California bill requiring custody courts consider gender identity vetoed
Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions.
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Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions.
A California bill on Gov. Newsom's desk would help mixed martial arts fighters once they step out of the ring. Len Ramirez reports. (9-22-23)
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines.
California lawmakers and union leaders are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would save jobs as large self-driving trucks are tested on public roads.
The United Nations chief says Earth is facing a hellish problem in climate change and its leaders still aren't doing nearly enough to curb carbon emissions that's causing it.
A bill that would decriminalize the use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics is on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after a measure passed the state legislature. Dr. Trisha Suppes, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford, discusses the potential benefits and pitfalls of psychedelic use.
Oregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public.
California lawmakers have voted to strengthen eviction protections for renters, closing an existing loophole allowing landlords to circumvent the state's rent cap.
While a number of Bay Area law enforcement agencies qualified to receive millions of dollars in funding to help fight organized retail theft, on Thursday it was revealed that Oakland was disqualified from the application process because they submitted their proposal too late.
Proponents say access to safe sex options is limited and discriminates along lines of race and income.
California, which already has some of the strongest digital privacy laws in the U.S., is on the verge of handing consumers a major new tool to combat the sale and secret use of personal information they may never have agreed to share.
Environmental groups are calling on federal regulators to immediately shut down one of two reactors at California's last nuclear power plant.
A federal appeals court has opened the way to block a California law that bans gun ads aimed at children, saying it went too far in restricting lawful speech.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case blocking San Francisco from cleaning homelessness encampments.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's office announced hundreds of millions of dollars may be going to multiple cities and counties following a vote on Thursday.
California lawmakers are working through hundreds of bills before the legislative session ends on Thursday.
California lawmakers have voted to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Most fast food workers in California would get a raise next year under a new bill in the state Legislature.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for construction of a controversial student housing project in a historic Berkeley park.
A landmark bill aiming to decriminalize the possession and use of certain hallucinogenic drugs is headed to the governor's desk.
California lawmakers have voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition sales in the state.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday an executive order to study the development, use, and risks of artificial intelligence in California and within state government while educating the public about the technology.
Legislation aimed to help speed up development of affordable housing across California was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to spend $360 million demolishing a sprawling former furniture factory at San Quentin State Prison and replacing it with something reminiscent of a college campus.
The next step in the fight surrounding a plan to build housing at People's Park is expected Tuesday as a bill that would allow the University of California to build that housing is now on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk.
