Gov. Newsom signed 10 new gun control laws, including one requiring people to take a four-hour safety course. Some likely will face Second Amendment challenges.

Following the near-disaster caused by a chemical facility in Garden Grove, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that aims to protect communities near potentially explosive chemicals.

As climate-fueled wildfires test water systems in new and devastating ways, a rural California county has a plan to adapt

Residents of cities like Pacifica want to limit the presence of visitors and corporations. Companies like Airbnb want to keep their lucrative coastal listings. That tension has led to increased attempts to influence a small but powerful committee.

A CalMatters investigation has found the state has some of the weakest DUI laws in the nation.

Counties pay millions after jail deaths, but sheriffs run the jails. A bill awaiting Newsom’s signature could alter that balance of power.

Bonta isn't the first CA official to give in to corporations after tough talk about standing up to them. Governors Newsom and Brown did it.

New legislation forces the city and county of Sacramento to collaborate on homelessness. Stakeholders say it could have repercussions California-wide.