California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a proclamation Thursday to convene a special session of the state Legislature, with the goal of preserving civil rights and enabling potential litigation ahead of the incoming Trump administration. The special ...

Voters in the Democratic-run state overwhelmingly approved a measure to impose harsher sentences for crimes and were on their way to ousting two progressive district attorneys.

The reports have come out of at least 20 states, including California, according to CBS News. One of the people who received a text was a teen in the San Joaquin County city of Lodi. On her way to basketball practice Wednesday, Tasha Dunham's 16-year-old ...

California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires.

From family planning to hospital bills, the new Trump administration has the potential to affect a wide range of policies in the Golden State and beyond.

It appears inmates in California will continue to work for little or no pay, as tallies released Thursday show voters opposed Proposition 6, a bid to change the state constitution to outlaw involuntary servitude in state prisons. No on Proposition 6 led 54.6% to 45.4%

California's governor and attorney general are taking immediate steps to once again take up the mantle as leader of the Trump resistance.

Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. When President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House in January, he will become a key figure in California’s homelessness crisis, holding the federal purse strings and setting policy ...

A better alternative for California is to scale back this project, so that something useful can be completed with existing resources.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session later this year to safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change,