Dan Walters

California's perpetual conflict over charter schools flared up again this year, resulting in a temporary truce.

Gov. Gavin Newsom owes an apology to those who have suffered distress from the state's inabilty to process unemployment insurance claims.

California's highly restrictive gun laws may be headed for a Supreme Court showdown after a federal judge's latest ruling against them.

Capital punishment has been a much-debated issue in California for more than seven decades and it's boiling over again.

The fate of Calbright, an online community college, will reveal whether California is willing to shut down failing programs and projects.

California Indian tribes that already have a monopoly on casino gambling in California now want to expand into sports betting.

A decades-long debate over the fate of Oakland's Interstate 980 freeway may be nearing an end as political figures call for its demolition.

Marin County's efforts to limit population growth by limiting housing are taking an old turn - refusing to provide water service to new construction.

California is borrowing billions of dollars from the federal government to cover unemployment insurance benefits to jobless workers, but how it will be repaid remains uncertain.

While Gov. Gavin Newsom renews his pledge to attack California's housing crisis, a bureaucratic mess and labor union demands are impediments to construction.