DMV Extending Temporary Licenses Due To Delays
Months after California switched to new driver's licenses, the Department of Motor Vehicles is still backlogged trying to issue the ID's.
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Months after California switched to new driver's licenses, the Department of Motor Vehicles is still backlogged trying to issue the ID's.
The sponsors of Proposition 8 so far have taken the lead in defending the voter-approved law in court, after former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Attorney General Jerry Brown refused to do so.
In an unprecedented move, Gov. Jerry Brown appeared before a joint legislative committee on the state budget in Sacramento Thursday to make the case for letting voters decide how to balance California's books.
The state Senate has approved a law setting rules for how utilities can meet the state's ambitious goal to draw a third of their power from alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal within 10 years.
The failing health of many aquatic ecosystems in California has pushed some fish species to the brink of extinction, according to a new report from a team of experts.
In a major policy reversal being cheered by the gay community in the Bay Area, the Obama administration said Wednesday it would no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
California's top health care administrator has vowed to track the actions of insurers because of the new law on health care reform.
After a dry start to the year, the recent four day rainstorm helped boost to the Bay Area's water supply and the Sierra snowpack.
California agencies have been ordered to stop buying coffee mugs, key chains, water bottles and other freebies intended as promotional items.
California's Democratic Congressional representatives sounded off Thursday about how budget cuts proposed by House Republicans would impact the Golden State.
Former eBay CEO and 2010 California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the Procter & Gamble Co.'s board of directors.
After seven years as California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his old day job: acting.
It wasn't entirely a redemptive, feel-good story this week with Aaron Rodgers. With his success, Green Bay's Super Bowl savior also shined a light on the quarterback situation at his alma mater, California.
Of the four attacks in California last year, the most notable was the October attack by a great white shark off the central California coast that killed a body-surfer.
California and Maryland prison officials said Friday they have suspended youthful offender diversion programs featured on the television show "Beyond Scared Straight."
In an exclusive interview with KCBS, Governor Jerry Brown is rejecting a new idea being floated by some GOP legislators: let California voters consider tax cuts, as well as tax increase extensions.
The teen birth rate dropped to a new low in 2009, according to a state public health report released Tuesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown urged lawmakers to let California voters decide the direction of the state as it faces a gaping budget deficit, saying it would be "unconscionable" for them to block his request for a special election.
Gov. Jerry Brown is halting new-vehicle purchases by the state of California and ordering vehicles that are not essential for state business to be turned in.
A majority of California voters agree with Governor Jerry Brown's approach to the budget, according to a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
The state's unemployment rate is well above the nation's rate, which decreased to 9.4% in December.
Gov. Jerry Brown tried Wednesday to sell his budget proposal to skeptical local government officials, many of whom are concerned about his plan to eliminate the redevelopment agencies they rely on for building projects.
A state assemblyman is seeking a constitutional amendment that would prohibit a California governor from issuing last-minute pardons and commutations.
Blue Shield of California is planning to go forward with scheduled health insurance rate increases despite calls from government regulators to delay the move.
Cities and counties would shoulder much more of the responsibility for fighting wild land fires in the budget unveiled this week by Gov. Jerry Brown.
