Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure ...

No immediate hike in gas prices will occur. But Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the clean-fuel program.

Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media during a press conference unveiling his revised 2025-26 budget proposal at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on May 14, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for ...

What happened to three men who were arrested in California and deported? Also: Marines at the border and the economic toll of the raids.

As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants deep in the country, it's sending Marines and soldiers to ...

The governor’s insistence led to a week of confusion as lawmakers rushed to work out a compromise with powerful unions and ...

We reviewed vehicular manslaughter cases in California from 2019 through early 2024 to understand how the state handles dangerous drivers. The court records and driving histories reveal a state so ...

Budget deal limits immigrant health coverage, uses rainy day funds as the state grapples with $12 billion shortfall.

Their families won’t know what happened to them. They’ll be shackled, whisked away to another state, forced to subsist for ...

California lawmakers are weighing a provision in the budget that would allow developers to pay a lower wage for some ...

CalMatters wanted to understand how California handles dangerous drivers. When we began looking into it, we found that while there has been research on infrastructure, technology and engineering ...

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has ...