Sooner or later, some California governors wear out their welcome and leave office in clouds of popular disdain. It’s not a universal syndrome. Republican Ronald Reagan maintained his popularity, so …
California has seen some humdinger contests for its U.S. Senate seats, but none worthy of note in this century. Two women, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, captured the two seats …
The numbers of Californians living in poverty or near-poverty edged upward this year as federal pandemic programs expired, according to a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California and Stanford University’s …
Why can’t California build enough housing to meet its demand, even though the state’s population is declining? The state Department of Housing and Community Development was recommending that the state build …
When a handful of uber-right Republicans forced Speaker Kevin McCarthy out, they may have doomed GOP chances of retaining marginal seats in California and thus control of the House. McCarthy, whose district …
So what should Californians glean from their governor’s global gallivanting last week? We learned that Gavin Newsom won’t let tinges of hypocrisy impede his obsession with becoming a national, or …
Oct. 1 is the beginning of what hydrologists call the “water year.” Historically, California’s reservoirs are near their lowest levels by this point after months of being drawn down, mostly …
While Gov. Gavin Newsom polishes his foreign policy credentials with visits to Israel and China, California is experiencing an economic slowdown that could bode ill for the final three years of …
The state Department of Education released results from the latest round of academic achievement tests of California’s nearly 6 million public school students last week and there were — unfortunately — …
Something unusual — perhaps even historic — happened this month in Placer County, in the foothills northeast of Sacramento. A man named Nathaniel Evan Cabacungan was sentenced to 15 years to life …