We wouldn’t let anyone else live in a place that doesn’t have a smoke detector," one prison safety expert said about California falling behind on replacing its fire alarm systems.

In a surprising role reversal, at least in image, the traditionally plodding L.A. County government looks more urgent and creative than L.A. City Hall.

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Environmental groups say Rhys Williams' new job at a lobbying firm undermines his impartiality on California's waste oversight board ...

California needs to ramp up reforestation to keep pace with wildfires — instead, funding and staff keep shrinking.

California is suing the Trump administration over conditions on emergency grants that tie funding to the president's ...

Grizzly bears went extinct in California, but that hasn’t stopped a fight over whether the state should study bringing them back ...

With world-renowned cultural campuses, San Diego is one of the country’s top 100 arts communities, but can it hold its position amid shrinking arts investment and rising costs?

The California Supreme Court is reviewing convictions that turned on Perkins operations, which are stings orchestrated by ...

The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to UC professors. Their legal team says it has proof that was unconstitutional.

Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes the California wealth tax measure and supports one nationally. But there’s another tax-the-rich measure on the state ballot.

California’s reading scores have slowly improved after the state invested in several approaches, including literacy coaches for teachers.