Though California faces serious water shortages, the Legislature's analysts recommend weaker outdoor conservation requirements and longer deadlines.

More than 4,000 state scientists who are staging a three-day strike this week have worked under an expired contract for three years.

Water providers say rebates for residential areas are costly and many people refuse to remove their lawns. The rules aim to save enough water for more than a million households a year.

Truck manufacturers won’t file legal challenges over California’s controversial mandate, and in return, the state air board will relax some smog-fighting requirements.

In the worst-hit counties, hospitals are sending critically ill patients elsewhere. Others are keeping ICU patients in crowded ER wards.

These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t know they’re drinking them.

The goal is to increase high-capacity testing and end a backlog that, at times, has left people waiting as many as 12 days to receive results. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new website created with Alphabet’s subsidiary Verily that will provide screening and testing support.