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In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling on union fees Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown had already signed bills that tightened up the rules for people opting out of union plans.
Santa Clara County and the city of San Francisco have filed an emergency lawsuit asking the California Supreme Court to block a $2 billion initiative supported by two paint companies from appearing on the November ballot.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced he will retire.
A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents. If children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days.
California voters can expect to see an initiative to limit liability for lead paint companies on their November ballots.
Marijuana retailers are selling weed and edibles at deep discounts to get rid of inventory as they rush to meet tougher new state regulations by July 1.
There are roughly two dozen children being held at a shelter for immigrant youth in Pleasant Hill, and two of them are adolescent girls who were separated from their parents as a result of the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy.
Reaction against the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Trump travel ban Tuesday was strong in the Bay Area and across California.
Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as pressure mounted to reconnect families more quickly.
The Supreme Court says a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion probably violates the Constitution.
A citizen board on Tuesday approved a 3 percent pay bump for Gov. Jerry Brown, state lawmakers and other elected officials.
The "Detention Center Day of Action" started at 7 a.m. outside 5555 Giant Highway, where activists estimate roughly 200 immigrants are being held.
A Latino man and his mother who were doing yard work in California were verbally attacked by a woman who called them "illegals" and "rapists."
The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries.
A federal judge in San Francisco turned down a U.S. Justice Department request for dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the planned termination of temporary protected status.
