Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

The board that oversees the rail project voted 7-2 to limit CEO Ian Choudri's contracting power after an investigation found $600,000 in questionable travel

The San Joaquin Valley is California's agricultural heartland. It's now the focus of an immigration enforcement campaign that has communities on edge.

Federal immigration agents are reportedly targeting all immigrants across California, according to ICE agents who told the Washington Examiner their mandate is to “go after anybody.”

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The reality is that one-time taxes create a fiscal cliff, which leads to new and additional taxes when the money runs out.

L.A. police allegedly profiled and detained several young men the day they were set to graduate from a reentry program in Boyle Heights.

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

Labor leaders argue that the billionaires tax includes a loophole that would allow state lawmakers to tax the savings and retirement accounts and home equity of all Californians.

Tech billionaires funding PACs have enjoyed recent growth in personal and corporate wealth and are spending it to handpick the Legislature.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California scrambled up a bridge cable before signing a bill at the top of the south tower.

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

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.

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

No, California won't experience a billionaire exodus over a proposed wealth tax. But the initiative cramps efforts to fix the state budget.

Other states and cities have universal childcare, but the efforts have stalled in California.

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

A California election official said ballots looked, smelled and felt funny after he lost in this MAGA stronghold. Then the FBI visited

Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.

Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill to lower the retirement age and sweeten pension perks for police and firefighters despite overwhelming support in the Legislature.

California community colleges initially backed two bills to help them issue more bachelor’s degrees. Last-minute changes killed their support.

Both Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton agree AI safety is important. What they will do to ensure it is less clear

CalPERS Chief Executive Marcie Frost earned $387,000 in 2017. She'll take home at least $1.7 million this year after being awarded a record bonus.

McClatchy Media didn’t wait a week after firing journalists before announcing hires for its new AI-powered “Content Innovation Lab.”

The California governor is ordering state agencies to draft new AI safety rules, including a 'kill switch' he vetoed in 2024

A developer of data centers is proposing construction of a "large scale" project in an industrial part of southeastern Sacramento.

California’s high-speed rail authority spent $600,000 reimbursing outside consultants for questionable trips to gyms, a nightclub, a cigar lounge and more.

I went from wrapping up endorsement interviews for The Sacramento Bee to being laid off in another round of cuts at hedge fund-owned newspapers.

The new law prohibits technology companies from using student data to train or develop AI models and limits how companies can use that data.