‘Soul-hurting pain’: Victims’ families enraged at Newsom’s death row decision

Families of those killed by death row inmates react to California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuting their sentences to life in ...

Distant polls, spotty mail obstruct Native American voting 6 years after law meant to help them

Advocates say distant polling places and unreliable mail still keep Native Californians from voting, and the state panel ...

Gavin Newsom seeks to clear death row, commutes sentences for hundreds of prisoners

Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted death sentence for 548 state prisoners, saying "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with ...

What Gavin Newsom’s commutations mean for the death penalty in the U.S.

If approved by the California Supreme Court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.

New deadline for phaseout of gas water heaters gives Bay Area homeowners one more year

Up to half of Bay Area households buying new appliances can skip electric water heaters -- often heat pumps -- under an ...

Court rules against California’s first carbon capture project, a key piece of state climate plans

A Kern County judge found the board of supervisors' environmental review for CRC's carbon TerraVault project fell short.

Democrats’ blue wave beat Texas’ GOP gerrymanders. Did California even need Prop. 50?

California Democrats went all in on redistricting to fight GOP gerrymanders in Texas and Florida. But in light of the blue ...

Live California election results

Leer en español. As the votes are counted for California’s elections, we’ve got you covered with stories on all the key races ...

Will Newsom’s death penalty commutations stick?

Gov. Gavin Newsom moved to commute the sentences of 548 death row inmates, an order that victim advocates plan to challenge ...

Mayor-elect Nithya Raman inherits a Los Angeles full of promise and burdened by challenges

Raman positioned herself as an outsider to mainstream L.A. politics. The mayor-elect will quickly face an array of ...

What we know about results in all 14 California ballot propositions

California's 14 s ballot measures include a billionaire tax, voter ID, changes to recall elections, and a bid to speed up building by limiting environmental reviews.