Republicans in the California Legislature are increasingly pushing Democrats on child sex crimes bills. The supermajority is growing more divided about it.

The House of Representatives voted to block the state’s ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles, challenging its rule-making authority.

State investigators report on ICE detention centers raises concerns about health care and poor record keeping.

In March, a  Nazi flag was hung on the north Morgan Hill overpass in where supporters of President Donald Trump had gathered for a political demonstration. 

The hardware giant’s stores in Santa Clara County were burglarized at least 15 times. A Home Depot in Emeryville was hit 24 times.

Gabby Chavez-Lopez led Anthony Tordillos by 706 votes in the special election, but won just 30% of the overall vote.

The recount of the April 8 Special Election, required by the narrow margin at the close of regular vote tallies, showed Gabby Chavez-Lopez with 2,712 votes, Anthony Tordillos with 2006 votes and Matthew Quevedo with 2000 votes.

The state’s health insurance exchange transmitted pregnancy and domestic abuse data during a marketing campaign.

One of the murder victims had left a chilling message on Facebook one day before his body was found, identifying the man who would be arrested for his murder.

California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud.

California receives $2.4 billion in federal Title I money for low-income schools, about $1.3 billion for special education and $250 million for after-school programs, among other grants.

Google, oil companies and utilities helped push California lobbying to a record $540 million in 2024, up 10% from the year before.

The New York Times today put the mayor in the national spotlight for leading the city council in a plan to threaten homeless people who don’t accept offers of shelter, saying it’s  the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.

California is the first state in the nation to provide an affordable direct-to-consumer drug online.

Negotiations with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, which represents about 1,500 transit workers, remain unresolved.

Almost half a year into the dispute, eight striking Kaiser mental health workers wrapped up a hunger strike as broken-off negotiations were set to resume.