Dan Walters

In the latest round of academic testing, California's nearly 6 million public school students continue to lag behind in educational skills. But the Pentagon's school system should show California the way to success.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta praised Placer County's prosecution of a fentanyl supplier responsible for the death of a teenage girl, but was AWOL when the Legislature was considering bills to address the fentanyl crisis.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 365 last week, he opened a new front in a complex, decades-long political and legal war between employers and unions.

Newsom, one of California's most liberal governors, rejected many bills favored by the left, giving progressives a handful of victories.

The U.S. Supreme Court will examine laws in Florida and Texas that seek to affect how social media platforms moderate content. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit challenges a law in California on the same issue.

The state government is making several direct and indirect efforts to close California's housing gap, marked by its inadequate supply and high demand. The crisis has so far defied those efforts.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom once pledged to implement single-payer health care but later backed away. He just signed a bill that takes a tiny step toward the holy grail of those on the political left.

While many wait to see how Gov. Gavin Newsom handles hundreds of bills on his desk, others await the looming deadline for tax returns to see whether the state will face another multibillion-dollar deficit.

Santa Monica, a bastion of progressive politics, is fighting an effort to change the way it elects city council members, with allegations that the city minimizes nonwhite representation.

California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state's fundamental water conflicts remain.