CA Republican Rep. Bill Essayli questioned state staffers on whether a bill being considered in Newsom's special session ...

A new initiative in California to leave the US and become an independent country is gathering momentum. What’s this measure ...

Environmentalists say Trump is using the LA fires as cover to seize more control of the state’s precious water. Most Southern ...

The post-wildfire public-private partnership includes at least $100M of private capital and will shape "what L.A. is going to ...

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.

California has faced budget crises before, but this could be the perfect storm of a chronically unbalanced budget made ...

Did you know that the recent California wildfires have forced over 180,000 people to evacuate their homes? Or that the ongoing fires have caused an estimated $150 billion in damages across Southern ...

It’s no surprise that enforcement officials more closely aligned with Trump see legal ambiguity at the same time those in deep-blue counties, such as San Francisco, insist there is no legal conflict ...

Presidents fully control FEMA aid. The operative word in federal disaster law is “may,” as in: “The President may make ...

A new state executive order extends license and permit renewal deadlines and waives fees for obtaining duplicates of license ...

You soon could be paying even more for gas at the pump. That’s because of a cynical attempt to use the wildfires tragedy to attack California’s oil companies. Sponsored by state Sen. Scott Weiner, ...

After the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires ...