California prosecutors would gain new powers to sue big businesses over anti-competitive practices under a bill Democratic lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

California leaders pushed through a controversial last-minute deal to protect the major project from environmental lawsuits.

A bill now on the governor’s desk narrows last year's CEQA exemption for advanced manufacturing, adding community protections industry fought to soften.

California recently lifted the statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits, leading to many cases against schools. A ...

California police and firefighters will be able to retire earlier and earn more generous pensions under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Newsom backed off his plan to ease utilities' wildfire costs after Democratic lawmakers refused to shift the burden to ...

Students lost campus tours and college application help when the U.S. Department of Education canceled over $40 million in TRIO funding.

California announced a new lawsuit over President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting, arguing in part that the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law expanding privacy protections to people who work with immigrants. Republicans characterized it as a threat to the First Amendment.

Legislators struck a last-minute deal that keeps survivors' right to sue over child sex abuse intact but raises the evidence ...

The proposal would expedite the environmental review of a Newsom appointee’s mixed-use project in Santa Monica, despite ...

The state has its own massive fleet and deep pockets — but a new federal "full suppression" strategy and deadly firefighter deaths are testing even California's resources.