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Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office officials and New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator officials hold a press conference on the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, who were found dead on February 26, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 7, 2025.

Three more perish of same rare disease that killed wife of Gene Hackman

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , REUTERS

A member of Cal Fire surveys damage outside a devastated home in recent wildfires affecting Altadena, California, January 12, 2025.

Massive wildfire erupts in eastern California, sparking evacuations

A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters on February 01, 2024 in Sunnyvale, California. Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing the possibility of delisting from NASDAQ as the company navigates numerous class action lawsuits.

California A-G urges 23andMe users to delete genetic data amid potential bankruptcy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Naftali Sherman wears a U.S. - Israeli flag to counter-protest a demonstration at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 11, 2025.

Anti-Israel ethnic studies unfunded in California - Is the fight over?

By TAMAR CASPI

Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, CA is currently being sued for refusing to serve a Jewish patron.

Jewish man sues Oakland cafe for antisemitic discrimination over Star of David hat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Opening statements are made during a board meeting at the Santa Ana Unified School District board room in Santa Ana, CA on June 13, 2023

California school district halts ethnic studies courses following lawsuit over alleged antisemitism

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

A protest encampment is set up in support of Palestinians, at the University of California, Berkeley, in April. The problem with the eruption of the anti-Israel protests has been the involvement of many faculty members in reframing the notion of Palestine, the writer argues.

Israeli UC Berkeley student files lawsuit against antisemitic discrimination

By ARIELA OHRENSTEIN

Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast.

Rare 'super pod' of over 1,500 Risso's dolphins spotted off California coast

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Montana Tucker and Former Neo-Nazi Arno Michaelis Unite to Combat Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

‘Hate can be an addiction’: Ex-neo-Nazi, Montana Tucker take to the streets

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Construction in Tel Aviv on December 3, 2024.

Pearl Cohen merges with San Francisco IP firm

By GLOBES/TNS

An air tanker drops fire retardant at the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025.

Israel sends firefighting and rescue experts to aid US with LA fire

By MICHAEL STARR

Hanukka

‘Just things’ - like what my LA neighbors lost - are what makes houses into Jewish homes

By Rachel Steinhardt/JTA

Republican US Senate candidate J.D. Vance arrives to speak to supporters at an election party after winning the primary in Cincinnati, Ohio, US May 3, 2022.

Vance: Trump will let IDF 'knock out' Hamas, if hostages not released before Jan. 20

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jamie Lee Curtis in front of background of the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025. (illustrative)

Jamie Lee Curtis likens LA fires to 'war-torn' Gaza, sparking controversy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office yesterday.

President Biden welcomes first great-grandchild

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Graffiti comparing Israelis to Nazis was discovered on the last night of Hanukkah in Oakland.

'Israelis are the new Nazis' graffitied next to Oakland hanukkiah

By MICHAEL STARR

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered to protest the Israeli offensives in Gaza outside the Federal Building in San Francisco, May 31, 2024.

Two Bay Area House reps face class-action suit for supporting Israel aid

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Sick pelicans on the beach of Punta Hermosa.

California declares state of emergency over bird flu outbreak

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF