State officials say homes should be able to be cooled to a safe indoor air temperature of 82 degrees F. The legislature will ...

Gavin Newsom called the special session to oppose Trump, but questions remain his support for immigrants with criminal ...

Before this year’s legislative session really got underway, California legislators were tasked with protecting the state’s ...

FBI nominee Kash Patel said in his 2023 book that Adam Schiff was one of Washington’s “corrupt actors of the first order.” ...

Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.

California’s Democratic-dominated Assembly has endorsed up to $50 million in funding to defend the state’s progressive ...

Two bills head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after a debate sparked rhetorical fireworks on the floor of the state Assembly.

The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of the unemployment benefits fund -- but businesses ...

Learn about California's SB 48, designed to restrict ICE near schools and uphold its sanctuary status amid federal ...

California lawmakers this year are trying once again to make Cal Fire's firefighting and prevention force a year-round ...

On Jan. 23, lawmakers unanimously passed bills to provide $2.5 billion to aid cleanup and recovery efforts, less than two week after Newsom called for fire-related support. But the measures relating ...

About 3,000 seasonal firefighters would go from nine to 12-month employees as the wildfire season is now year-round.