Some California counties use flat-fee contracts for public defense, which can leave clients without access to appropriate representation.

A therapists' union alleges Kaiser's e-visit tool screens mental health patients and issues care recommendations without real-time clinician review, which the union says violates state law.

Edison saw record profits and dividends after the Eaton fire and a state bailout. Legislators and Newsom might be considering another.

Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.

A new California Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on how many vacation hours government workers can cash out and apply ...

Following César Chávez's sexual abuse allegations, college faculty are evaluating how they teach about California’s farmworker movement.

California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally. It might soon ban addictive social media for kids.

We wouldn’t let anyone else live in a place that doesn’t have a smoke detector," one prison safety expert said about California falling behind on replacing its fire alarm systems.

For the fourth year in a row, California lawmakers are weighing whether to give violent criminals the legal right to cite abuse in their legal defense.

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In a surprising role reversal, at least in image, the traditionally plodding L.A. County government looks more urgent and creative than L.A. City Hall.

Grizzly bears went extinct in California, but that hasn’t stopped a fight over whether the state should study bringing them back ...