For Newsom, both bad and good news.
It could be mid-May or later before some child care providers get state stipends promised to them as part of a coronavirus relief package.
A CalMatters investigation found that at least 1,300 people have been locked in county jails for longer than three years awaiting a trial.
IRS figures allow you to compare what you’re paying in taxes with that of your Sacramento County neighbors.
California went deep into debt to keep jobless benefits flowing during the pandemic.
After the statue of Junipero Serra had been removed, I began praying a rosary at that spot with others from Catholic parishes in the area.
Sacramento needed $607.5 million to get out of the red
Newsom's administration won’t disclose key information that will help determine when his latest stay-at-home order is lifted.
2020 Ballot Measures suggest major shifts in U.S. drug, labor, and elections policy
Its History, Controversies, and Past Efforts to Abolish It
Sacramento officials long ignored recommendations on sound forest management practices
Newsom approved legislation that makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at a crime scene.
"I don’t think science knows, actually," Trump said of climate change and its impact on fires burning across the Golden State on Monday.
Coast Guard aircrew member receives award for Hurricane Florence rescues.
AB 3121 is one of several bills that the Legislative Black Caucus is championing after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Lawmakers urge the Supreme Court to let law school grads practice law in the absence of upcoming bar exams.
The state is one of the top labor trafficking destinations in the world.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the inquiry as skeptics distrust local law enforcement, suspecting the deaths are lynchings.
The lessons of Prop. 187 remind us that the future of the immigrants’ rights movement is in our hands.
Public Services at Risk
Two state senators and a group of district attorneys say thanks, but no thanks, to campaign contributions.
California's last juvenile fire camp could close due to state budget cuts.
The governor said he will order the state police training agency to stop teaching carotid holds, a controversial technique.
Gov. Gavin Newsom may have resorted to having his children cut his hair, but most of you won’t have to.
For California’s seniors, the coronavirus pandemic is an especially terrifying crisis.
California hospital officials explain how their facilities are preparing for the projected surge of COVID-19 patients.
California’s Attorney General has joined a multistate challenge to Texas' restrictions on abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is California really slowing the transmission of the coronavirus — and if so, how?
Children, parents, and educators are struggling to adapt to a remote teaching necessity at odds with how special education is delivered.
Yes, California has about $20 billion in a “rainy day fund” to cushion the impact, but a major recession will quickly wash it away.
Any other week, actions affecting PG&E's chances of emerging from bankruptcy as an intact and operational utility would have been big news.
State sends zero tolerance reminder to consumers, wholesalers, manufacturers re "state of emergency" price gouging law.
Streamlined reporting adds to the tally of tests for the novel coronavirus conducted in California — but results are still pending for t ...
Not all Californians have been playing by the rules, forcing more restrictions.
Masks shield them from pesticides and field dust, which cause respiratory problems.
This month, local government officials in Sacramento County enthusiastically decided to ask voters to approve a hefty sales tax increase.
CA authorities want to keep some vulnerable businesses from collapsing during what is likely to be the worst economic crisis in years.
Gov. Newsom reminds people that it's science not hunches that will decide when the state reopens. And that could easily be the end of April.
COVID-19 is almost certain to cause the first pandemic-induced recession of the postwar era, experts say.
As schools, businesses, governments and most other venues go dark in the effort to restrict the pandemic, state officials are allowing c ...