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The nation's largest gay rights group announced Tuesday that it plans to share the San Francisco storefront where Harvey Milk waged his historic political campaign with a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention services for gay youth.
Beginning February 1st, gun dealers in California who sell handgun ammunition will have to get more information from customers.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee says he has no problem with 'question time' at the Board of Supervisors. That's a drastic change from former Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was insulted by the idea of monthly appearances by the mayor, which were mandated by voters last November.
By most accounts, Ed Lee has stayed under the radar for his entire career. Now, he's very much in the public eye, as San Francisco's new mayor.
Former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee R. Sargent Shriver has been hospitalized outside Washington. He is the father of the former First Lady of California Maria Shriver.
Detectives investigating the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona are considering a connection to California state Sen. Leland Yee, who has received death threats.
A state assemblyman is seeking a constitutional amendment that would prohibit a California governor from issuing last-minute pardons and commutations.
Cities and counties would shoulder much more of the responsibility for fighting wild land fires in the budget unveiled this week by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The state has the money to keep offering subsidies to help low-income families pay for childcare, Assembly Speaker John Perez said Friday.
San Francisco's new Mayor, Ed Lee, has described Muni as a transit system that's falling short of the mark, when compared to public transit in other big cities.
Legislation to outlaw gun clips such as the one allegedly used to by Jared Loughner in the deadly Arizona shootings that injured a congresswoman would be more difficult to pass than the expired ban on assault weapons, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday.
San Jose's City Manager wants to see a more proactive relationship between the Police Department and the office of the Independent Police Auditor.
Longtime Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente won't be prosecuted on misdemeanor drunken driving charges because there is insufficient evidence, an Alameda County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman said Thursday.
Cut spending and raise taxes, and do it all on a very short timeline. That's what state lawmakers were told Thursday that they must do to bring California's financial house back into order on the first day of budget hearings at the state capitol.
The tax extensions in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal last only five years, and closing the $25 billion deficit will require difficult cuts.
