and faces challenges in a GOP House in January.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Not long after Allied troops landed on Normandy's Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, the very first photographs from the French battlefield were widely published in American newspapers, magazines and journals.

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration has announced a plan to provide $250 million to accelerate environmental projects around the shrinking Salton Sea, helping to revitalize its ecosystems and control hazardous dust in a deal that will clear the way for California to take less water from the drought-ravaged Colorado…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An academic research organization is “looking into” allegations of scientific misconduct involving Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the president of Stanford University, after online posts challenged the authenticity of multiple images published in a paper he co-authored.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Penske Media’s inaugural music, food and arts festival LA3C will hit Los Angeles Historic State Park Dec. 10-11 to celebrate the rich artistic melting pot the city is known for.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mexican-based group Banda MS will perform for the first time at Kia Forum in Inglewood on June 23, 2023, as part of a special 20th anniversary show.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Composer Ramin Djawadi will revive his “Game of Thrones” Live Concert Experience for a single night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in May 2023, he announced Tuesday.