Shark Warnings Posted Along California Central Coast
Warning signs were posted because of shark sightings along California's central coast, including a 10-footer eating a seal off Cayucos.
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Warning signs were posted because of shark sightings along California's central coast, including a 10-footer eating a seal off Cayucos.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that postpones new sales taxes rules that would have affected online purchases in California.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is touting the Golden State to the U.N. as a leader for its climate change initiatives.
California's jobless rate grew for the second straight month in August to 12.1 percent, up one percentage point from the previous month.
A new report indicates that the total loss in Oakland home values driven by the foreclosure crisis could reach $12 billion by the end of next year.
More than 4,000 female inmates in California could qualify to serve the rest of their sentences at home. The alternative custody program is for less serious offenders.
ConsumerWatch reporter Julie Watts had her own run-in with a San Francisco police officer who tried to give her a ticket for expired registration.
The governor has yet to weigh in on whether he'll sign a compromise deal that allows the state to delay collection of Amazon sales tax until next fall, but leaders have said that it's still a guarantee that California will get much needed revenue eventually.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill was in San Bruno Tuesday morning to promote state legislation that would impose stricter regulations on natural gas providers.
The California Legislature has approved a bill preventing local jurisdictions from banning male circumcision, a measure written in response to ballot measure proposed in San Francisco.
The California Supreme Court—with two new members seated in the past year—is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Tuesday on a key issue in the state's legal battle over same-sex marriage.
Fired-up volunteers in California have started gathering signatures for a ballot referendum that would repeal the nation's first law requiring public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights milestones in history and social science lessons.
Imagine getting a nine-year-old parking ticket in the mail that was handed out in a city that you have never been to. Sounds crazy, but that is exactly what happened to two ConsumerWatch viewers.
No jobs were added in the U.S. during August and California unemployment became the second highest in the nation. The Labor Department jobs report out Friday was the worst one in 11 months.
With another major company threatening to leave California, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling even more over who's to blame, and some key Republican lawmakers are dismissing a plan that Democratic leaders say will help Californians get back to work.
The state Assembly has approved restrictions on governments' use of cameras to catch drivers who run red lights.
The state Board of Equalization is investigating whether the retail giant's website will face the same law that other online retailers are facing in terms of collecting a sales tax for items sold.
State senator Mark DeSaulnier of Concord said the initiative process has been around a long time in California, and he'd like to see it change.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice,Tani Cantil-Sakauye, says justice can still be served in California, even though three years of budget cuts are making it hard on the system.
Governor Jerry Brown wants California to adopt the same corporate tax policy that's worked in Texas, Massachusetts and most of the states, but Republicans have denounced the proposal as just another tax increase that will hurt businesses.
Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a tax plan designed to promote job growth, closing one corporate tax loophole while offering an incentive for businesses to hire in California.
A new website is helping frustrated consumers complain about daily deals that didn't work out the way they had hoped.
A bill designed to keep protesters away from military funerals heads to the governor's desk after it overwhelmingly passed the California Senate.
The unemployment rate in California is climbing again, hitting 12 percent in July as the state added just 4,500 payroll jobs for the month.
The state auditor's office is adding teacher pensions to the list of high-risk issues facing California government.
