The law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom would have prohibited people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos
The police report about Christian Ziegler was filed Oct. 4 about an incident two days earlier in a private home
The governors of Florida and California laid out their antagonistic visions for the future of the United States in an unprecedented television face-off
The federal count of homeless people reached 580,000 last year, driven by lack of affordable housing, a pandemic that economically wrecked households, and lack of access to mental health and addiction treatment
David DePape, who faces up to 50 years in prison, admitted that he broke into the Pelosis’ home on Oct. 28, 2022, intending to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and ‘break her kneecaps’
A federally required January count estimated that on any given night there were more than 75,500 homeless people in the county, with well over 46,000 of them in the Los Angeles city limits
The bust came as two states and several cities in the U.S. have decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms and their active ingredient, psilocybin. About 20 other states have active legislation on changing laws
Washington and Beijing have made overtures to each other in recent weeks as they prepare for a meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit
Joseph David Emerson faces 83 counts of attempted murder after Sunday’s incident en route to San Francisco
The law is designed to make it easier for authorities to provide care to people with untreated mental illness or addictions to alcohol and drugs, many of whom are homeless
The legislation vetoed Saturday would have allowed those 21 and older to possess psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component in what’s known as psychedelic mushrooms, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and mescaline
Butler is a longtime fundraiser and strategist in the state’s Democratic circles and was the head of Emily’s List, a national organization that raises money for women candidates who support abortion rights
Once she is sworn in, Laphonza Butler will be the only Black woman in the Senate and the first openly LGBTQ+ California senator
The state’s minimum wage for all other workers — $15.50 per hour — is already among the highest in the United States
The new law adds an 11% tax on top of federal taxes — making California the only state with its own tax on guns and ammunition, according to the gun control advocacy group Brady
California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee
The mandatory raise would apply to all fast food restaurants in California that are part of a chain with at least 60 locations nationwide
California declared a state of emergency in preparation of the weather phenomenon, which killed at least one person died when it hit Mexico on Sunday
Newsom’s office confirmed Wednesday that the governor has been in touch with people on all sides of the strikes
Van Houten was originally sentenced to death for helping Manson’s followers carry out the August 1969 killings of Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary
Van Houten has been in prison for 53 years for participating in two fatal stabbings at Manson’s direction
Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment would also institute a “reasonable” waiting period for all gun purchases and ban assault rifles throughout the country
One project would build a tunnel to carry large amounts of water beneath the natural channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The other would build a massive reservoir near the tiny community of Sites in Northern California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion. That’s about $10 billion more than predicted in January, when the governor offered his first budget proposal
She’s a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and her vote is critical if majority Democrats want to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees to the federal courts
Her announcement Wednesday came after two House Democrats called on her to resign because of her extended absence from Washington while she recovers from a case of shingles
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spat with Walgreens began after the company indicated it would not distribute abortion pills by mail in some conservative states. That pill, mifepristone, when combined with another pill, will end a pregnancy