There seems to be a new slang word every other day, and many around the nation can’t seem to keep up. Word finding experts at word unscrambling site Unscramblerer.com analyzed Google Trends search ...

SANTA BARBARA, California — Is it possible to define California’s aesthetic language? As a home to almost 40 million people, its artistic chatter takes on thousands of different tones. There’s the ...

“Cali” is not a widely accepted nickname for the state. An informal poll of more than 50 SFGATE staffers, most of whom were born and raised in California, resulted in a resounding “no” to the question ...