SACRAMENTO – Shortly after winning the November 2018 election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to “raise the bar” on gun control after 12 people died in a mass shooting at Borderline Bar in Thousand Oaks. The Democrat made good on his promise on Friday by signing a bill package that expands...

SACRAMENTO – Emboldened by a string of recent favorable federal court rulings, gun rights advocates now aim to overturn California’s longstanding open-carry laws. Two men from rural Northern California counties say they’ve been denied open-carry permits by local authorities and can’t even begin...

SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a flurry of criminal justice reforms Tuesday evening, including measures that bar law enforcement from using facial recognition software in body cameras, speed up the expungement process and end certain sentencing enhancements. “I am signing more...

California voters will soon decide whether to provide outdated schools and universities with a $15 billion facelift under bond measure legislation signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Supporters say that with both K-12 and higher education districts struggling to meet growing enrollment numbers, the massive...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday meant to cut down on the use of deepfakes meant to disrupt elections, after a viral video was released earlier this year of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose image was manipulated so she appeared drunk in it. Assembly Bill 730, authored by Assemblymember...

SACRAMENTO – With a court ruling in tow that helps keep his finances secret, President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday against California Democrats for attempting to give voters access to his tax returns before the March primary. Trump celebrated a federal court’s decision to freeze a state law...

SACRAMENTO – A lawsuit claiming California enables voter fraud by failing to investigate voters’ citizenship status was denounced by the state’s top elections official Tuesday as an attempt to import Republican-led “voter suppression” tactics to California. Three Republican voters sued California...

SACRAMENTO – In a move that could change amateur sports and is sure to draw legal challenges, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to allow college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals. The first-in-the-nation bill – dubbed the “Fair Play to Pay Act”...

LOS ANGELES – The city of Los Angeles launched its own anti-vaping campaign “Your Body Knows” on Thursday, just a few days after Los Angeles County officials approved a ban on the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, in unincorporated areas of the county. Across...

By Brad Kutner WASHINGTON (CN) – Two days after threatening to pull highway funding from California over “chronic” smog, the Trump administration on Thursday said the Golden State is also falling short of federal water-quality standards, due in part to a “homelessness crisis.” Environmental...