California hit with fresh setback in failed gender secrecy case costing taxpayers millions

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California was dealt another blow in a lawsuit over gender secrecy policies in schools when a federal judge ordered the state this week to pay the plaintiffs in the case $4.5 million in taxpayer-funded legal fees. Judge Roger Benitez, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, … Read more

Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance revealed a staggering increase in California hospice and healthcare providers that were suspended as a result of the task force’s crackdown on fraud.  Fox News Digital is told a total of 221 providers in … Read more

California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California woman who had been living in the U.S. for 27 years before the Trump administration deported her to Mexico in February reunited with her daughter this week after a judge ordered her return. Mexican citizen Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez was among the hundreds of thousands of people shielded from … Read more

GOP sheriff in California pauses election probe as legal challenges grow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Republican California sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots said he has paused the probe into election fraud allegations, citing mounting legal challenges from the state attorney general and a voting rights group. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is also one of two prominent Republican gubernatorial … Read more

DHS slams California ‘sanctuary’ county after mom allegedly murdered by 2 Honduran nationals

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) slammed a California county for not honoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests for two illegal aliens accused of murdering a 24-year-old mother earlier this month.  Franquin Inestroza-Martinez, a Honduran national, and Gerzon Jose Chirinos-Munguia, also … Read more

Remains of banker missing since 1999 found on California beach by family looking for seashells

Partial remains found on a California beach four years ago have now been identified as a former banker who vanished in 1999. A family was looking for seashells on the Salmon Creek Beach in Sonoma County in June 2022 when they came across a long bone that contained surgical hardware, the DNA Doe Project said … Read more

California attack survivors, who were not believed by police, get the last word against kidnapper

In the pre-dawn hours of March 23, 2015, Aaron Quinn and his girlfriend Denise Huskins were asleep in his Vallejo, California, home, unaware they were being watched. Denise Huskins Quinn: … around 3 a.m., we were awoken to a strange man saying “This is a robbery. We are not here to hurt you, stay calm.” … Read more

DOJ probes California, Maine over transgender inmate housing policies

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice on Thursday launched civil rights investigations into prison systems in California and Maine over policies allowing transgender inmates to be housed in women’s facilities, citing concerns about female inmates’ safety. The probes will examine whether the states are engaged in a “pattern or … Read more

9 sickened in E. coli outbreak tied to a California company’s raw milk and cheese

Nine people, including children, have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to raw milk and cheddar cheese made with it from Raw Farm, a Fresno, California, producer, health officials said. Two cases in California were added Thursday to the outbreak first announced March 15, bringing the total number of … Read more