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The right to an abortion and to use or refuse contraceptives would be enshrined in the California Constitution under an amendment announced Wednesday by Democratic legislative leaders.
Democrat Kermit Jones and Republican Kevin Kiley both advanced Tuesday from California's primary to the November general election for their shot at the newly redrawn Third Congressional District.
An unlawful camping ordinance will be considered by the Elk Grove City Council on Wednesday.
The California Attorney General race in the 2022 primary was particularly exciting for Sacramento residents, though, the outcome was not what some might have wanted as the current county District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced she's bowing out of the race.
California's Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta was on pace to face the Republican Party's endorsed candidate in the November general election in a state that overwhelmingly favors Democrats, based on early ballot returns in Tuesday's primary.
San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety reform.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday's primary barely one year after surviving a recall attempt, advancing to the November general election where he will be an overwhelming favorite to defeat a little-known Republican state senator.
Election Day for the California primary is finally here, though, voter turnout is still low, so far.
Low voter turnout and some political gamesmanship may decide which of three challengers emerges Tuesday to take on California Attorney General Rob Bonta in the November election.
In response to prolonged drought across the West and ahead of the scorching summer months, California is asking its urban water suppliers to voluntarily report water consumption data sooner.
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, two of the nation's most liberal large cities, voters are poised to send stinging messages of discontent over mounting public disorder, as measured in both upticks in certain kinds of crime and pervasive homelessness.
Democrats in deep blue California have a virtual lock on overwhelming majorities in the state Legislature for the foreseeable future. But there still is election drama as voters choose among candidates for 100 legislative seats in Tuesday's primary election.
A slate of Republican U.S. House members in heavily Democratic California are facing primary challengers on Tuesday in races that will help determine control of Congress.
A new proposal in the California Senate includes using taxpayer money to buy out farmers' water rights.
After decades of fighting farmers in court over how much water they can take out of California's rivers and streams, some state lawmakers want to try something different: use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.
