8 Californians Named To Redistricting Panel
Here are the eight members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission chosen Thursday (ages not available).
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Here are the eight members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission chosen Thursday (ages not available).
Californians object to increasing taxes to deal with the state's budget deficit, now estimated at more than $25 billion when Governor-elect Jerry Brown takes office in January.
The cash-strapped state's grand plan to sell $10 billion of bonds in order to pay some of its bills has come up against a glut of municipal debt on the market.
An upcoming appeals court hearing on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban will be televised.
A transformational political reform set in motion by voters two years ago approaches its biggest milestone this week.
A push at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pick Mayor Newsom's replacement immediately has derailed.
Governor-elect Jerry Brown returned to Sacramento on Tuesday after a brief post-election vacation to learn more about the $25.4 billion budget deficit facing him when he takes office in January.
A 49-year-old California patent lawyer has been elected as the nation's first openly transgender trial judge.
The state Public Works Board voted 3-2 Monday to retire the bonds on several state-owned office buildings, paving the way for California to sell property as a way to raise cash quickly in a deal that analysts warn could cost taxpayers in the long run.
Jeff Maehl caught a 29-yard touchdown pass for the Ducks' only offensive touchdown, and Oregon got a stellar effort from its defense and a huge break on a missed field goal to beat California 15-13 on Saturday night.
Democrat Kamala Harris has regained a slight lead over her Republican opponent in the California attorney general's race.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday announced a special session of the Legislature to take up a $6 billion deficit that emerged just weeks after he signed the state budget.
The plan to sell California state office buildings contained in this year's budget will cost taxpayers $1.4 billion over 35 years, the nonpartisan legislative analyst said Wednesday.
California's nonpartisan legislative analyst reported Wednesday that the state's budget deficit has grown to $25.4 billion, including a $6.1 billion shortfall in the spending plan Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed just weeks ago.
The California High Speed Rail Authority dealt a setback to proponents who hoped to see the bullet train zip through the Bay Area sooner rather than later.
A private prison in western Michigan that closed when the state stopped housing youthful offenders there five years ago will soon be taking up to 2,600 California prisoners.
Utah will visit Southern California in the first conference game in the newly formed Pac-12 conference next season.
California is set to send another 5,000 inmates to private prisons to reduce crowding in state-run lockups.
Governor-elect Jerry Brown made a brief stop at the state Capitol on Thursday, meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers from both parties to get an insider's glimpse at the state's fiscal problems.
The first segment of a $43-billion bullet train line between San Francisco and Anaheim will be built in the middle of Central Valley farmlands, far away from either urban center.
A modest earthquake has hit a sparsely populated area east of San Diego. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the magnitude-4.6 temblor struck at 12:39 p.m. Thursday near the seismically active California-Mexico border.
Democrat John Chiang has been re-elected as California's controller, fending off Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland for a second time.
An initiative designed to make it easier for the Legislature to adopt a state budget has passed.
Californians have voted to expand the role of an independent commission tasked with redrawing the state's legislative districts.
California officials argued that they should be allowed to limit minors' ability to pick up violent video games on their own at retailers because of the purported damage they cause.
