Unprecedented approval for State Farm after L.A. fires means it can raise premiums in California next month.

It’s been five months since California’s legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue for the session. So far: committees, bills, but few results.

Acrylamide caused cancer in animals in studies where animals were exposed to acrylamide at very high doses. Dietary acrylamide forms from sugars and an amino acid that are naturally present in food and can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting and baking, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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

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

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.

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

Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration is now ending.

Potential cuts to Medicaid have Californians bracing for changes that could weaken recent gains in mental health care and addiction treatment.

In the recurring legislative fight between affordable housing advocates and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

The permit lays the groundwork toward a driverless taxi service. Tesla has said it will launch such a service in Austin, Texas in June.

California is the only state that doesn’t allow any tax exemptions on military retirement income.

California is spending billions more than expected on Medi-Cal for coverage expansions that benefit immigrant households.

San Jose detectives had identified Juan Ramirez as the man who fatally stabbed the woman, who died at a local hospital after the attack in the afternoon of March 22, 2013, in the 900 block of North First Street.

The governor’s announcement affects most of the state workforce and will take effect on July 1.