Southern California school boards have been battling with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta over book bans and other culture wars in the classroom. 

More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new state Supreme Court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial.

A wet winter may have delayed the state’s fire season, but it could ultimately make the blazes worse.

Yohanes S. Kidane was last seen Aug. 14 entering an Uber vehicle in San Jose, and cell phone, wallet and backpack were recovered near the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center in San Francisco.

The female officer, who has not been identified, was seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting, when a single bullet struck her in the abdomen below her bulletproof vest, causing serious injury to her intestine, colon, liver and gall bladder, and fracturing her spine, according to District Attorney Jeff Rosen. 

San Jose detectives identified Todd Baldwin, of Morgan Hill, as a member of the facilities department at Valley Christian Schools who allegedly paid students for providing explicit images and video.

Police Chief Anthony Mata asked for prayers for the wounded officer, praised her partner for his heroism and thanked the community for its support.

The suspect or suspects fled prior to officers arriving, and the two students stabbed were taken to a hospital.

Police had surrounded an apartment in downtown San Jose this morning, where one female officer was wounded by a gunshot while standing at a doorway.

Scott Shaw's trial in U.S. District Court in San Jose on civil rights violations ended in a mistrial, but now he faces time in prison after pleading guilty.

Nola Schneider, the mother of Katherine 'Katie' Schneider, confirmed on social media Sunday that human remains found near Castle Rock Park were her daughter's. 

The city unions’ call for a three-day strike beginning Aug. 15 had been put on hold for 24 hours Monday, giving the council a chance to approve the deal.

In response to soaring overdose deaths in state prisons, California started a sprawling addiction treatment program, which serves addicts in prison and after their release. At a mobile health clinic in San Jose, health workers treat formerly incarcerated patients.

Instead of the two-thirds supermajority required for local bond measures, legislators are considering a proposed threshold of  55%. Had that standard been in place in 2018, San Jose, Santa Cruz County, Berkeley, San Diego and Santa Rosa would have been granted the power to borrow a total of $2.26 billion.

Ballot measure campaigns are already building their war chests for the costly fight to come, raising more than $60 million since January.

Three of the biggest housing bonds in state history are bound for the 2024 ballot. But with no shortage of crises facing the state, California can only borrow so much and voters may succumb to bond fatigue.