California’s governor attributed his increased interest in regulation to public fears about the technology, as well as President Trump’s anti-regulation stance.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting that more than 5,400 petitions have been filed to initiate CARE Court proceedings.

The Texas-California fight has encapsulated issues both consequential and petty, and both states’ governors have gone to great lengths to ridicule each other.

The perception that California is a bad place to live is the result of lies, Gov. Gavin Newsom contends, peddled by right-wing media outlets.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to Alabama and the Carolinas offers an early look at his approach on the campaign trail as he moves toward a likely presidential bid in 2028.

The groups going out of state to influence the governor represent various political factions Newsom will court if he runs for president.

The trip will also allow Newsom to build support in a critical swing state as he gears up for a possible presidential run in 2028.

In his latest financial disclosure, former East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell reported paying nearly $150,000 in campaign funds to the law firm Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP.

In her Vanity Fair story, which published Tuesday, Ruby Rippey describes an affair that lasted months.

President Trump’s attorney general nominee promised Wednesday to review the legality of mailing abortion drugs, a policy California officials have vowed to uphold.

Backers of the plan to build a new city in Solano County say they are in talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom over legislation that would ease regulatory hurdles for the company’s planned development.

The White House declined to answer questions about the possible investigation or Newsom’s comments. Newsom said the investigation appears to be targeting his wife.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to help Democrats take control of the House faced its first major test this month in the state’s primary elections. Here’s a look at how those races are shaping up.

The Republican governor candidate has continued to echo GOP complaints about California’s system, while simultaneously touting his performance within that system as legitimate.

It’s official: Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will face off in the November general election to determine California’s next governor.

The underdog who decided to stay in the race despite dwindling campaign funds and single-digit support in polls will be on a glide path to become the next governor of California.

The underdog who decided to stay in the race despite dwindling campaign funds and single-digit support in polls will be on a glide path to become the next governor of California.

See live California primary election results, including in the governor race and other statewide races.

San Francisco Bay Area voters are facing a slew of decisions in today’s election, including the most tumultuous and wide-open governor race in decades. Track the latest updates.

The standoff reflects a debate playing out nationally in a party still uncertain about how to move forward from its bruising losses in the Trump era.

California Treasurer Fiona Ma’s candidacy in the race for lieutenant governor is resurfacing years-old allegations of sexual harassment levied against her by a former employee.

In emails reviewed by the Chronicle, former campaign staffers said they’d received hundreds of refund requests and a lack of clear guidance about what to do with them.

Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign paid the fee to lawyer Sara Azari, who began representing him after the allegations broke this month.

Yee failed to gain traction with her candidacy for the state’s highest office in a crowded field.

Many close allies and people who knew Eric Swalwell are still trying to make sense of his stunning fall from grace.

Rep. Eric Swalwell ended his campaign for governor two days after the Chronicle reported allegations he sexually assaulted a former staffer and CNN reported additional allegations.

California Democrats are attempting to fight efforts by Republicans to restrict voting by introducing a big update to the California Voting Rights Act Wednesday meant to expand voter access.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading candidate for California governor, campaigned for the man who would sign his ballot seizure warrant as a local judge four years later.

Eric McCain’s death was emblematic of continuing struggles by San Francisco housing provider HomeRise, which Nancy Pelosi has called a “beacon of hope” and “model for the nation.”

One candidate in the California governor’s race is making an unusual pitch: people are literally betting on him to win.

Gov. Gavin Newsom told the Chronicle Monday he's talked multiple times with Mayor Daniel Lurie about the county’s low performance.

The California governor’s race has attracted so many candidates that the state’s Democratic Party has been grappling with a surprising question: what if their party is shut out of the election?

Customs and Border Protection has requested information on every parcel in a Southern California county, including who owns each one.

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said the law’s exemption for state police discriminated against immigration agents and other federal officers covered by the ban.

CARE Court was Gavin Newsom’s big mental health care initiative. In San Francisco, fewer than 11 people have completed the program.

The kneepad jokes are not intended to be sexual, a Gavin Newsom spokesperson says. But a lot of people, from online commentators to scholars who study political rhetoric, aren’t buying that.

The congressional map approved by California voters to boost the number of House Democrats was upheld Wednesday by a divided federal court.

Newsom plans to announce that California regions are reporting a 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness in the last year.

President Trump has signed an executive order to circumvent state oversight of artificial intelligence, threatening California’s efforts to shape the burgeoning AI industry.

A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.

After threatening to leave the National Governors Association over the organization’s silence on National Guard deployments, Gavin Newsom says he’ll stay in the group but has stopped paying...

If the AI bubble pops it could blow a hole in the state’s budget, according to a report from the Legislature’s fiscal analyst released Wednesday.