Fast food workers urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a chairperson to California’s fast food council, which hasn’t met in over a year.

A new carbon market proposal could send billions in free permits to industry while cutting money for California programs.

A new report warns that data center buildout is encroaching on California’s most vulnerable, water-stressed communities. The problem is, no one’s saying how much water they use ...

Turning Point USA chapters are growing on California campuses after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, as tensions rise both in and out of the classroom.

A law advancing in the California Legislature algorithmic surveillance pricing illegal. Three other states just passed such bans.

Californians accused of crimes can receive mental health treatment rather than prison time. Lawmakers are revamping the rules ...

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California leaders approved the hospital funding within days even as they questioned the narrow criteria, the amount and the number of hospitals that would qualify. The speed stunned some hospitals ...

California is proposing to ban student cell phones, but the original plan to include all K-12 schools now exempts high schools.

If someone can’t find work, the dominant assumption is they failed to evolve, to learn or to stay current. Now that's likely not true.

Xavier Becerra was attacked from all sides in California's final governor debate. His response? 'This is what happens when ...

The biannual ‘suspense file’ hearing is the Legislature’s most efficient tool for killing costly or controversial proposals ...