Jerry Brown

As we try to navigate and digest what’s happening in this country, perspective is always valuable. Especially when it comes to leading the state of California, and leading the fight against climate change. There aren’t many politicians who are still relevant at 82 years old, but Jerry Brown is one of them. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to him...

For the first time in state history, cities and towns across California must implement mandatory restrictions to reduce water use during the fourth consecutive year of drought.

Candidates elected to the offices of president, governor, and senator accepted more than $250,000 in campaign donations from leaders of fringe groups. Senior investigative reporter Vicky Nguyen reports in a story that first aired Sept 21, 2017

Exposing yourself on the street is a crime, but the law is less clear when it happens in the digital realm. Earlier this year, Texas outlawed sending unwanted nude photos to people through dating apps or other digital means, making it a Class C misdemeanor with a fine of up to $500. Now Chang, who has since been elected to...

Southern California troops were among 20 names added to the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento Sunday, including the first woman to have her name etched on the monument.

California will ban smoking on state parks and beaches starting next year under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

California schools will get to decide if parents can administer medical marijuana to their children on school campuses.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people.

Hotels in Calif. will have to stop giving guests small plastic shampoo bottles under a new law set to take effect starting in 2023.

California officials again rejected parole Tuesday for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom more than four decades ago.

A San Francisco developer who pressured California lawmakers into enacting the nation’s most sweeping data privacy act is pushing a ballot measure to expand the law.

The last call for bars and clubs to sell alcohol will remain at 2 a.m. Friday night was the last night for the California Legislative session and lawmakers kept working until the early morning hours.

For three years, a local state senator pushed to change the law so bars and clubs could sell alcohol past 2 a.m. Unfortunately, this bill was one of the last ones that was heard Friday night after the commotion in the senate in it didn’t fare well. Sergio Quintana reports for Today in the Bay on Sunday, September 15, 2019.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that he has commuted the sentences of 21 prison inmates, most convicted of murder or attempted murder and seven of whom had been serving life terms with no chance of parole.

Acreage burned through Sunday is down 90% compared to the average over the past five years and down 95% from last year, according to statistics from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

After seeing surveillance video of a homeless man attacking a woman outside her apartment building last Sunday, the same San Francisco judge who had previously released the man ordered that he be placed under electronic monitoring on Friday.