California Losing Congressional Seat For 1st Time Ever After Census Records Slowing Growth
California is losing a U.S. House seat for the first time, dropping its delegation from 53 to 52 members.
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California is losing a U.S. House seat for the first time, dropping its delegation from 53 to 52 members.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states deemed to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
In 1962, when California's population of more than 17 million surpassed New York's, Gov. Pat Brown celebrated by declaring a state holiday. In the coming days, when the U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release the state's latest head count, there probably will be no celebrations.
At least one school district has paused COVID testing after students got false-positive results from the state's troubled COVID-19 testing lab. Another says their positivity rate increased 1000% after switching to the state lab which has a 60% higher positivity rate than CA overall. Administrators are now calling for a state-wide moratorium on asymptomatic PCR testing for student athletes.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he will halt all new fracking permits in California starting in 2024, using his executive authority to take on the state's powerful oil and gas industry in a year he will likely face voters in a recall election.
Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals across the state were drowning in patients, and ambulances were idling outside with people struggling to breathe, waiting for beds to open.
The Biden Administration is moving to reverse former President Donald Trump's bid to end California's ability to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards.
Instead of putting opioid users in jail, a proposal moving through the California Legislature would give them a place to inject drugs under supervision to ensure they don't die from accidental overdoses.
California public schools have experienced a sharp decline in enrollment this year as the pandemic forced millions into online school, according to data made public Thursday.
California lawmakers on Thursday approved the state's first Filipino American to hold the top law enforcement job in the nation's most populous state, saying the progressive Democrat is taking office during a critical debate over racial justice and the changing role of police.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared an emergency executive order in two Northern California counties in response to drought conditions affecting much of the state.
A proposal to let California politicians targeted by recall efforts see who signed petitions to oust them will not move forward this year.
A California college student missing for nearly 25 years was once buried in the backyard of the home owned by the murder suspect's father, authorities said in a court document.
People in some Stanislaus and Merced counties are being warned if their water comes from groundwater wells, it could be contaminated with harmful amounts of nitrate.
