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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...