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Californians will get their first look at political maps being drafted by an independent citizen's panel, a process that is expected to influence the kind of politicians sent to Sacramento and Washington.
The state Senate has announced it will meet through the weekend in an attempt to hammer out a compromise for addressing California's remaining budget deficit, as talks begin in earnest just days before the legislative deadline to pass a spending plan.
City council members are moving forward with a plan to slash public safety jobs and services to help close a $39 million deficit.
City officials are looking for ways to use millions of dollars in unclaimed funds to help ease a crushing budget deficit.
California's ethics commission has rejected a request by Los Angeles Democrats to investigate whether former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger violated state laws during his affair with a housekeeper -- a relationship that produced a child he hid from his wife for years.
The discovery that fracking has quietly been going on for years in California has galvanized oil foes and led to proposed legislation that would regulate the practice and make companies disclose the chemicals they use, the amount of water they're pumping and where they are fracking.
Frustrated by the difficulty of raising taxes in the Legislature, California Democrats want to allow cities, counties and school districts to do it themselves. But Republican lawmakers say they're going about it in a sneaky way.
California's K-12 schools have been charging fees for certain classes, sports and clubs, a practice the state Assembly has voted to end.
Gov. Jerry Brown is reaching out to the business community as he continues to push for a balanced budget that includes extending temporary increases to California's sales, income and vehicle taxes.
Former California state treasurer Matt Fong, a Republican who lost a challenge to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, died Wednesday after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 57.
California would no longer fingerprint recipients of welfare and food stamps under a bill the state Assembly approved Wednesday.
It would be more difficult for California's public employees to pad their pensions under a bill approved by the state Senate.
Under pressure from the slow pace of the economic recovery, California's business interests are pushing back on the state's stringent workplace protections and environmental rules.
A proposed law from Democratic state Assemblyman Michael Allen that aims to restrict the inspections to their intended purpose of stopping drunken driving.
The Legislature's nonpartisan analyst is in agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration that personal income is going up for California's wealthy, but they're not sure why.
