What happens if you have a democracy and nobody shows up?
We look at one of many local efforts to cultivate the local civic engagement talent pool.
Nobody is happy with the current situation. Especially California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Californians are fed up with flash mob shoplifting, smash and grab theft and an alarming uptick in Fentanyl deaths.
Following the June 28 SCOTUS ruling on homeless encampment removal, Newsom brings the hammer down—but only after years of the state’s efforts to cushion the blow. Will it be enough?
We celebrate California's Civil Grand Jury session of 2023-2024 with a review of some findings and results from across the state.
State water planners are preparing for a hotter and drier climate in the coming years.
“Intelligent” speed-limiting technology will be required in all new California cars starting in 2027, if a new law authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener passes.
Former Major League Baseball star Steve Garvey, a political rookie, faces off against veteran U.S. House members Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee in the first 2024 California Senate race debate Monday evening in Los Angeles.
California Forever, the company behind a proposed new city in Solano County, will submit a ballot measure seeking an exemption from local laws to allow development on the massive project to proceed.
Retired Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey is running for Senate as a "moderate" Republican and could be the first GOP U.S. Senator from California in 35 years, if a new poll is any indication.
David Robinson, the sheriff of Kings County, predicted that the coming flood will be “biblical.” “This will impact the world, if people can just grasp that,” Robinson said. “We’re going to have a million acre-foot of water covering up an …
Kevin McCarthy has reached the top position in the U.S. House, but has still fallen short in addressing the ongoing water crisis in his owndistrict, a new CNN.com report says.
Steven Carrillo, an active-duty Air Force servicemember, fell down a rabbit hole of Facebook extremism and became convinced he could start a new civil war. Then he turned his online obsession into real-life murder.
At long last, the state has a world-class museum to commemorate one of its most essential industries.
Despite a history of wildfires in the area, the state wants to build nearly 150 new campsites in Auburn State Recreation Area in El Dorado and Placer counties.
Even though 41 candidates to replace Gavin Newsom in the Sept. 14 recall election have revealed their tax returns, a judge now says that wasn’t necessary.
The name change of one of California’s most historic ski resorts is part of a statewide and national trend to reexamine offensive place names.
A combination of factors all related to climate change are fueling the ‘unprecedented’ growth of the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County.
PG&E has a long history of starting wildfires, including the Dixie Fire, with equipment failures. Now, a federal judge wants the company to hand over information on the fires it has started this year.
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