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January 22, 2019 at 4:26 pm

Erin Brockovich urges California to stop PG&E bankruptcy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Consumer activist Erin Brockovich, who famously took on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the 1990s, urged California lawmakers Tuesday not...

Business

January 15, 2019 at 4:07 pm

PG&E bankruptcy could mean price hikes, unpaid fire lawsuits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said this week it will file for bankruptcy, raising concern that rates for electricity and gas...

Business

January 11, 2019 at 3:45 pm

California governor brings personal touch, fresh focus

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom held his toddler son during his inaugural address, spent nearly two hours discussing his state budget with reporters...

January 9, 2019 at 8:09 am

Trump, California spar over money for wildfire relief funds VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires, a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom...

January 6, 2019 at 10:06 pm

Gov. Newsom points to California exceptionalism, challenges VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom boldly declared his state a model for the nation Monday but said its leaders have failed to...

January 6, 2019 at 7:53 am

From Brown to Newsom, California to see new style, substance VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Gov. Jerry Brown cedes power to Gavin Newsom, it will be the first time since 1887 that California has had...

FILE – In this May 28, 2014, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown poses in his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. Brown leaves office Jan. 7, 2019, after a record four terms in office, from 1975-1983 and again since 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) SC128 SC128

December 28, 2018 at 6:25 am

California’s Jerry Brown caps 5 decades on political scene VIEW

Jerry Brown became governor at 36, built a reputation as an idealist and was condescendingly nicknamed "Gov. Moonbeam." Now 80, he's still an idealist but...

Business

December 19, 2018 at 12:27 pm

California governor: Democrats are likely to spend too much

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown helped make his party even more powerful in California during the last eight years and now, less...

Business

December 14, 2018 at 5:59 pm

California DMV: 589 voter records not sent before election

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's secretary of state called Friday for new leadership at the state's embattled Department of Motor Vehicles after revelations of an...

Nation & World

December 11, 2018 at 10:07 pm

Insurance claims at $9 billion from California fires VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commissioner announced...

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