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An independent monitor says the Oakland Police Department is making a "slight improvement" in meeting reforms that were mandated in the settlement of a police brutality lawsuit a decade ago.
The official San Francisco voter guide for this fall's election could be one of the thickest in city history because of one particularly controversial referendum.
Critics of hydraulic fracturing urged lawmakers Monday to impose a moratorium on the controversial drilling technique, saying there is too much uncertainty about its health and environmental effects.
The state is caught between a tight budget and its "three strikes" law, which imposes a life sentence after convictions. Last Fall voters approved a plan to release some of those lifers.
A first-of-its-kind conference in Redwood City on Monday sought to address school shootings and looks for solutions in how to prevent them.
When Jason Collins contemplated whether to come out as the first openly gay active member of a major U.S. professional sports league, the first family member he confided in was his aunt, a San Francisco Superior Court judge.
Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town.
California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. KPIX 5 went to the gun buying capital of California to see how the laws are working in practice.
The city of San Jose and its police union have reached an agreement that will reduce pensions for new officers and ends a dispute over efforts to reduce costly retirement benefits.
A San Francisco program to train the next generation of tech workers is coming under fire for its lack of job placements.
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee has named several grand martials to be honored at the annual Pride Parade. Among them is the controversial Army private accused of engineering the biggest classified document leak in U.S. history.
Sugary drinks are in the spotlight in Sacramento as for the first time a tax on those beverages has made it though a legislative committee.
The San Jose police staffing shortage isn't going to be resolved anytime soon according to a new memo from the acting police chief to city leaders.
Budget cuts related to the federal sequester are impacting some National Park Service sites in the East Bay, which could lead to less public access.
Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, said his bill, AB1401, would help California widen the pool of prospective jurors and help integrate immigrants into the community.
