California sued the Trump administration more than 100 times in his first term and secured some major victories on the environment, immigration and health care.

The state will see multiple wind events through the middle of the week, and its biggest cities may face quickly growing wildfires.

The vote is not guaranteed. Eight Senate Democrats did not vote for his bill, the oil industry and Republicans have been sharply critical of the proposal, which they say would actually drive up prices at the pump.

California was nearly $2 billion over forecast in corporate tax receipts this summer, including by $844 million in July. A tax change meant to help the budget deficit helped drive the surge.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

California will now ban legacy admissions at private colleges next year, even though few colleges admit students that way.

More than 50 California hospitals stopped delivering babies in the past decade, limiting maternity care options in both rural and urban communities.

Cal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million and warning of layoffs and cuts to academic programs. San Jose State has cut $55 million the past two years, by not hiring new staff and avoiding replacing non-faculty job openings.

As part of a California reparations package, Gov. Newsom signed a bill to officially apologize for slavery, but he vetoed others sought by reparations supporters.

California Coastal Commission cleanup sites reported that 28,751 volunteers scoured over 750 cleanup sites removing over 254,772 pounds of trash.

If a victorious Donald Trump implements Project 2025, California will face an ultimatum: Report sensitive abortion data to the government or jeopardize Medicaid funding. A former Trump Health and Human Services appointee wrote this section of the campaign document.

While it’s always been more expensive to be a homeowner in California, the gap between the rest of the country has widened into a chasm.

Lawmakers approved two bills to allow some community colleges to provide bachelor’s degrees in nursing, but California State University already offers these degrees.

Despite advances in civil rights, the state’s prison system still uses inmates for labor under the pretense of rehabilitation.

Was the former California attorney general and San Francisco DA too soft on crime? Or too tough?

Some California communities are resisting progressive policies from Sacramento. Democrats in the Legislature say they are going too far and are responding with bills to shut them down.