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California and Greece might share enviable weather and postcard-worthy beaches, but their fiscal problems aren't the same. That's the finding in a Standard & Poor's report released Tuesday after analysts took a closer look at the credit climates of the two economies.
Sarah Palin returned to Central California's agricultural region Sunday and lambasted the federal government for limiting the amount of water the state's farmers can get for their crops.
California state senators who are upset with the prison system's inspector general are proposing to do away with the watchdog office, splitting its duties in a way they say will improve investigators' efficiency and independence.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told the Democratic faithful on Saturday that they must work to retake the House of Representatives next year or risk deep GOP budget cuts that would hurt seniors and poor people the most.
Governor Jerry Brown is recovering after undergoing surgery to treat skin cancer.
Former Alaska governor and potential presidential contender Sarah Palin is expected to speak at a community college sports complex in Central California's agricultural region.
California Democrats are in a joyful mood after sweeping all nine statewide offices last year and picking up a seat in the state Assembly, despite two bruising, expensive contests.
Republicans say California needs to follow Texas' model of lower taxes and fewer regulations and legal hurdles to keep the state economy growing and creating jobs.
State lawmakers have revised a bill to give counties more funding as they prepare to house up to 40,000 inmates who will be transferred from state prisons.
Lawyers for convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan claim in new legal papers that he was manipulated by a seductive woman in a mind-control plot to kill Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. But the lawyers say Sirhan's bullets did not kill Kennedy.
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on whether a ruling that struck down California's same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out because its author is in a same-sex relationship.
Governor Jerry Brown today issued an Executive Order banning all non-essential travel for state government agencies.
Proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban filed a motion Monday asking that the historic ruling be overturned because the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 was in a long-term relationship with another man.
California would follow the lead of other states in banning energy drinks containing beer under a bill advancing through the Legislature.
An overwhelming number of Californians from across the political spectrum support plans to reform the pension system for public workers, according to a poll published on Monday.
