Several California school districts have required parental notification when students seek to change their gender identity.

Experts are predicting that by next summer or fall, El Niño will probably be in place, which could bode well for California and the West’s water outlook for several years.

When state officials announced they were offering residents access to a digital record of their coronavirus vaccinations, they stressed that it is not a "vaccine passport," but might come in handy for sporting events, concerts and international travel. 

Although Gov. Gavin Newsom initially had indicated that the state’s mask mandate would remain in place even after other restrictions had been lifted, officials have since said that Californians will no longer have to wear masks, unless a private business decides to continue requiring them.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo hopes the City Council will this year approve a first-in-the-nation requirement that gun owners insure their weapons or pay fees to keep them.

A dozen epidemiology, public health and equity experts weigh in on the state's vaccine rollout as more people become eligible for the jab.

The country’s most populous state averaged more than 560 deaths a day at its peak in January, according to The New York Times.

Carl Zimmer, a science columnist for the New York Times, discusses where things stand and what he’s watching going forward.

California Today Report, New York Times

As Joe Biden became president of the United States and California’s own Kamala Harris a barrier-shattering vice president, women wore pearls in solidarity. The Golden State will no longer be the center of the resistance to the White House. (Although Attorney General Xavier Becerra still managed to sue the Trump administration nine more times just on Tuesday, according to a CalMatters tracker.)

In a letter to Biden, Newsom set a new tone for California’s relationship with the president.