Study Shows High-Risk Inmate Move Can Be Done Safely
University of California experts say the state can safely house some maximum-security inmates in lower-level prisons, a development that could save taxpayers money.
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University of California experts say the state can safely house some maximum-security inmates in lower-level prisons, a development that could save taxpayers money.
The Pentagon's proposed budget may lead to a big job shift at Beale Air Force Base.
The chief actuary of California's main pension fund is urging it to lower its assumed rate of return on investments. That likely would force the state and 3,000 local agencies to increase their annual contributions.
The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and two prisoners' rights groups are suing California elections officials, claiming that tens of thousands of criminals being shifted to county jails and community supervision should be eligible to vote.
The president of the California Fish and Game Commission who is under fire for legally killing a mountain lion in Idaho is receiving overwhelming support during a public meeting in Riverside.
A judge has temporarily barred the University of California from releasing a report about the pepper-spraying of student protesters by police officers at UC Davis.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to pay $30,000 to California's campaign finance watchdog agency to settle a nearly 3-year-old complaint.
Dozens of protesters remained inside the state Capitol Monday night after California Highway Patrol officers shut down the building and were arrested after ignoring repeated orders to leave.
Comic impressionist Steve Bridges, best known for impersonating former President George W. Bush, has died at home in Los Angeles.
California drivers seeing flashing lights in their rearview mirror may soon be reaching for their smartphones instead of putting them down.
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.
The son of a former California congressman wants to run for office himself in the same area his father served, bringing a familiar and controversial name in the San Joaquijn Valley back into the political spotlight.
The president of California's Fish and Game Commission is facing an ethics complaint after coming under fire for killing a mountain lion in Idaho.
The son of former Democratic Rep. Gary Condit says he is running for his father's California Central Valley seat as an independent.
Andrew Breitbart used the Internet relentlessly to ignite political scandal and expose what he saw as media bias, even if he sometimes had to edit the facts to do it.
