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Governor Jerry Brown signed a first of its kind law aimed at toy guns in the wake of a fatal police shooting in Santa Rosa where a Sheriff's Deputy mistook a replica firearm for a real assault rifle.
San Francisco police wrote 62 percent more traffic tickets this year than they did last year. The increase is part of stepped-up effort aimed at keeping pedestrians safe under the Vision Zero program.
State drug agents told KPIX 5 the number of pot plants growing in California has doubled in the past five years. Marijuana is by far the state's number one cash crop.
Protesters in Hong Kong are using creative tools to coordinate their demonstrations, including a San Francisco-Bay Area app Firechat.
Video shot from a drone showed the massive scope of demonstrations in Hong Kong Monday.
Governor Jerry Brown has been busy in recent weeks signing and vetoing legislation. Political analyst Melissa Griffin Caen has more on his decisions.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to give $3 million to Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, which has faced closure in recent months due to its ongoing financial problems.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he has signed a bill that makes California the first in the nation to define when "yes means yes" and adopt requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sexual assault reports.
Governor Brown has signed a measure that will give $3 million to cash-strapped Doctors Medical Center.
Transgender people have the right to have their gender identity properly recognized on death certificates under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Earlier this year, KPIX 5 reported on crude oil being brought into the Bay Area by rail. Until now, companies haven't been required to give cities a heads up, but that's about to change.
Starting next week, wards at Santa Clara County juvenile hall will be permitted to use pepper spray to break up fights among minors amid criticism from teachers, counselors and judges who have spoken out against the use of painful eye irritant on children.
California's 2nd District was in the spotlight for on Comedy Central's Colbert Report earlier this week, when freshman congressman Jared Huffman sat down with the shows host for the "Better Know a District" segment.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation prohibiting California state government agencies from selling or display items displaying the Confederate flag.
The wheels are already turning in political circles about possible replacements for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and one prominent name that continues to come up is California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
