A task force of state educators, parents and education experts is working to recommend policies to improve years of low reading scores throughout California

Californians facing eviction as soon as next week would get a temporary reprieve under a bill endorsed by the state’s Democratic leaders.

New data from urban areas suggests that people are ignoring the governor’s pleas for voluntary conservation during the drought.

The Newsom administration plans to spend $4.4 billion addressing mental health needs among young people. But will it come soon enough?

Income inequality grew in California during three of the last four recessions before the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are trying to figure out if the same happened in 2020.

One option for California lawmakers is to decrease the state tax on gas suppliers. Another is some form of rebate to help defray the higher cost of gas.

Santa Clara County's average today, $5.48 for a gallon of regular gas, was in the middle range of Bay Area counties.

Local jurisdictions are free to impose their own requirements, but all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, will no longer be required by California to wear a mask indoors at schools and child care facilities starting March 12. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom joined President Joe Biden as well as executives from the mineral mining and processing industry to announce both public and private investments in the mining of minerals like lithium and cobalt.

After record-breaking snowfall in December, January and February were likely the driest on record, prolonging California’s drought. In Silicon Valley, the conditions could mean tightening restrictions and increasing rebates to reduce water use.

A top state health official provided little new information on Monday about lifting mask mandates in schools, as public health experts say it might be time to take more steps towards normalcy in schools.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit said Tesla's factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay and promotion.

Rival California health insurers say the special deal is unfair and could leave them with high-need patients.

Proponents are targeting laws such as Senate Bill 9, which took effect Jan. 1, and allows for a property zoned single-family to be split for a duplex without a public hearing.

California grants a safety certificate to PG&E just after the utility came off probation for the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.

Five years after Prop. 64 legalized cannabis, farmers, dispensary owners and other advocates are calling on the governor to rescue a legal market they say has been pushed to the brink of collapse.