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March 22, 2019 at 2:08 pm

California to waive environmental rules for fire season prep

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Friday to bypass environmental regulations to prepare for the next wildfire season, a move he said...

March 18, 2019 at 1:30 pm

Sharpton, family seek change a year after Stephon Clark died

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Standing beside the family of a 22-year-old black man who was fatally shot by police a year ago Monday, the Rev....

March 13, 2019 at 4:38 pm

California’s Newsom says death penalty is applied unevenly VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom was about 10 years old when he met a man wrongfully convicted of murder, an encounter that...

March 8, 2019 at 12:21 pm

US disaster agency rejects $306M for California dam repair

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government has rejected $306 million in reimbursements for California's repair of damaged spillways on the nation's tallest dam, a...

March 8, 2019 at 6:10 am

California harassment investigations cost taxpayers $1.8M

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature racked up more than $1.8 million in legal costs from sexual harassment investigations during 2018 and the first...

March 6, 2019 at 3:50 pm

Sacramento police say they saw flash in Stephon Clark’s hand

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two Sacramento police officers who killed an unarmed black man last year said hours after the shooting that they thought Stephon...

February 24, 2019 at 2:33 pm

California’s hurting Republicans pick insider to lead party VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hurting California Republicans chose a party insider Sunday to lead them forward after their party suffered stinging defeats in 2018, rejecting...

February 22, 2019 at 9:57 am

California GOP gathers to chart a course after 2018 defeats VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 2018 election left California Republicans in dismal shape, with no statewide officeholders, just seven of 53 U.S. House seats, less...

FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California High-Speed Rail Authority will release its latest business plan for the bullet train, which has been beset by delays and cost increases, Friday March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file) CARP104 CARP104

February 19, 2019 at 9:23 pm

Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates WATCH

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disputes over President Donald Trump's border wall and California's bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the...

February 15, 2019 at 11:36 am

California may sue Trump over emergency wall declaration VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is likely to sue President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the...