A Vallejo, California, resident created a petition calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to send out CHP officers to help local officers fight against rising crime.

The Bay Area's homeless population grew 6% to an estimated 38,891 people in 2024, according to new federal data, extending a decade-long surge fueled by the housing affordability crisis, and drug and ...

Lee’s foray into the contest, after the November recall of Mayor Sheng Thao, would be a seismic political shift for the embattled East Bay city, which is hurtling toward bankruptcy and whose voters ...

BALLOT BOXING — A progressive political group with roots in Oakland has found surprising success exporting California ...

California Legislative Black Caucus members appointed to leadership roles in State Senate and Assembly. Nine out of 12 members are Black women.

The $250 million deal tabled the California Journalism Preservation Act, a bill that would have forced large tech platforms ...

Homelessness grew just 3% in California last year, compared to 18% nationwide.

Six years in and with two more to go, California's governor, Gavin Newsom, has reached a political inflection point.

California’s high-speed rail project faces pushback from the incoming Trump administration. But state leaders on Monday ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom returned to Kern County on Monday in celebration of a milestone allowing the first high-speed rail tracks ...

California’s green energy push has helped shove electric bills skyward and could even impede the state’s quest for a clean ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday proposed a $322 billion budget that he said would be “balanced” and without ...