Customers and dealers will help determine the winners of USA TODAY's first-ever list of top California car dealerships.

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along Monterey County's coastline, California officials said in new study.

Two servers face $1K fines and restaurants in Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula may lose their liquor license for providing alcohol to minor "decoy." ...

President Donald Trump said he would consider the plan to pay out $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a 'DOGE ...

Monday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. But it wasn't always a ...

International students are scared of losing their visas if they leave the U.S. following deportation efforts by the Trump ...

A growing number of legal U.S. residents and visa holders are being detained or deported after border agents inspect their phones and social media.

Monterey sheriff's detectives have arrested a Sacramento teen tied to a Salinas teen's shooting death at a sideshow. Here's ...

As cleanup of the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery fire site begins, California implements new safety rules for battery energy storage facilities ...

Five roundabouts are planned for Salinas's growing north side, making some residents concerned over pedestrian safety and ...

Samuel Foreman purchased his ticket from a store in Greenville and opted for the lump sum of $600,000, about $430,000 after ...

Serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson left a trail of horror across the West Coast, including the grim discovery of a body near Salinas.