California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly on Monday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday the first U.S. case of the Omicron variant will not spark a California shutdown.

California has moved another step closer to decriminalizing psychedelics amid a debate over whether their prohibition is an outdated remnant of the War on Drugs.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state will offer six vacation incentives to get more people to get vaccinated.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he believes Cal OSHA will soon fall in line with the state’s plan to drop masking and social distance requirements.

California’s workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on Tuesday.

Senate Democrats say they intend to advance a 10-bill package to the Assembly in the next week as California rushes to prepare for raging wildfires amid an intensifying drought.

California officials have decided to wait until June to follow the CDC’s guidelines on mask-wearing.

Rob Bonta, California’s new attorney general, says his bureau will focus on addressing hate crimes.

California lawmakers have approved the state’s first Filipino American to hold the top law enforcement job in the nation’s most populous state.