3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (394+ words) As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to exit office in January, he faces mounting pressure over one of the most consequential and politically fraught decisions of his tenure: whether to commute the death sentences of more than 560 people currently on California’s…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (459+ words) California’s celebrated wildlife comeback stories — from the majestic condor to the playful sea otter — owe much of their survival to the federal Endangered Species Act. Now state officials are heading to court to defend that 50-year-old law, arguing that changes…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (459+ words) California’s celebrated wildlife comeback stories — from the majestic condor to the playful sea otter — owe much of their survival to the federal Endangered Species Act. Now state officials are heading to court to defend that 50-year-old law, arguing that changes…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (912+ words) California lawmakers spent much of this year wrestling with a thorny question: could the state safely hand over driver’s license data to a national clearinghouse — as the federal government was demanding — without exposing more than a million people to immigration…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1179+ words) Every November, Californians will elect someone who oversees one of the largest insurance markets in the world. Those responsibilities hit especially close to home for Californians as wildfire risk and other climate-driven disasters intensify. Seven of the state’s 10 most destructive…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (369+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants to blow up the California Department of Motor Vehicles entirely, and he made his case Tuesday outside a DMV office in West Hollywood, framing it as the next front in his campaign to lower…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (362+ words) State regulators have ordered health insurance giant Health Net to overhaul how it is winding down assisted living benefits for thousands of low-income Californians, after the company’s abrupt termination plan left vulnerable residents and their caregivers scrambling for alternatives. Under…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (898+ words) California voters will head to the polls in November to decide who takes charge of one of the largest insurance markets on Earth — a decision with real consequences for household budgets across the Inland Empire and the rest of the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (287+ words) California lawmakers have a long history of passing sweeping legislation in the heat of the moment, often without fully weighing the long-term costs. The state’s track record includes plenty of ambitious promises that fell apart under closer scrutiny. Now a…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (381+ words) California didn’t wait around. Joining forces with roughly two dozen other states, it filed suit to block the new rules and preserve its authority over how elections are run within its borders. Last week, a federal district court sided with…...