With the new year comes increased benefits for millions of workers — in a landmark action, California is increasing paid family leave and disability benefits so more families can afford to take time off of work to care for an ill loved one, bond with a new child, or recover from an illness.

A conservative organization led by Trump adviser Stephen Miller sent letters to California leaders warning of ‘serious consequences’ over sanctuary policies that protect undocumented residents. San Jose became a sanctuary city in 2007. San Francisco also declared itself a sanctuary city in 1989.

A new California law responds to rising attacks on health care workers, despite concerns from progressives and prison-reform advocates.

New California laws taking effect Jan. 1 aim to make it easier to prosecute people accused of retail theft. Separately, voters passed Prop.

Voters said no to expanding rent control, but tenants facing evictions will have more time to fight to keep their homes under a new California law.

The California state budget has been a rollercoaster over the past few years. Big deficits generally mean cutting plans and programs.

The increase in lobbyists this year means there’s now at least one lobbyist for every legislative staff member.

DNA evidence tied Thomas Loguidice, 67, to a 1994 mall robbery, while he was serving a 40-year sentence in state prison after being convicted in 2012 of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 13 in San Benito County. 

San Jose police said Lucien Cabrera, 19, built illegal guns in his San Jose home and brazenly marketed them on social media.

A new California law that goes into effect Jan. 1 will prohibit state-chartered banks from charging fees for withdrawals that are instantaneously declined.

The last 150 feet of the wharf collapsed into the Monterey Bay at around 12:45pm, city officials said. The city had already determined that the end of the wharf needed to be taken down and repaired after it was damaged in storms over the past several years.

National and California experts say Trump’s mass deportation plans make filling out the federal financial aid application for college a risk to students with undocumented parents. California’s own application has more safeguards.

New California law prevents schools from requiring staff to notify parents if a student identifies as LGBTQ. It’s in response to some districts requiring staff to notify parents when students identify as a gender other than what’s in their official files.

The mutating Avian Flu virus has spread rapidly in California, the nation’s largest producer of milk. Farmers are frustrated that their herds are getting infected despite various precautions.

Todd Baldwin allegedly paid thousands of dollars via mobile payment services to the minor boys and to at least two other students whom Baldwin had recruited to create child sexual abuse materials for resale online.

California may have more than a million fighting birds, according to the Center for a Humane Economy.