Gov. Brown Opts Out Of Democratic National Convention
With the Republican National Convention in the history books, all eyes turn to Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democrats take their turn next week.
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With the Republican National Convention in the history books, all eyes turn to Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democrats take their turn next week.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has entered the immigration debate, taking a stance that departs from other sheriffs around the state.
The bulk of the projected savings in the pension-reform deal announced by Gov. Jerry Brown won't be felt for decades because most of the proposed changes will affect employees who have yet to be hired.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday announced systemic reforms to California's badly underfunded public pension system that he says will save taxpayers billions of dollars over time.
Controversy is brewing in Sacramento, over the hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funds apparently used to buy tech products for state employees.
As fall classes began Thursday at the University of California at Berkeley, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said the university remains the top public university in the world despite drastic cuts in state funding in recent years.
A new poll from the University of Southern California finds voters prefer Proposition 30, Governor Brown's proposed tax increase over Prop 38, the competing measure by Molly Munger.
Gov. Jerry Brown visited a middle school in San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood today as part of a campaign to push for the passage of his statewide tax measure on the November ballot.
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in three Northern California counties where wildfires have forced evacuations, closed roads and destroyed dozens of homes and other structures.
Gov. Jerry Brown is telling California lawmakers that he will call a special legislative session on health care at the end of the year.
Officials at Samsung Semiconductor Inc. announced the company will expand its San Jose office at a public meeting Thursday with California Gov. Jerry Brown, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
Opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown's tax plan said they hope to tap voter outrage over how Sacramento has managed taxpayer money in order to seize the lead in a campaign where the governor has a clear fundraising advantage.
California Governor Jerry Brown kicked off his campaign for Proposition 30, his ballot measure to raise taxes, in Sacramento on Wednesday and said he isn't afraid about the impact of the still-growing state parks scandal.
The leader of the California State Senate has apologized for his office's last-minute decision not to televise a legislative hearing that included testimony about Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative.
Gov. Jerry Brown is launching a website to document the effects of climate change and respond to those who question it.
California's budget-saving prison realignment program could end up costing the state a third of its firefighting crews if a deal can't be reached to keep inmates on the fire lines.
Several Bay Area water agencies plan to raise rates if a massive Delta water diversion project, proposed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown, actually gets built.
California and federal officials have announced plans for a massive twin tunnel system to carry water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to Southern California farmland and cities.
Scandals in the California Parks and Recreation Department and raises for legislative staff make Sacramento look incompetent and tone-deaf.
Gov. Jerry Brown gave his approval Wednesday to spending billions of dollars in government money for a high-speed rail line that still faces major funding, environmental and political challenges.
California's top elected Democratic officials all lack majority approval ratings, according to a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll of the state's voters that was released Tuesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to allow death-row inmate Wesley Shermantine to help authorities search for the remains of his long-dead victims.
Just days after Gov. Jerry Brown signed California's so-called "homeowner bill of rights" into law, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) is pushing for new protection for renters.
California drivers will be allowed to text when they're behind the wheel of a car, as long as they're using a hands-free device, and with some restrictions.
Gov. Jerry Brown has called in more firefighters and the California National Guard to help battle a Placer County wildfire that has forced the evacuation of 300 people.
