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Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign promise that he would not raise taxes without a vote of the people helped him beat a billionaire Republican rival who was bent on portraying him as just another tax-and-spend Democrat.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling that San Francisco's "instant runoff" elections are constitutional.
The KCBS and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier was joined by former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown to discuss the controversy surrounding the former California governor and how it will affect his political career.
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.
California lawmakers have voted to block employers from using consumer credit reports when they are deciding whether to hire workers for most jobs.
Patricia Baena was Schwarzenegger's longtime housekeeper and the woman with whom he fathered a child several years before his election -- a secret they both kept for nearly 14 years.
The California Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would give local law authorities the power to charge small time marijuana growers with a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
President Barack Obama has been handed his first Senate defeat of a judicial nominee. Republicans mustered enough votes to continue their filibuster against University of California law professor Goodwin Liu.
A proposal to criminalize male circumcision will go before San Francisco voters this November.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's housekeeper threatened to go public with their alleged affair because he fired her, according to online reports.
Gov. Jerry Brown said it's time to pay up. He wants to start reducing the state's debt and tens of billions more in accounting gimmicks, temporary loans and delayed payments.
University of California tuition could rise as much as 32 percent next year if Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget plan doesn't pan out, school administrators said Wednesday.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner capped a two-day visit to the Bay Area with a fundraising event hosted by executives from Hewlett-Packard and Applied Materials.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child with a member of their household staff, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Maria Shriver has appeared at Oprah Winfrey's farewell show in Chicago, the same day it was revealed her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with another woman.
