California Could End Up Deciding Republican Presidential Nomination
The Republican presidential contest remains unsettled, and California could be the state that finally decides it.
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The Republican presidential contest remains unsettled, and California could be the state that finally decides it.
California wide receiver and Pac-12 Conference first-team selection Keenan Allen is scheduled to have ankle surgery that will sideline him for all of spring practice.
Governor Jerry Brown is speaking out against two tax proposals that would likely compete with his tax measure on the November ballot.
California is being cheated out of millions of tax dollars by deadbeats who don't pay their bills, according to a new list revealed Friday by the Board of Equalization.
California prisons marked a milestone Friday, when officials said they had removed the last of nearly 20,000 beds that had been jammed into gymnasiums and other common areas to house inmates who overflowed traditional prison cells.
The president of California's Fish and Game Commission is facing an ethics complaint after coming under fire for killing a mountain lion in Idaho.
Speaking with KCBS, CBS 5 and SF Chronicle insider Phil Matier Friday, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom reiterated his call for the State Fish and Game Commission President to resign over a mountain lion hunt.
A motorcyclist was killed Thursday morning in a crash that threw him off the freeway after reportedly speeding on the northbound Interstate Highway 880 connector to eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Oakland, according to a California Highway Patrol officer.
After a bloody incident 15 years ago, California lawmakers allowed police officers to arm themselves with high-powered guns. But the rule didn't consider what happens when an officer retires.
A new poll finds that six out of every 10 voters in California now support allowing same-sex couples to get married, a significant increase since the state voted to ban same-sex marriage a little more than two years ago.
A new Field Poll finds California's registered voters are most likely to support a so-called millionaire's tax rather than two other tax initiatives proposed for the November ballot.
Two leading California Democrats want to create a state-run retirement savings program for an estimated 6.7 million private-sector workers whose employers do not offer pensions or 401(k)s.
California's Republican voters have warmed up to the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum but also are expressing growing dissatisfaction with the field of GOP presidential candidates, according to a Field Poll released Wednesday.
As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, Governor Jerry Brown has emerged as the most vocal cheerleader.
A local Bay Area vocational school is being shutdown by state regulators amidst claims of misleading students with false accreditation. The move follows a recent CBS 5 ConsumerWatch investigation.
An Alameda County supervisor who is married to California's treasurer is undergoing treatment for substance abuse problems after being assaulted in a motel room.
The late freezes and untimely rain impacted California's wine grape harvest just as vintners had predicted: The 2011 harvest was down 7 percent to 3.3 million tons.
The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday signed a rule that bans cruise ships and other large vessels from dumping sewage within three miles of California's coastline. Federal officials estimate this will cut down on 90 percent of the sewage that could previously be discharged legally.
Attorneys for the prisoners in Tennessee, Arizona and California argued before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration is breaking the law by allowing sodium thiopental to be imported since it is an unapproved drug manufactured overseas.
The five largest mortgage lenders have reached a $26 billion settlement with 49 states, including California, over foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst, federal officials announced Thursday.
The planned purchase of Taleo extends Oracle's offerings in the growing arena of cloud-based computing. With such an approach, businesses don't run software and services in-house, but rather send those tasks to remote locations operated by companies such as Oracle and IBM Corp.
California and New York have agreed to sign the proposed settlement between U.S. states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses, according to a source close to the negotiations.
California's Assembly Speaker John Perez wants to cut college costs by two thirds by cutting corporate tax breaks to raise a billion dollars each year. Perez is introducing his plan in Sacramento Wednesday.
It appears increasingly likely that Gov. Jerry Brown will have competition in November when he asks California voters to raise taxes.
Jerry Brown's proposal mandates that public employees pay at least half the cost of their retirement plans.
