2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (407+ words) California’s experiment with pushing back school start times appears to be paying off, according to new research that finds students are sleeping more, struggling less with mental health, and posting better test scores since the state’s later-start law took full…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (394+ words) As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to exit office in January, he faces mounting pressure over one of the most consequential and politically fraught decisions of his tenure: whether to commute the death sentences of more than 560 people currently on California’s…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (459+ words) California’s celebrated wildlife comeback stories — from the majestic condor to the playful sea otter — owe much of their survival to the federal Endangered Species Act. Now state officials are heading to court to defend that 50-year-old law, arguing that changes…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (459+ words) California’s celebrated wildlife comeback stories — from the majestic condor to the playful sea otter — owe much of their survival to the federal Endangered Species Act. Now state officials are heading to court to defend that 50-year-old law, arguing that changes…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (912+ words) California lawmakers spent much of this year wrestling with a thorny question: could the state safely hand over driver’s license data to a national clearinghouse — as the federal government was demanding — without exposing more than a million people to immigration…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1179+ words) Every November, Californians will elect someone who oversees one of the largest insurance markets in the world. Those responsibilities hit especially close to home for Californians as wildfire risk and other climate-driven disasters intensify. Seven of the state’s 10 most destructive…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (369+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants to blow up the California Department of Motor Vehicles entirely, and he made his case Tuesday outside a DMV office in West Hollywood, framing it as the next front in his campaign to lower…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (898+ words) California voters will head to the polls in November to decide who takes charge of one of the largest insurance markets on Earth — a decision with real consequences for household budgets across the Inland Empire and the rest of the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (287+ words) California lawmakers have a long history of passing sweeping legislation in the heat of the moment, often without fully weighing the long-term costs. The state’s track record includes plenty of ambitious promises that fell apart under closer scrutiny. Now a…...