Some advocates in Sacramento say the revised budget unveiled May 13 by Gov. Gavin Newsom providing $18.1 billion for the poor won’t be enough.

Gov. Gavin Newsom reveals his revised May budget, including his inflation relief plan and spending priorities on education, the environment.

Gov. Newsom is considering seeking federal funds to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open as the state transitions away from fossil fuels. But there are many complications to keeping nuclear power in California.

California legislators are advancing two bills that would require companies to report more data about pay and internal practices. Business groups oppose the bills and say the data could be taken out of context.

Under the new plan, the state would almost eliminate oil and shift to renewable sources over the next two decades, but offers no update on the controversial polluting-trading market known as cap-and-trade.

The Catholic Church says it could be forced to litigate hundreds or thousands of cases of sex abuse by priests, resulting in potentially billions of dollars in retroactive punitive damages.

A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction is back by California’s carpenters’ unions, but the Construction and Building Trades Council is opposed, saying it doesn't guarantee union wages.

A $300 penalty that California courts tack onto traffic and minor citations can cause the cost of a ticket to balloon. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to reduce it by half but lawmakers want it gone.

Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have different opinions on the best next steps for California’s high-speed rail project.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California Democrats are counting on abortion rights to drive their voters to the polls. But some may still care more about crime, homelessness and inflation.

California is trying to make its cash assistance program more flexible for low-income parents. Advocates say a federal rule is hindering that.

Even before a Supreme Court draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade was leaked, California abortion rights groups, providers and Democratic lawmakers were getting ready for a potential influx of out-of-state women.

California’s community college enrollment plummeted during the pandemic. Here are the stories of some of the students who left.

The state Department of Public Health notified diagnostics company PerkinElmer that its no-bid contract worth as much as $1.7 billion to operate the Valencia Branch Laboratory for Covid tests would end on May 15, months ahead of schedule.

Roughly 360,000 UC and CSU students may soon receive about $1,000 to $3,000 to fund their educations this fall as part of California’s effort to make college debt-free. Another form of aid to help more community college students has a less clear path

Anti-poverty organizations are calling for the state to target some of its projected surplus to families making up to $30,000 a year.