Californias school districts are required to provide an independent study option, but quality is likely to vary among districts.

In April, the coalition of mayors of the state’s 13 largest cities, led by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, asked for a $20 billion, five-year investment to curb homelessness—half of the state's surplus.

The governor's announcement includes the use of sidewalks and converted parking spaces for outdoor dining and the sale of alcohol to-go. Bars will also be allowed to continue partnering with food trucks, restaurants and catering companies to sell food with alcohol even if they don't have an on-site kitchen.

California is one of four states, including Oregon, Minnesota and Tennessee, along with Washington, D.C., that have proposed new laws.

The stock market has soared to new heights, prompting a record number of Silicon Valley companies to go public.

Google is creating a post-pandemic workplace that will accommodate employees who got used to working from home over the past year.

The mayors want $4 billion per-year for five years in flexible funding as part of the state budget. 

The impending boba shortage is yet another sign of how the pandemic has snarled global supply chains and upended industries.

From growing up in San Jose to living rich in SoCal, but authority say this life was built on millions of dollars in stolen funds.

Nuria Fernandez, former G.M. for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is now Federal Transit Administration's senior official.

Suburban sprawl and freeways demarcate the neighborhoods of the haves and the have-nots.

Alex Padilla will be the first Southern Californian in nearly three decades to serve as one of the state’s two representatives in the Senate.

The measure coming up on the Nov. 3 ballot is the closest anyone’s gotten to touching the “third rail” of California politics.

It’s unclear when news of the decision would have reached defendants had SJI not inquired about the mayor shirking the same rule.

With little more than a month to go before the census deadline, county officials are making a final push to ensure a complete tally.

It’s time to give cameras a chance, ending the Driving While Black phenomenon and reducing traffic chaos in Bay Area streets.