Gov. Gavin Newsom gave condemned prisoners a chance to live differently when he suspended the death penalty. They are not free by any means, but they now have opportunities to grow. “We were literally ...

A program that lets veterans trade fatigues for a lab coat took a hit when federal officials tried freezing millions in grant dollars.

Early 20th century political reformers such as Hiram Johnson saw the initiative process — placing measures on the ballot for voters to decide — as an antidote to a Legislature controlled by moneyed ...