Gov. Gavin Newsom has been busy in recent weeks signing bills on everything from housing policy to prescription drug costs. But he also signed legislation last week that included two new symbols for California.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A California engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds.

The crash​ happened while the REACH 5 Medical Air crew was heading back to Redding after dropping off a patient at UC Davis Medical Center.

The bill increases the wages of prisoners who work fighting California wildfires, but the pay is still far below the state minimum wage.

A strong, early-season winter storm will dump as much as 3 feet of snow in the high-elevation parts of California's Sierra Nevada mountains this week, which could eventually supplement the water levels of many reservoirs in the area. Newsweek reached out to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by email for comment.

Mitt Romney's sister-in-law was found dead on Friday evening next to a parking garage in the Town Center area of Santa Clarita, a suburb just north of Los Angeles, according to officials. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told ABC News it is conducting a death investigation into the death of 64-year-old Carrie Romney of Valencia.

Gov. Gavin Newsom votoes bill to phase out a range of popular consumer products, including nonstick pots and pans, that contain synthetic chemicals with links to cancer.

A helicopter spun out of control and crashed into a pedestrian bridge along Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach on Saturday afternoon, horrifying nearby beachgoers and sending five people to the hospital.

This two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, where flowers are painted onto the blue shutters, is in Echo Park, less than two miles from both Echo Park Lake and Dodger Stadium. A cafe and bakery is a few blocks away. A Detroit-style pizzeria, a small used bookstore and a mix of coffee shops and cocktail bars line a nearby stretch of Sunset Boulevard.

A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers

A 76-year-old skydiver died after a “landing accident” in Perris on Saturday, Oct. 11, according to law enforcement officials. Deputies responded shortly before 11:40 a.m. to Case and Murrieta roads after an air emergency, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.