Californians accused of crimes can receive mental health treatment rather than prison time. Lawmakers are revamping the rules following reports of violent offenses.

Liberal California activists are urging Democrats to wait until the last minute to vote in the race for governor, then ...

At $6 a gallon, California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation. Gasoline supplies look stable for the next six weeks but are uncertain after that as California leans more on ...

Under new rules, plastic producers have to cut single use plastic, increase recycling rates and pay $5 billion to remedy harms from plastic pollution. Plastic producers have until June to come up with ...

Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.

Students could earn a bachelor’s degree faster in select fields. Work experience could count toward required class units.

Katie Porter released an ad joking about her temper. But experts say the touchy issue reveals a double standard for women ...

Voters in Latino-majority precincts had the largest shift toward supporting Prop. 50 compared to 2024 election results .

Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, ...

California teachers in training have to spend at least 600 hours in a classroom, often unpaid. New programs provide them an income.

California lawmakers want to expand organized sports at prisons. An incarcerated journalist says the only winner would be the prison budget.

For more than 50 years the Coastal Commission has superseded most local and state rules affecting housing and land on the coast — until now.