California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating a new pardon process for others convicted under outdated laws punishing homosexual activity.

Pacific Gas and Electric is pledging to overhaul its board of directors in an attempt to avoid a potential takeover attempt by the state of California and prove the nation’s largest utility is turning over a new leaf as it works through its second bankruptcy in less than 20 years. The promise to shake things up came late Friday as…

San Francisco was on parade Wednesday. Governor Gavin Newsom welcomed fellow governors from other states to talk about fixing infrastructure and he used the new Salesforce Transit Center as the backdrop.

San Francisco was on parade Wednesday. Governor Gavin Newsom welcomed fellow governors from other states to talk about fixing infrastructure and he used the new Salesforce Transit Center as the backdrop. Lili Tan reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging a federal judge to reject Pacific Gas and Electric’s blueprint for getting out of bankruptcy and renewing his threat to lead a bid to turn the beleaguered utility into a government-run operation.

Hospital giant Kaiser Permanente and insurer Blue Shield of California on Friday pledged $45 million to a new state fund aimed at getting people off the streets. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last week creating what he proposes to be a $750 million fund that could be used to pay rents, subsidize affordable housing or help board and…

Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday visited a city lot just walking distance from the Oakland Coliseum which will be the site of a state-approved trailer park for the homeless with medical tents and services to help them find work and permanent housing.

Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday visited a city lot just walking distance from the Oakland Coliseum which will be the site of a state-approved trailer park for the homeless with medical tents and services to help them find work and permanent housing. Melissa Colorado reports.

Rep. Duncan D. Hunter officially stepped down as representative for the 50th District at the close of business Monday, more than one month after the California Republican pleaded guilty in federal court to misusing campaign funds. Hunter submitted his letter of resignation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., last week. The six-term congressman is scheduled to be sentenced in March….

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Saturday that he’s deploying a team of 31 disaster specialists to help Puerto Rico “rebuild and recover” after catastrophic earthquakes in the island. Puerto Rico has been rattled by multiple earthquakes since Monday, and has caused severe damage including one death. “California stands with the people of Puerto Rico,” said Governor Newsom in a statement. “Our…

California’s governor revealed a spending plan on Friday that puts a new tax on vaping, gives $20,000 to teachers who commit to working in high-needs schools and gives taxpayer-funded health benefits to older adults living in the country illegally. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $222 billion proposed state budget increases spending by 2.3% or about $5 billion, but it also would boost…

A pristine, 80-square-mile ranch within an hour’s drive of San Francisco is up for sale for the first time in 85 years and California wants to acquire the property to create one of the largest state parks in decades.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce his state spending plan on Friday, flush with a multi-billion surplus that state lawmakers expect he will use to give full health benefits to more low-income adults living in the country illegally.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he is seeking $750 million in part to help pay rent for people facing homelessness in the most populous state’s latest attempt to fight what he called a national crisis. Newsom planned to sign an executive order Wednesday creating the fund, two days before he presents his second annual budget proposal to the…

Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, one month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving vacant one of the GOP’s few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California.

A private prison firm that just won multibillion-dollar contracts to run federal immigration detention centers in California sued the state on Monday.

During his inaugural address last January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made only a passing reference to wildfires and never mentioned the state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. Both soon became inescapable topics. PG&E filed for bankruptcy barely three weeks after the Democratic governor was sworn in, triggering a series of events that defined the former San Francisco mayor’s first year...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter over the Christmas holiday attacking California, the Bay Area and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what he says is one of the worst areas in the nation for crime and homelessness. Thom Jensen reports.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter over the Christmas holiday attacking California, the Bay Area and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what he says is one of the worst areas in the nation for crime and homelessness.

PG&E paid top execs $17 million in bonuses from 2012 to 2017, partly for meeting safety goals despite the fact that the company’s poor maintenance has been linked to deadly fires.