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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.
Budget delays in the California legislature this summer kept the state from sending out the Department of Motor Vehicles registration renewal notices on time, leaving many confused about the potential for big fines.
A spike in radioactive sulfur from an earthquake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant was detected in California in late March, but researchers have determined that it posed no threat to health.
Despite deep cuts to public education, California's standardized test scores have gone up for the ninth year in a row.
A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales tax.
Budget records released this month by the Assembly should have provided a detailed look at the spending by California lawmakers.
The overall number of hate crimes in California remained steady last year, but the number targeting Hispanics nearly doubled.
A California law that imposes an annual wildfire fee on rural residents may have an unintended consequence—sapping the state fire agency of money it needs to fight wildland blazes.
In connection with the release of the movie, The Help, domestic workers rallied in San Francisco Wednesday to show support for a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.
On Tuesday, the Vallejo City Council approved using grant money to hire nine firefighters for two years, buy two additional engines and reopen a fire station.
California tax revenue fell nearly $539 million below projections last month, pushing the state closer to automatic, mid-year budget cuts to schools, universities and social services.
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer on Monday said there's no reason the ratings downgrade of the federal government will have an immediate effect on California but cautioned the state is still on the mend.
A new state law clarifies that jurors are prohibited from texting, tweeting and using smart phones to discuss or research cases.
The state has until June 2013 to reduce its prison population by about 34,000 inmates. Currently the prisons are 80 percent above capacity.
