East Bay assemblywoman wins big as Gov. Gavin Newsom signs her landmark bill to waive cumbersome environmental reviews to ...

California's high poverty rate is largely due to high housing costs, and addressing this by building more housing could be a necessary condition for solving the state's poverty problem.

The climate is supposedly a life or death issue, but California Democrats won't let it get in the way of their monopoly on state power.

Oliver Chi, Irvine’s city manager since December 2021, stepped down Sunday to become Santa Monica’s city manager, capping a ...

Experts say the city and other parts of the country may be in the midst of the sharpest decline in killings in history — one ...

After over a billion dollars in spending and years of programs, Orange County’s homeless solutions aren’t panning out.

A federal complaint filed Wednesday says the state’s rules for humane treatment of chickens are unconstitutional. Newsom ...

Here’s a look at the political headlines surrounding Newsom this week, from federal lawsuits to 2028 presidential buzz.

As the Irvine City Council considers turning Oak Creek Golf Club into 3,100 housing units, some council members expressed interest in putting the item on a future ballot for voter consideration.

Here’s how a rentability scorecard from WalletHub, which graded 180 U.S. cities, scored 20 from Southern California.