Prop 57 Would Give Power To Try Juveniles As Adults To Judges, Not Prosecutors
Proposition 57 which would take the power of charging minors as adults -- a practice known as "direct filing" -- away from district attorneys and give it to judges.
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Proposition 57 which would take the power of charging minors as adults -- a practice known as "direct filing" -- away from district attorneys and give it to judges.
The California National Guard says it welcomes attention to the predicament of nearly 10,000 soldiers ordered to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A San Francisco billionaire is taking much of the credit for registering more than a million new voters this year, most of them in California.
Monday is the last day for Bay Area residents and Californians in general to register to vote for the November 8 General Election, according to the California Secretary of State's office.
Last year saw a ten percent spike in the number of fatal teen car crashes across the U.S.
Political donors have spent a record $450 million on 17 statewide November ballot initiatives in California.
A just released a report from the state Department of Justice finds California continues to face a school attendance crisis.
Wednesday night is the third presidential debate - the candidates' final chance on a national stage to bring the dwindling group of undecided or wavering voters into their camp.
California regulators asked members of the public Wednesday what they thought about proposed regulations that would -- eventually -- allow self-driving cars that lack a steering wheel or pedals on public roads.
Kink.com and other adult websites are interrupting, or in some cases completely blocking, California Internet users' access to porn.
October is breast cancer awareness month. A group of Bay Area women want that message to be visible year-round every time we drive our cars.
A California condor chick has hatched in the wild, survived and flown out of its nest at Pinnacles National Park for the first time since the 1890s.
California's 'First Dog,' Gov. Jerry Brown's "Sutter" has fallen critically ill and is facing a bleak prognosis.
A new study on Western forest fires confirms what is already apparent -- wildfire seasons are getting longer and more destructive.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez has tried for months to generate buzz in her uphill U.S. Senate campaign against Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Gov. Jerry Brown and his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger were together supporting California's efforts to curb greenhouse gases.
Regulators say water conservation continues to slip in drought-stricken California after officials lifted mandatory cutbacks.
Two San Francisco supervisors vying for a seat in the California Senate, are going on the offensive.
California's 2016 water year ended Friday, marking a fifth consecutive dry year with low snowfall, officials from the Department of Water Resources said.
Governor Jerry Brown just signed a bill naming denim the official fabric of California.
Half a million immigrants who applied for naturalization in the U.S. this year aren't likely to be able to vote due to slow processing of applications.
California emergency management officials say automated earthquake warnings could begin within the next one to two years.
Millions of working Californians who don't have retirement accounts are about to get one under a new state program signed into law Thursday by Governor Brown.
The city-by-city patchwork of often-maddening rules that govern whether you can have a legal In-law apartment are about to change with a new statewide law that's designed to create more affordable rental housing.
Donald Trump talked big about competing in California, but now his campaign is all but conceding the Golden State, and instead diverting local resources to a handful of battleground states, according to a campaign spokesperson.
