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Santa Ana winds push fast moving flames through hundreds of homes in one Los Angeles suburb. Power outages are compounding an already difficult situation. (Nov. 15)

Nearly a hundred homes have been destroyed by wildfires in Santa Barbara, California. Firefighters fear many more could be in harms way. Courtesy Fox News. (Nov. 14)

1,800 acre blaze in Montecito, California force thousands to evacuate

Economist points to California and Florida-two states already seeing an uptick in sales.

Californians voted 52% to 48% to ban gay marriage, and opponents of the ban quickly took legal action. Stacey Delo reports. (Nov. 5)

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Wildfires across Southern California are being fueled by strong winds that have helped them burn through thousands of acres this weekend. (Nov. 16)

The first major U.S. campus uprising of the 1960s occurred on October 1, 1964, at the University of California at Berkeley.

As demand for reusable energy grows, California is the hotbed of solar innovation.

As leader of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley, Mario Savio ushered in an era of on campus student protests.