Dan Walters

California officials want Californians to buy more zero-emission cars and use mass transit more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but so far Californians are not cooperating.

A new state report explores the effects of climate change on California's water supply and says more storage and other infrastructure is needed to cope.

California may be on the verge of adopting a tougher attitude about dealing with its ever-increasing crisis of homelessness.

President Donald Trump says he's making good on promises to deliver more water to California farmers, reigniting the state's decades-old water wars.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is staking his political career on solving California's housing and homelessness crises.

An informal alliance of opposites is forming to oppose Senate Bill 10, the 2018 legislation that eliminates cash bail for criminal defendants and creates a new risk assessment program.

California has a housing crisis but another, much smaller crisis near the Capitol could demonstrate how the housing shortage could be addressed.

In his second budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom is spending more and saving less - an approach that the Legislature's budget expert says could leave the state less able to stave off a recession's impacts.

Does moving California's presidential primary election to March make the state more relevant? Not so far.

What used to be called vocational education is making a comeback as education officials recognize the needs of students and the larger society.