Legislators to test Newsom with new bills, more school districts plan layoffs, why industrial hemp still isn't legal, panel continues death penalty work

More college cheating scandal fallout, UC gives legal aid to undocumented students and their families, rent control returns and drought ends.

Why Gov. Gavin Newsom issued death penalty reprieves, the mob hit that informed his decision, Southern California Edison power lines sparked the Thomas Fire

Newsom to sign death penalty moratorium, Californians caught up in college admissions scandal, legislator charged

Effort grows to abolish state tax board, legislature weighs new tax proposals, no-preference voters on the rise

Newsom joins battle over fate of PG&E, anti-vaxxers target new hepatitis A bill, gaps in mental health care persist

Financial analysts eye PG&E bankruptcy, toxic bills come due for new CalEPA chief, plotting a Republican primary challenge to Donald Trump

Homeless counts questioned, UC takes a stand on access to scholarly research, birth complications spike for new moms

Yet another official probe into the Stephon Clark shooting. California's new surgeon general warns of a powerful toxin. Incoming charter school reforms.

California opens a national Title X battle. Mandated treatment for severe mental illness works, where counties try it. A pension ruling for the status quo.