The effort to oust the Democratic governor began before the year-long pandemic upended life in California, driven by conservative activists.

A look back at some of the events—big and small—that shaped the past 12 months of tumult during the pandemic.

The initiative has turned 16,000 hotel and motel rooms in 55 counties and tribal areas into housing for 22,300 people.

Housing advocates have been sounding the alarm on what they say will be an unparalleled wave of evictions early next year.

As California AG Xavier Becerra joins Joe Biden’s cabinet as head of Health and Human Services, locals are looking ahead.

Voters narrowly defeated Proposition 15, the tax measure that aimed to eliminate decades-long protections for commercial properties.

The order pre-empts the state’s stay-at-home order, which Gov. Gavin Newsom formally announced Thursday, as hospitalizations surge.

Local businesses that want to reopen with restrictions have less than a week to file new paperwork with public health officials.

The new increases in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in California ended a downward trend across the state and jolted public officials.