The state Supreme Court takes a business-backed initiative to make it more difficult to raise taxes off the Nov. 5 ballot. Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders had sued to kick it off.

The fortunes of Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez in San Diego appeared to have dimmed, as business and community leaders and county Republicans advocated for a local administrator with knowledge of San Diego County and no ties to the organized labor and partisan Democrat connections that had initially pushed Chavez for the job a year ago.

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo's hopes of filling the seat vacated by retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo were energized this week by results from a weekend poll showing the former mayor topping a field of eight possible opponents.

Several California school districts have required parental notification when students seek to change their gender identity.

The former president railed against Democrats and again claimed the 2020 election was rigged, even though he lost California by nearly two-to-one. The GOP's 2023 state convention also heard from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Some advocates in Sacramento say the revised budget unveiled May 13 by Gov. Gavin Newsom providing $18.1 billion for the poor won’t be enough.

Bills in Congress are aimed at the California senator and others in Congress who have had strangely good timing when it comes to stock investments.

Water supply was a concern for a majority of survey participants in each area of the state—the central valley, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties and the San Francisco Bay Area.

So far, political fundraisers have set up six campaign committees to spend on either side of the still-unofficial recall election.

It’s unclear if the origins of San Jose’s upcoming LGBT march comes from activists and community organizers or Santa Clara County HQ.

Since winning a seventh term in the House of Representatives last fall, Mike Honda has been relatively active, introducing a new bill almost every week. And then there was Friday.