Dan Walters

One of former Gov. Jerry Brown's major achievements was a reform of California public employee pension system but President Joe Biden's administration is backing union efforts to undermine the law.

California's educational "achievement gap" remains wide, but some local school systems are seeing success.

California's "tort wars" over the rules governing personal injury lawsuits are heating up again and dueling ballot measures may land on the 2022 ballot.

California's housing crisis is a hot current topic but it has been developing for decades and there are no magic solutions for it.

The state Capitol's annex will soon disappear and a replacement will be built costing more than a billion dollars. No one will be sorry to see the ugly, dysfunctional building go.

California's economy was tied for the nation's highest unemployment rate in October while Nebraska had the lowest.

California's ban on firearms magazines holding more than 10 rounds has been upheld by a federal appeals court - but the U.S. Supreme Court may have the last word.

California's serious and prolonged drought is having serious and prolonged impacts on California's agricultural industry, the nation's largest.

Political reaction to a spate of smash-and-grab retail thefts indicates that crime could be a hot button issue in next year's California elections.

California politicians have been jousting over the state's chronic housing shortage but now the debate is turning into a political war.