By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – Bookending a combined four terms in office, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday swore in longtime legal adviser Joshua Groban to the California Supreme Court. Groban, 45, worked on Brown’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign and went on to vet hundreds of judicial appointments while...

By Nathan Solis Just before 30,000 teachers are set to walk out of classrooms in Los Angeles next week during a scheduled strike, the public school district asked a federal judge Thursday to grant an injunction that would keep teachers of special needs students available during the strike. Los Angeles...

By Nathan Solis Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown filled 12 Superior Court vacancy seats across the state, on Wednesday, including the first Indian-American appointed to the San Francisco County Superior Court. Los Angeles County Maria Cavalluzzi, 55, of Los Angeles, was appointed to the Los Angeles...

By Nathan Solis The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a sheriff union’s request to block a new state law that provides public access to past police-misconduct and use-of-force records. The San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies’ union sought an emergency intervention from the California...

By Matthew Renda (CN) – As the Golden State moves into 2019, it will close the book on an abnormally dry year with hopes that a few rain storms can stave off the prospect of another drought. Two consecutive years of devastating wildfires killing dozens of residents, causing billions in property damage...

By Nick Cahill MODESTO – Authorities in California on Friday arrested a man suspected of killing a police officer during a traffic stop in a rural town, ending a two-day manhunt used by President Donald Trump to drum up support for his border wall. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said Gustavo...

By Martin Macias Jr. and Matthew Renda SACRAMENTO – Creating a public bank capable of handling marijuana-related business is “too risky,” the Cannabis Banking Work Group said in a hearing in Sacramento Thursday. “Many California businesses are left in legal limbo and their business remains illegal...

By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – Included in a batch of Christmas Eve clemency, California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered a fresh look into a 1980s quadruple murder case and pardoned six Cambodian refugees who faced deportation. Outgoing Gov. Brown directed investigators to conduct new forensic testing of...

By Brad Kutner WASHINGTON – With no movement on Trump’s $5 billion demand for border-wall funding, federal employees, and even more federal contractors, are starting to feel the impact of the partial government shutdown as the workforce heads into 2019. Smaller national parks like Fort McHenry National...

By Martin Macias Jr. The NASA InSight spacecraft designed to study the depths of the Martian surface placed its first instrument on the red planet Wednesday, completing a major milestone in a mission that aims to gain insight into the origins of our universe. With Canyon Country residents Scott Evans...