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There's more fallout from Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's missed election day deadline to file a ballot argument against a tax increase will show up blank on the ballot, with a lawsuit seeking to reverse the mistake.
Did Sacramento's Mayor Kevin Johnson drop the ball with the new sales tax measure? That's exactly what happened, according to the city clerk.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a potshot at California's bedraggled economy, comparing it to the crisis in Greece, as he warned voters on Wednesday that Barack Obama is leading the nation down a similar path of huge debt.
The case has been dropped against an Elk Grove mayoral candidate accused of spray painting a competitor's campaign sign.
Legislation that has the backing of California's attorney general would close a loophole in the nation's toughest assault weapons law, making it more difficult for guns to be swiftly reloaded with high-capacity magazines.
A detailed review of more than 500 state special funds released Friday found hundreds of millions of dollars in accounting discrepancies but no instances beyond the state parks department in which government officials purposely underreported the amount of money.
Gay rights activists and other supporters of marriage equality plan a national "Kiss In" at Chick-fil-A restaurants Friday to protest the fast-food chain owners' opposition to same-sex unions, two days after gay marriage foes delivered the chain a one-day sales record.
Los Angeles attorney Molly Munger has donated another $5 million to her November tax initiative.
Porn star Jenna Jameson chose a familiar stage to make her endorsement for the 2012 presidential election Thursday night. At a San Francisco strip club, the former adult actress and stage performer said she was ready for a Romney presidency.
Officials in San Bernardino, which is facing an expected $46.8 million budget deficit this year, have formally filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, a move that city leaders approved last month.
A local lawmaker met for the first time with "Speed Freak Killer" Wesley Shermantine on death row recently, but she's still forced to wait in the effort to find more victims.
As the Department of Finance continues to look at just how much money is stashed away in special funds, questions are being asked about how that money can be used.
State planners must consider higher temperatures, more intense wildfires and an increased demand for electricity as they factor climate change into their decision-making.
Backers of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional.
California State University and its faculty union have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract that would avert strikes threatened for the fall.
