Gov. Jerry Brown Hails Deal For $15 Minimum Wage
Gov. Jerry Brown is hailing as a matter of economic justice a proposal to make California the first state to raise the minimum wage to $15.
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Gov. Jerry Brown is hailing as a matter of economic justice a proposal to make California the first state to raise the minimum wage to $15.
Federal scientists say the chance of damaging earthquakes hitting east of the Rockies has increased significantly, much of it a man-made byproduct of drilling for energy.
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Gov. Jerry Brown granted 59 pardons on Good Friday, in keeping with his tradition of giving pardons to convicted offenders around major Christian holidays including Easter.
California health officials have confirmed the first case of Zika virus acquired through sexual contact with an infected partner in the state and said, so far its men who do the spreading, not women.
California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones.
Climate change could upset the complex interplay of rain, snow and temperature in the West, hurting food production, the environment and electrical generation at dams, the federal government warned Tuesday.
The announcement by General Mills that it will start labeling foods that contain GMO ingredients shows the industry might be giving up its fight against state efforts to require such labeling.
Jared Goff had finished the scripted part of his pro day when the Cleveland Browns made a special request.
California point guard Tyrone Wallace injured his right hand in practice two days before the Golden Bears were set to open play in the NCAA Tournament.
Marin is ranked the healthiest county in California for the seventh consecutive year, but needs to improve some health and social inequalities, the county's Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
By the end of this century, researchers predict some 13.1 million people living in the U.S. could be displaced by rising waters.
Officials say California will have a backlog for the foreseeable future in a unique firearms seizure program even if state lawmakers approve permanent funding.
Terminally ill California residents will be able to legally end their lives with medication prescribed by a doctor in three months.
California lawmakers voted Thursday to make the nation's most populous state the second to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 as part of a sweeping package of measures they are considering to crack down on tobacco.
"From eroding sea cliffs to shrunken mountain snowpack, many effects of climate change in California are obvious," California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird writes in the report.
Pedestrian deaths surged by an estimated 10 percent last year as the economy improved, the price of gas plunged and motorists put more miles behind the wheel than ever before.
With fewer people smoking these days, the amount of tax revenue that California gets from tobacco sales is going up in smoke - but that could soon change.
A former Monterey Hell's Angels leader has admitted taking part in a methamphetamine trafficking operation in New York.
A preliminary 3.0 magnitude earthquake has been reported Sunday evening near Gilroy, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Emergency crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers throughout California after heavy wind knocked down trees and power lines.
Could a tsunami similar to the one that devastated Japan five years ago this week wreak the same kind of havoc along our northern Pacific Coast? Unfortunately, the experts say it's just a matter of time.
California's largest reservoirs act as a report card for water officials, and unfortunately the grades aren't very high right now.
A California prosecutor on Thursday began investigating whether victims were paid to support parole applications for three men who hijacked a school bus full of California children nearly four decades ago.
It might take another big earthquake to shake California lawmakers into investing more into seismic safety, and develop an early earthquake warning system.
