Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats. The proposal has created a rift between Gov. Gavin Newsom and prominent members of his party’s progressive wing ahead of this year's elections.

The top official at a California agency running the state's long-delayed bullet train project is taking a leave of absence after he was arrested earlier this month over allegations of domestic violence.

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California. Six others from the same group of skiers were rescued Tuesday.

Around 10 Visalia Unified School District high school students coordinated to spell out a “hateful, homophobic slur” using letters on their shirts last week, according to the school district in statements to news organizations. They posed for a photo, which was shared on social media.

St. Paul Catholic Newman Center parishioners gathered to pray at the Holy Hour for Peace.