Dan Walters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature advanced the date of his recall election to September 14 but it could backfire if events continue to turn negative.

California's COVID-19 pandemic reemerges in a new variant called "delta," once again forcing Gov. Gavin Newsom into crisis management mode.

California educators are enmeshed in a debate over whether the traditional mathematics curriculum should be jettisoned in favor of a new method steeped in race and culture.

California is seeing a surge of crime, particularly homicides, and advocates of recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom want to make it an issue.

Circumstances favor California Gov. Gavin Newsom as recall election looms but three crises could have an effect.

Two Los Angeles Times articles detail how the state medical board goes easy on incompetent doctors but omit a salient political angle.

The state has imposed higher housing goals on California communities but there's pushback and a controversial bill will indicate how tough the state will be on housing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly chants that California is "roaring back" from pandemic, but ignores the state's stubborn socioeconomic problems.

California's budgetary package is slowly dribbling out of the Capitol but one big issue, the fate of the state's bullet train project, is still up in the air.

As online retail sales soar in California, how should taxes on those sales be allocated?