When California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with distraught supporters in the days following the November election, he tried to walk a fine line between vilifying Donald Trump and acknowledging that there ...

When the covenant between taxpayers and their leaders is broken, as it was this month in Los Angeles, public officials need ...

In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the United States' 44th president and the nation's first Black chief executive. In 2010 ...

Reeling from destructive wildfires, California lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials ...

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state ...

Amid the wildfires, a petition initially created a year ago to address crime in Vallejo has reignited recent support.

Cooler temperatures, higher humidity and calm winds through Monday morning should give firefighters a much needed respite for ...

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...

Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to ...

Neither the state nor local government seems to have learned much from the perils of pricing the less privileged out of Los ...

The Los Angeles fires have put the state’s breach of the basic social contract on full, horrific display. The citizens upheld ...

Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and the 2028 Summer Olympics: All three, to different degrees, have been imperiled by the deadly ...