California remained the world’s fourth-largest economy by a narrow margin as 2025 started.

California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday passed major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in what ...

California's Latino population could bear the brunt of SNAP changes due to high rates of food insecurity and other factors.

The state's ambitious Climate Superfund legislation would hold fossil fuel companies liable for emissions, but continues to face fierce opposition.

Among the report’s central findings are that there are 2.28 million immigrants in California without protected legal status ...

A study by a Bay Area think tank suggests California’s key industries would suffer without undocumented immigrant workers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a major housing bill to speed construction by easing environmental rules. The state is notorious for ...

In 1970, when a nearly unanimous Congress approved sweeping changes strengthening federal air pollution laws, one proviso allowed California in many cases to craft its own rules — a recognition of ...

Two California bills – one signed, another on the way – hope to remake the state's film incentive program with far more money ...

The state's fiscal year begins July 1. As California faces a shortfall in the billions, here's a look at what the budget ...

Trump’s efforts to constrain immigration during his first term played out in a similar fashion; by 2019, the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.5%, its lowest level since 1969, with earnings up 3.5% ...