Gov. Newsom picks Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris' seat in Senate
Padilla served as a Los Angeles City Councilman and State Senator before being sworn in as the Secretary of State in 2015.
California could see 100,000 coronavirus hospitalizations in a month
The state has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that a projection model shows California could be facing nearly 100,000 hospitalizations within a month.
California orders more body bags as coronavirus cases claim more lives
California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and has 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of COVID-19 deaths,
Recall effort against California Gov. Newsom gaining momentum
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over the first-term Democrat dining with friends at an opulent restaurant while telling state residents to spurn social gatherings and stay home.
Moving to Texas: Why Tesla’s Elon Musk, Oracle and HPE are leaving California
All eyes are on Texas after Tesla CEO Elon Musk and major tech companies emigrate from California. We take a look at what makes our Lone Star State so great.
Bill would require California police officers to earn bachelor's degree
Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer is hoping the bill will reduce the number of times police officers shoot or harm people by adding educational and maturity components to a police officer's basic job requirements.
California calls for temporary halt on non-essential travel during virus surge
Travel agents say they've been trying to handle all the requests to change or cancel plans due to pandemic travel restrictions.
Justices order review of California virus rules for churches
The high court's unsigned order Thursday, with no noted dissent, leaves the California restrictions in place for now.
California hits virus-case record; governor's staff tests positive
New cases have exploded in recent weeks to the point that the state is averaging 15,000 new cases a day and the infection rate has more than doubled.
San Francisco bans smoking, vaping tobacco in apartments but says weed is OK
Board President Norman Yee, who introduced the proposal, wanted to ban marijuana smoke as well, but couldn’t get the votes,
Rise in cases threatens California's health care system; state urges workers to get tested weekly
The California Department of Public Health sent hospitals a letter last week that “strongly recommends” they test their employees at least once a week.
1st suit of its kind: California failing to meet needs of students, teachers during pandemic
This is the first suit in the nation against a state for failure to meet the educational needs of students and teachers during the pandemic.
How the Supreme Court's ruling on houses of worship could affect California
UC Hastings law professor David Levine said the ruling opens the door for religious groups to challenge pandemic restrictions in other states.
Hospitals worried they might exceed capacity because of coronavirus surge
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, hospitals throughout the Bay Area are seeing the impacts.
Disney World to bring back park hopping starting January 1
Walt Disney World will allow park hopping once again starting on Jan.1, 2021.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed over Naya Rivera's drowning
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over the drowning of "Glee" actor Naya Rivera, who died this summer while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake.
FBI releases 2015 attack plan of radicalized California university student who stabbed 4 on campus
A troubled California university freshman who burst into a classroom in 2015, stabbing four people before police shot him dead, planned to praise Allah while slitting the throats of classmates and use a gun taken from an ambushed officer to kill more, according to records released by the FBI.
California, Oregon, Washington issue travel advisories asking people to self-quarantine for 14 days
The governors of California, Washington and Oregon issued travel advisories Friday urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside the three states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
North Bay race organizer fined $6K for holding race during pandemic
Similar events have been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, but Matt Dockstader tried to hold what he called a hybrid event.
Notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who spewed racial hatred dead at 82
Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82.