CA Republican Rep. Bill Essayli questioned state staffers on whether a bill being considered in Newsom's special session ...

A new state executive order extends license and permit renewal deadlines and waives fees for obtaining duplicates of license ...

The post-wildfire public-private partnership includes at least $100M of private capital and will shape "what L.A. is going to ...

Environmentalists say Trump is using the LA fires as cover to seize more control of the state’s precious water. Most Southern ...

It’s no surprise that enforcement officials more closely aligned with Trump see legal ambiguity at the same time those in deep-blue counties, such as San Francisco, insist there is no legal conflict ...

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.

That is a terrible idea, full stop. Lawmakers shouldn’t use the fires as an excuse to slow down on clean energy — not when scientists say humanity must slash emissions much faster to keep the climate ...

A new initiative in California to leave the US and become an independent country is gathering momentum. What’s this measure ...

Governor Newsom has taken executive action to support small businesses and workers affected by the LA firestorms, extending ...

California has faced budget crises before, but this could be the perfect storm of a chronically unbalanced budget made ...

Onetime Trump “true believer” Stephanie Grisham, former press secretary to both Donald and Melania, famously told a national ...

Presidents fully control FEMA aid. The operative word in federal disaster law is “may,” as in: “The President may make ...