Dan Walters

California high schools are in need of reforms that would allow students to received individualized educations rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Politicians have made promises and voters have acted, but is California officialdom truly willing and able to confront the state's worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis?

California has almost recovered the millions of jobs that vanished during the COVID-19 recession, but the future of employment in the state is cloudy.

Democrats hoped to make some big gains in California's congressional elections this year, but the outcome was a virtual draw - and an indirect win for Republicans.

California's projected $97.5 billion budget surplus has failed to materialize and the state now faces at least a $25 billion deficit that will require major adjustments.

California has a severe shortage of affordable rental housing, but also has a crisis in home ownership, with the nation's second most expensive home market relative to family incomes.

California water officials are seeking "voluntary agreements" to enhance water flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and have achieved a new breakthrough.

A months-long power struggle over the state Assembly speakership ended with a political deal. But will changing one politician for another make any difference?

As California's water crisis worsens, desalination of seawater is getting a new look as a potentially limitless source.

Nearly three years after California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to aggressively work on California's homelessness crisis, he's once again placing it atop his agenda.