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California Republican U.S. Rep. Wally Herger announced Tuesday that he would not seek re-election, marking the second retirement in recent days from a longstanding GOP member of the state's congressional delegation.
A controversial bill that would have allowed boys and girls to play on the same school team is being pulled.
A California lawmaker who pleaded no contest last week to charges that she shoplifted from a San Francisco department store has issued an apology.
The wife of a state lawmaker says she is not concerned that her husband endangered his family by having a loaded handgun in his briefcase because all their children know how to handle firearms.
Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing reductions to California's In-Home Supportive Services program, which helps about 435,000 California seniors and people with disabilities stay in their homes
A California lawmaker accused of shoplifting from a department store pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor count of grand theft, as her attorney blamed the incident on a benign brain tumor.
Oakland police say two people were arrested when anti-Wall Street protesters tried to occupy Mayor Jean Quan's office at City Hall.
Gov. Jerry Brown introduced his 2012-13 budget proposal Thursday at a news conference at the Capitol, and again painted a dire picture of California's fiscal landscape over the next few years.
California's highest court is hearing a precedent-setting case Thursday that could expose California's Roman Catholic dioceses to another round of clergy abuse lawsuits.
The Legislature has reconvened for a year of diminished expectations amid a backdrop of election-year politics.
A coalition of groups supporting a proposed ballot initiative asking Californians to boost taxes on the rich is targeting one of the state's most famous millionaires — reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
California lawmakers return to the Capitol this week to begin an election-year session complicated by the state's ongoing multibillion dollar budget deficit.
A federal appeals court says a law granting telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the National Security Agency with an email and telephone eavesdropping program is constitutional.
The California Supreme Court is releasing its decision on the state's right to eliminate community redevelopment agencies and divert billions in tax dollars to schools and other local services.
A proposed ballot initiative that would strengthen enforcement and tighten laws against undocumented immigrants has been cleared to begin gathering signatures from California residents for the November 2012 election.
