California courts have long upheld below-minimum wage pay for prison inmates working a wide range of jobs. A 2024 ballot measure that would ban forced prisoner labor could change that.

The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a California shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability.

As Democrats have panicked over President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance and looked elsewhere for a potential replacement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is the talk of the town. But how would he fare on the national stage?

There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about homelessness in California. Data can dispel several common myths.

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed a budget that slashed $107.8 million in funding for programs and projects that address extreme heat, and shifted $55.7 million across different programs.

A newly created regional housing finance authority for the entire San Francisco Bay Area will send a bond of up to $20 billion to the ballot. But the fate of its statewide counterpart looks bleak.

The California Department of Public Health says Diamond Shruumz brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies contain a proprietary mushroom blend and have been linked to seizures, loss of consciousness, abnormal heart rate, nausea and vomiting.

Community solar projects can give renters and low-income homeowners a chance to go solar, but the PUC’s action is unlikely to give them the option.

As funds for climate change programs are cut, Democrats and environmentalists are pushing for a bond measure on the ballot to restore some funding.

In his revised budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed significant cuts to a scholarship that aids more than 300,000 students and signaled he won’t expand the Cal Grant program.

After a slow start last fall, California’s wet season ended April 1 with the Sierra Nevada snowpack measuring 110% of its historical average.

April 2 Update: City, county, state ballots set for November

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health ballot measure 's lead is slipping, so Prop.1 foes are launching a campaign to find and fix rejected ballots.

Voters authorized the Legislature to go to standard or daylight saving time year-round, but nearly six years later no law is on the books. It takes a two-thirds vote, and also congressional action to go to daylight saving year-round.

The primary turnout in the county in 2022 was just under 36 percent, and this year’s county tally is likely to be under 30%, based on this week’s trends.

The Food and Drug Administration also announced that California-based Trader Joe's earlier this month has recalled four products as part of a nationwide, multi-year dairy recall that has left two dead and over two-dozen sickened by listeria. The products are several salad kits and a pre-made enchilada dish.