State leaders struck a deal with Uber and trial lawyers to keep rivaling measures off the November ballot, but no deal yet on ...

Want government records? You might have to pay more, wait longer or even fight the court to obtain them under a proposed new ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration appears to be investigating him and his wife. The Democrat said agents ...

Regulators don't require facilities storing methyl methacrylate to have emergency plans. Thousands of people live nearby.

LA County's Measure ER clung to a narrow lead while Contra Costa's similar measure went down in defeat — a divide experts ...

Historically, students in short-term job training programs were ineligible for financial aid. That is changing, but the state ...

State officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero.

A California city banned new data centers, underscoring a growing skepticism about the energy-hungry hubs that power ...

Despite Californians’ grumblings about delayed results, Democratic policymakers won’t curtail ballot access or risk inaccuracies to increase speed.

A CalMatters investigation last year found that criminal defendants across the state are routinely convicted without anyone ...

School funding in California steers a lot to wealthy districts and to those with high-needs students. Those in the middle get ...