California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

Proposition 32 to increase the minimum wage from $16 to $18 isn’t as far-reaching as when it was first proposed. Fast food workers are already making more, and health care employees are on track. But worker groups are already pushing for more.

Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers expect to get a raise under a new law that sets a higher minimum wage for them. The law has a number of variables, including when it will actually take effect.

A higher minimum wage for health care workers takes effect in two weeks, but Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to delay it because of the state budget deficit.

More than half a million California health care workers are expected to see a pay increase in January thanks to a law raising the minimum wage for their industry.

Student workers at the 23-campus CSU system say their pay is low, their hours are restricted and they get no sick pay. They are hoping to join the employees union to fix that.

A new state law aims to ensure workers with disabilities earn at least the minimum wage.

Across the state, the mandatory minimum wage for all employers, regardless of the number of employees, will be $15.50 per hour.

This November, voters will be asked to consider seven thorny policy proposals, from abortion to zero emission vehicles.

Here’s a look at some of the state legislative proposals that became the law of the land when the clock struck Jan. 1 of the new year.

The wage floor in San Jose ticked up to $13.50 an hour, the next step in a region-wide push to raise minimum hourly pay to $15 by next year.

We reached out to five San Jose businesses with minimum-wage workers to see how they’re coping since the pay floor went to $12.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo took part in Metro’s SV411 podcast to discuss everything from Donald Trump and Google to pension reform.

The New Year brought with it 898 new laws, including measures on gun control, cyberbullying, driving and employment.

San Jose will up its minimum wage to $15 when the clock strikes 2019 as part of a regional effort to raise the standard of living in Silicon Valley.

San Jose plans to raise the minimum wage to $15, but city officials disagree about how quickly to phase it in and whether to allow exemptions.