The new rules would have set increasing targets for sales of zero-emission products over the next decade. Opponents say they ...

Air quality board will vote Friday on targets and fees that aim to phase out water heaters and furnaces powered by natural ...

Proposed legislation hasn't moved out of the Assembly and Senate, raising questions about how far California will go in efforts to make oil and gas companies pay for climate damage.

A cost-of-living increase that helped community colleges adjust to a new funding formula is expiring, leaving some districts to make budget cuts.

California's spending tripled in 25 years under Democratic leadership, as homelessness, water shortages, and poverty issues grew.

An ambitious proposal that would require fossil fuel polluters to pay for climate disasters caused by the greenhouse gases they emit appears to have stalled in the face of strong opposition from those ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said there's nearly a $20 billion hole in the budget, but if lawmakers restore his Medi-Cal cuts the hole ...

After the federal government cut funding for AmeriCorps, dozens of California emergency response workers were abruptly ...

A CalMatters investigation finds that Californians are routinely convicted of crimes without anyone investigating the charges against them.

A CalMatters investigation finds that Californians are routinely convicted of crimes without anyone investigating the charges ...

California's CEQA environmental law has been used to block housing at the expense of the environment and climate it was ...

California is a sanctuary state where police can’t help federal immigration authorities. Lawmakers want to keep them out of schools and hospitals.