California

Authorities say an elderly California woman, who is hearing-impaired and experiencing homelessness, was hospitalized after being targeted by a hit-and-run driver in a church parking lot in Castro Valley.

A Christian teacher with the Jurupa Unified School District in Southern California was fired from her position for refusing to comply with the district’s policies on gender. Jessica Tapia says that one of the required directives was to lie to parents about their students’ gender identities.

In his recently released book, “Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California,” Lloyd Barba writes about the Mexican farmworkers who built houses of worship in the state’s agricultural towns.

After fleeing violence in their Guatemalan town, a family of 15 joined an Advent candlelight ceremony organized by their shelter just south of the border.

An "After School Satan Club" aiming to teach students about inquiry and rationalism is set to begin in early December at a California elementary school, triggering controversy among parents and guardians who say the club shouldn’t be allowed, according to local news reports.

California will codify the right to abortion in the state’s constitution after voters on Tuesday (Nov. 8) overwhelmingly approved a measure that Catholic bishops and other Christian leaders rallied against.

The billboards, which feature a Bible verse in support of abortion, are part of Gavin Newsom’s re-election campaign for governor of California.

Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.