Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal 15 months after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says President-elect Donald Trump’s prodding helped seal the deal. Johnson says he hopes the deal continues as the new administration comes in,

Berkeley is suing her local UAW-affiliated union for alleged hostility and discrimination against Israeli and Jewish union members.

The Israeli-Hamas conflict has created tension across California and in Sacramento. Now, several faith-based leaders are concerned the rift remains after Wednesday's announced ceasefire.

The state’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom invited Trump last week, but the president-elect told NBC News that he felt it was “better if I went as president.”

From the US Supreme Court’s ruling on TikTok and Israel’s cabinet okaying a ceasefire pact with Hamas to US President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of thousands, several important events took place in the world this week.

The now-deleted description of a Feb. 11 event thrusts Cal into the center of a debate on antisemitism and the limits of academic freedom.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will issue an executive order to increase the availability of water in California, following disastrous wildfires that recently tore through several Los Angeles neighborhoods.

A U.S. backed ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel will remain in effect until the middle of next  month, the White House announced Sunday.

There is cautious optimism among San Diego’s Middle Eastern communities over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Members of the House of Israel and House of Palestine, both located at Balboa Park, said the terms of the agreement give them hope after 15 months of agony that included protests for peace and vigils to honor victims of the war.

A ceasefire is absolutely not the end, but the beginning of what we hope is going to be a longer process of peace building and stability in the region.”

A former San Diego summer camper was among three hostages released by Hamas after being held for more than a year.

Dangerous fire weather forecast in Southern California; South Korea's impeached president detained; Israel and Hamas said to be at closest point yet to a ceasefire; Two lunar landers on their way to the moon.