Gov. Brown Enjoys Record High Approval Rating
Gov. Jerry Brown enjoys a record high 54 percent approval rating among California voters.
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Gov. Jerry Brown enjoys a record high 54 percent approval rating among California voters.
A Rancho Palos Verdes teenager has been appointed to the California State Board of Education by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County a month after a wildfire burned 24 residences and more than 47 square miles of brush.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday made one final bid to delay a federal court order requiring the state to release nearly 10,000 inmates by year's end to improve conditions in California prisons, saying it would jeopardize public safety.
California prison officials say they won't appeal to the state Supreme Court a ruling invalidating the state's three-drug cocktail means of execution.
California lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would require public K-12 schools to let transgender students choose which restrooms they use and which school teams they join based on their gender identity.
A panel of federal judges Wednesday refused to delay its order that California release nearly 10,000 additional prison inmates by the end of the year.
Gov. Jerry Brown is asking a panel of federal judges to delay its order that California release nearly 10,000 inmates by year's end, granting him time to appeal the decision to the nation's high court.
Gov. Brown signed a state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that makes budget-busting deficits a distant memory, funnels billions of additional dollars to K-12 schools and begins restoring social service programs that were cut during the recession.
California lawmakers will get a pay raise of nearly $5,000 this year while the governor will see an increase of nearly $9,000 after a citizens' panel voted Wednesday to restore some of the cuts it made during the recession.
California schools will receive an infusion of more than $3.6 billion in extra money this year, much of it targeted to the neediest students as part of a redistribution plan pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature's Democratic leaders moved close to a state budget deal Monday that is expected to revamp education funding and begin restoring some of the social services cut during the recession.
A glimmer of hope has emerged for California's financially besieged court system with two legislative committees recommending restoration of $100 million in budget cuts to trial courts across the state.
Gov. Jerry Brown is defending his proposal to shift some education spending to the state's neediest children.
Riding a wave of state tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown released a budget proposal Tuesday that looks much different from the ones Californians have become accustomed to in recent years -- It has a surplus.
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration filed notice Monday that it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to again weigh-in on the long-running prison population case.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that a man was recently caught trying to break into his Sacramento apartment while he was away.
Gov. Jerry Brown's continued defiance of a federal court order to reduce the state's inmate population could face a difficult time in the appeals process because the U.S. Supreme Court has already weighed in on the matter, a legal expert said Friday.
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied Gov. Jerry Brown's request to lift a court-ordered prison population cap and threatened him and other state officials with contempt of court if they fail to comply.
A judge has rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to regain state control of inmates' mental health care after 18 years of federal oversight and billions of dollars spent to improve treatment.
Tobias Summers, the man wanted in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old Northridge girl, has a long rap sheet, which includes a kidnapping charge.
Gov. Jerry Brown, who has been criticized for granting parole to more murderers than his predecessors, announced Saturday he has granted Easter Weekend pardons to 65 people, including one convicted killer.
After five years of layoffs, fee hikes and cuts in admissions, the Cal State University system is getting more money to spend.
Gov. Jerry Brown, who trained as a Jesuit, said Wednesday that he is pleased to see a Jesuit elected pope.
The number of paroled sex offenders who are fugitives in California is 15 percent higher today than before Gov. Jerry Brown's sweeping law enforcement realignment law took effect 17 months ago.
