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California prisoners are entitled to a lawyer when they challenge their murder convictions for killings that others committed, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Georgia congresswoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked California Gov. Gavin Newsom on social media Monday after Newsom singled her out for promoting COVID vaccine disinformation during a press event.
Dozens of activists, residents and lawmakers rallied in front of San Jose City Hall Sunday afternoon, defending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly referred to as DACA.
California regulators are planning to stop thousands of farmers from taking water out of the state's major rivers and streams because of a worsening drought.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration on Thursday announced a major change in how California pays unemployment benefits, potentially unlocking payments for up to 100,000 people who have gone weeks or months without assistance.
Environmental lawyers are urging a California appellate court to overturn a pair of district court rulings that handed significant victories to the Squaw Valley ski resort as it moves forward with expansion plans.
U.S. prosecutors sought Thursday to drop their case against a Chinese researcher at UC Davis accused of concealing her ties to the Chinese military on a visa application so she could work in the U.S.
San Francisco's Department of Public Works wants to replace 3,000 existing green trash cans with bigger and better-looking ones. The prototype being considered will cost taxpayers about $20,000 per can.
A massive foundation in Silicon Valley is among the philanthropic groups focusing on directing funds to minority-led environmental organizations, according to data released Thursday.
University of California regents on Thursday approved a multiyear plan to raise tuition and fees at the system's 10 campuses.
Two members of Congress based in the Bay Area sponsored legislation Thursday that authorizes $20 million for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the health impacts of wildfire smoke and what can be done to mitigate its effects.
After months of gathering signatures, California's gubernatorial recall ballot is set, but the state's GOP still can't seem to find a strategy to win the governor's seat in a state that consistently supports Democrats.
A 32-year-old Santa Clara County Jail inmate died and a second inmate was hospitalized after the two were found unresponsive in a bathroom at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas early Thursday morning, county sheriff's officials said.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday that the city will create 400 new treatment beds, 140 of which will open this year, for people experiencing mental health issues or substance abuse.
Weeks after a former correctional officer at a federal women's prison was arrested on charges of sexually abusing inmates, federal investigators questioned the warden of the facility and searched his office Thursday.
