California unions want to undo a recession-era pension reform. Local governments fear the added costs and what it means for local services.

California's budget plan, Newsom’s last as governor, relies on higher revenue projections and new taxes to delay healthcare ...

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would give the coastal commission greater oversight over new owners trying ...

Researchers say about 800 plants are involved in plastics or plastics-chemicals in California. Many are around Los Angeles and are expanding.

The state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system to comply with ...

California police are making arrests after killings more often, a trend that could be contributing to the state's record-low homicide rate.

The court’s decision allows – but doesn’t require – states to bar transgender student athletes from playing on girls’ and ...

California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, from the controversial billionaire tax to an ...

A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.

Boyle Heights and Garden Grove residents are demanding accountability after fires and a toxic scare revealed how little protection they actually have.

California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, ...