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California state government's largest union is scheduled to strike this week. It could affect services at offices like the DMV.
Federal prosecutors announced they’d charged 28 California green card holders for allegedly voting or registering to vote.
Gavin Newsom is preparing to leave office as one of the Democrats' most prolific communicators. He's transformed the governor's press shop.
Voters in nine districts are weighing in on particularly competitive races, made more so by a flood of outside money to sway public opinion.
Attendees at the sunrise ceremony criticized the governor's vetoes of bills on water, sacred sites and missing Indigenous people.
An audit found 57 California dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition, and the 40 riskiest sit near big coastal cities.
California election skeptics filed dozens of public records requests.
CA community colleges are trying to discourage immigration enforcement on campuses, but they can't do much to bar ICE agents.
The measure would require two-thirds of voters to approve local special taxes, instead of the simple majority for citizen-led initiatives.
Gov. Newsom signed a law allowing San Mateo County to restrict teens' access to e-bikes. It was inspired by fatal accidents in the Bay Area.
California voters haven't had to make so many decisions about tax policy at the ballot since 1994.
California lawmakers sent Gavin Newsom hundreds of bills in his final months as governor.
The measure would have allowed the Office of the Inspector General that oversees the high-speed rail authority to hire more trained staff.
Proposition 40 would levy a one-time tax on billionaires. Some say the initiative opens the door to tax flight, more aggressive taxatation.
Until recently, California was one of only three states — along with New Mexico and Mississippi — with no minimum age to wed.
Newsom signed a package of laws that aim to check federal agents during the Trump administration's deportation program.
The laws follow CalMatters investigations into failures in the state’s public-defense system.
Cal Fire firefighters tend to earn less money than their counterparts in city fire departments. Newsom signed a law meant to narrow the gap.
An election official said ballots looked, smelled and felt funny after he lost in this MAGA stronghold. Then the FBI visited Shasta County.
Gov. Newsom rejected a bill to lower the retirement age and sweeten pension perks for police and firefighters despite overwhelming support.
