Dan Walters

Fifty years ago, two drifters murdered nine people in the bedroom of a home near Lodi. The memory of it never fades.

California's functional poverty rate is the nation's highest, and Los Angeles County is the state's most poverty-stricken. What can be done about it?

Two new analyses reveal why housing is so difficult to build in San Francisco and San Jose and what must change to jump-start construction.

When Republicans recaptured four California congressional seats in 2022, it helped the GOP win control of the House and Kevin McCarthy become speaker. But McCarthy has been ousted and the state's congressional Republicans are now more vulnerable.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's quest to become an important national political figure took him to Israel and China last week, but it was a trip tinged with hypocrisy.

California's reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter's heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the state could see a repeat.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted of a $97.5 billion budget surplus in 2022, but a year later, it morphed into a $31-plus billion deficit. What happened?

When Gov. Gavin Newsom returns from his overseas travel, he will find a state whose economy seems to be slowing.

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.