Governor Jerry Brown, State Legislators Unveil $1 Billion Drought Relief Plan
Most of the proposal would accelerate spending that voters have already approved for water and flood projects.
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Most of the proposal would accelerate spending that voters have already approved for water and flood projects.
Californians could see even tougher water restrictions after a key meeting gets underway Tuesday in Sacramento. Aside from limiting lawn watering to two days a week, there would be changes for the hotel and restaurant industry.
The house in Sacramento's River Park neighborhood has drawn national headlines with its display of an Israeli flag with a swastika on it, among other symbols.
She was honored for the 50th Assembly District overseen by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica.
On 3 legs, Hobbes was as rough and tumble as the next guy. Soon, this little terrier will be running about on 3 legs plus a brand new 3-D prosthetic limb, thanks to a group of scholars at UC Davis and a Sacramento library.
California's third snow survey this winter found the Sierra Nevada snowpack is far below normal and leaning toward being the lowest on record in more than two decades.
An assistant state fire chief was demoted for using a state cellphone and vehicle to arrange sex with escorts, and a firefighter was fired for sexually harassing a civilian at a graduation celebration near the state's fire academy, according to documents made public Monday.
A sixth grader in Sacramento has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Antarctica.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressed about 500 lunch guests Saturday at the California Republican Party's convention in Sacramento.
Twenty-three-year-old Samantha Green was arrested in connection with her son Justice Reese. The coroner said the infant appears to have drowned, or died of hypothermia.
A Marin is among parents due to deliver more than 21,000 signatures demanding the mandatory measles vaccines in California public schools.
Search and rescue teams have found the body of an infant in the area of Yolo County.
Rice and Kamala Harris topped the list as the Field Poll looked at 18 people who may or may not run, and whether likely voters would support their candidacy.
The alleged owner of a chain of medical marijuana clinics faces criminal charges in one of the first cases of its kind in the state. Prosecutors said it's a criminal enterprise, a prescription mill generating millions of dollars, with most of the money laundered and sent overseas.
A federal jury on Wednesday awarded nearly $15 million to 11 Denver-area warehouse workers who accused a NorCal trucking company of segregating workers by race, calling people "stupid Africans" and punishing those who complained.
A former state employee who is accused of bringing a loaded gun to work at the secretary of state's office last month is facing a misdemeanor charge.
A thunderstorm rolled through the Sacramento area causing widespread power outages Friday morning.
A man charged with killing two sheriff's deputies stunned a courtroom on Wednesday by blurting out that he committed the crimes and is ready to be executed.
Two California lawmakers who want to make sure as many schoolkids as possible get immunized announced a new bill in Sacramento on Wednesday that would no longer allow parents to exempt their children from vaccines simply because it goes against their personal beliefs.
Sacramento county's division of public health says the student has been isolated at home and is under care.
A patient at the UC Davis Medical Center suspected of having the Ebola virus has tested negative, officials said.
Senate Bill 151 from state Senator Ed Hernandez would make California the first state in the country to raise the minimum smoking age as high as 21.
Harriet Salarno, founder of Crime Victims United of California, said Wednesday that demonstrators have shown up at the National Crime Victims' Rights Week march and rally each of the last two years.
A patient suspected of potentially having been exposed to Ebola is being treated at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
The report from Standard & Poor's found that contrary to popular belief, lower spending has spurred California's economic recovery, and not higher revenues.
