Democrats Approve California Budget Bills As Deadline Nears
Democrats who control California's Legislature began passing a series of budget bills Wednesday without Republican votes.
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Democrats who control California's Legislature began passing a series of budget bills Wednesday without Republican votes.
Federal officials announced Wednesday that California will receive more than $800 million in funding to help the unemployed as the state struggles to deal with the economy and a huge budget hole.
A Federal judge has upheld a ruling by gay judge in San Francisco that struck down the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban in California.
Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday were preparing two budgets — one with an extension of expiring tax increases and one without — as a Wednesday legislative deadline loomed.
Gov. Jerry Brown called on the Legislature Monday to rise above partisan differences and resist pressure from talk shows, bloggers and anti-tax advocates to pass a California budget.
A resolution by San Francisco Assemblywoman Fiona Ma would help local farms and the local economy as well.
Immunizing the California budget against revenue fluctuations means moving away from the state's heavy reliance on income taxes, according to a prominent UC Berkeley economist.
Starting July 1st, California homeowners are expected to install carbon monoxide detectors in their homes.
The state of California could collect more than $1 billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by the Assembly becomes law.
California will once again be looking to get a piece of the $500 million before offered in the latest "Race to the Top" federal program.
The California homicide rate has dropped to its lowest level since 1966.
California officials said they won't arbitrarily free 33,000 inmates and they will submit plans to the federal courts in two weeks specifying ways to remedy prison overcrowding.
The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly endorsed reducing California's cramped prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to fix sometimes deadly problems in medical care, ruling that federal judges retain enormous power to oversee troubled state prisons.
The state Assembly has come to the defense of endangered sharks targeted by fishermen who amputate their fins and toss the live sharks back into the ocean.
California's unemployment rate has dropped below 12 percent for the first time since August 2009 -- another positive sign for the nation's economy.
Agriculture officials have warned that horses in Canada and at least five Western states have contracted a fatal equine virus after attending a national competition in Utah.
Authorities have received no reports of damage or injuries after a magnitude-3.7 earthquake struck Mendocino County Tuesday morning.
The California Assembly has approved a bill to prohibit openly carrying unloaded handguns in public after a debate that pitted gun rights proponents against chiefs of police.
A former warden of San Quentin State Prison and former California Corrections Department director has become the new chief of an anti-death-penalty group.
This year's formidable Sierra snowpack has brought good news to California farmers and cities that have endured years of drought.
Prince William and his new wife Kate Middleton, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, plan to visit California this summer.
Income tax revenue has exceeded state projections by $2 billion, and California's deficit may shrink before Governor Jerry Brown submits his revised budget, state officials said.
The legislative committees that oversee the offices of California's 120 state senators and Assembly members refused formal requests to release lawmakers' daily calendars.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is signaling that she is just as strong a supporter of same-sex marriage as her predecessor in the office, Gov. Jerry Brown.
California and San Francisco officials said Monday that they had not detected any credible threats in the immediate aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death.
