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Latinos will outnumber non-Hispanic whites in California by early next year for the first time since it became a US state.

• 01 февраля 2013, 13:49

California has long been braced for the Big One, but now a proposed new early warning system seeks to give the US state's residents vital extra seconds before a major earthquake hits.

• 31 января 2013, 14:19

Vandals have stolen at least four ancient rock carvings, apparently using cement-cutting circular saws to slice them out of a valuable archeological site in California.

• 20 ноября 2012, 15:20

A shark killed a surfer near Santa Barbara, California on Tuesday, officials said, nearly two years to the day after another rare but deadly attack off the same US beach.

• 24 октября 2012, 17:34

The family of a 14-year-old Maryland girl is suing the California makers of Monster Energy, alleging Friday that too much caffeine in the popular energy drink led to her death.

• 20 октября 2012, 17:11

California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill clearing the way for self-driving cars to jockey with human-operated vehicles to test the technology on the state's roads.

• 27 сентября 2012, 13:24

A "quake swarm" that has shaken southern California with hundreds of moderate temblors in quick succession is fueling jitters in the Golden State, long braced for the Big One.

• 28 августа 2012, 17:22

Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.

• 24 августа 2012, 10:30