Placerville Mayor Stripped Of Title For Alleged Crimes
The city of Placerville held its first city council meeting since the city's mayor was arrested. At the meeting, council members and the public demanded his resignation.
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The city of Placerville held its first city council meeting since the city's mayor was arrested. At the meeting, council members and the public demanded his resignation.
California lawmakers will consider whether local jurisdictions have the right to ban male circumcision or whether the practice should be covered by statewide rules.
A Senate bill would authorize California school districts to voluntarily participate in a program training nonmedical personnel on how to administer the medication to students suffering from an epileptic attack. But the bill has pitted teachers and nurses against parents -- with both sides stressing that their main concern is for the safety of the children.
Four Republican lawmakers broke ranks with legislative leaders and released their complete office budgets, defying a committee controlled by the Assembly speaker that has said such documents are not public records.
One out of every eight Californians is unemployed – but those numbers are about to grow. Close to a dozen Capitol staffers are about to lose their jobs because of what many are calling political payback.
A California state assembly committee today discussed whether the death penalty should be replaced with life in prison without parole.
Gov. Jerry Brown has named a retired Bank of America executive as his senior adviser on how to create jobs in California.
More signs of trouble are ahead for California's fragile economy. State revenues are down for the month of July especially in the area of income taxes -- both personal and corporate.
A bill that would require workers who gather petition signatures for California ballot initiatives to disclose whether they are being paid has moved one step closer to the governor's desk.
Sen. Leland Yee's bill would prohibit businesses from requiring or banning the use of any particular language unless it provides notice of circumstances in which the restrictions are merited, such as communicating on the job.
California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro says the party will file a petition on Tuesday seeking a referendum to overturn newly approved state Senate districts.
Actress Bo Derek won't be ordering shark-fin soup anytime soon.
A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to collect state sales tax.
Five months after Gov. Jerry Brown released a 12-point plan to reform public pensions, there has been a lot of talk but little action on the issue at the Capitol.
The Assembly this month released budget figures that should have shined a light on lawmakers' spending, after a formal request for them from a legislator who is embroiled in a feud with the Democratic leadership over his office budget.
