People have embraced the taste of almond products. The question now is whether they can stomach higher costs.

Walt Disney Co has been granted an exemption from any future tax that might be levied on tickets to the Disneyland Resort.

The latest addition to Universal Studios' backlot tour makes passengers feel like they've driven onto the set of a Fast and Furious film.

Shandelle Battersby discovers an unusual local delicacy on the drinks menus of the storied Californian island.

Farmers with rights to California water dating back more than a century face sharp cutbacks, the first reduction in their water use since 1977.

Megan Singleton uncovers five of the best places to eat in LA, from chic celebrity hot spots to gourmet burgers and $1 tacos.

A New Zealand storm has been blamed for monster waves smashing California today.

Desalination projects are gaining resonance as drought-proof hydration solutions in parched California.

It takes a gallon (3.785 litres) of water to produce an almond, and almond growers use about 10 per cent of California's water supply every year.

California is faced with a double whammy of high temperatures and low rainfall exacerbated by an atmospheric pattern that for three years straight has diverted winter storms away.

Megan Singleton suggests a string of California adventures to try.

Many electronic and miscellaneous objects are never fully turned "off," and thus consume power all the time.

Less than an hour's drive from San Francisco is Napa's Sonoma County, where Megan Singleton sips, cooks and walks.

Visiting the Happiest Place on Earth is better with a plan, advises Shandelle Battersby.

A Chicago to San Francisco journey gives Pamela Wade time to eat, relax ... and talk.

As his daughter is left star-struck by the princesses of Disneyland, Winston Aldworth finds his Frozen heart melts.

The wife of Hollywood executive Alan Ladd Jr has become the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault: 'I didn't discuss it with anyone for 36 years.'

The family of a New Zealander who died trying to save a dive boat during a storm is travelling to the California island he called home.

New Zealand surfer watches in horror as his friend is dragged under the water by a great white shark off a Californian beach.

It is a quarter of a century since Straight Outta Compton, the seminal gangsta rap album, made a 25 sq km area of Los Angeles synonymous with gang violence and murder.

The US Pacific coast's most ferocious storm in years has moved south, bringing hurricane force winds and heavy downpours to southern California one day after claiming two lives in the Northwest.

Police have clashed with protesters in California on the fourth night of demonstrations across the United States against recent killings of African American suspects by white police.

It might seem the stuff of science fiction, but a mind-reading device is being developed by scientists which can eavesdrop on your inner voice.

Got a spare few hours before flying out of LAX? Try this hub of food and fun, writes Jesse Mulligan.

Seen Los Angeles? Head to one of these spots to see what else California has to offer.

Josh Burgess checks into a 'bohemian chic' studio apartment in Hollywood.