New Calif. AG Breaking Barriers
Kamala Harris had an early start punching through barriers. Today, Harris, 46, is herself leading the way: She is California's first female attorney general and the first minority to hold the job.
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Kamala Harris had an early start punching through barriers. Today, Harris, 46, is herself leading the way: She is California's first female attorney general and the first minority to hold the job.
A state appeals court has granted Gov. Jerry Brown an extra month to review the state's sale of office buildings.
Governor Jerry Brown is cutting state government funding to save money – and in just his first week on the job, has already realized more than $7million in savings.
Vang Pao, a fabled military hero and beloved father figure among the international Hmong refugee community, will be honored with a massive funeral "fit for a king" in central California, the general's son said Friday.
The only Democratic appointee on the California Supreme Court is stepping down next month, a court official confirmed Thursday.
Governor Jerry Brown has no plans to deliver a formal State of the State address to lawmakers, a highly unusual move, according to sources.
Gov. Jerry Brown is naming a handful of people to lead his administration's employment and environmental departments.
Republican Assemblyman Ted Gaines won a special election Tuesday to succeed a Republican state senator who died in office last year.
As he inherits California's chronic budget problems, Gov. Jerry Brown says he wants to try a new approach to dealing with the state's massive deficits: a broad restructuring of the relationship between the state and local governments.
A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two decade old case.
Gov. Jerry Brown is meeting with county leaders to discuss one possible solution to California's budget problems -- shifting responsibility for a host of programs to local government.
A federal appeals court said Tuesday it cannot decide if California's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in on whether Proposition 8's sponsors have the authority to defend the measure.
The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting -- and may soon go skiing together.
Democrat Nancy Pelosi says she has no regrets on her last day as House speaker, a reign that last four years and is ending after the November elections.
When Esteban Nunez was arrested after a stabbing death in 2008, a co-defendant told police the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez had boasted that his dad would get them out of trouble.
