Dan Walters

Big things are happening in California's public schools but whether they improve the educations of nearly 6 million children is still unclear.

California's largest city, Los Angeles, is a study in social and economic crises but politicians are lining up to become its next mayor.

A new California law to eliminate gasoline-powered lawn equipment sounds reasonable, but it messes with the lives of small landscapers.

Is California making a big comeback from pandemic, as Gov. Gavin Newsom insists, or is it facing decline? New studies frame the issue.

Costs are rising for California's much-troubled bullet train project and Gov. Gavin Newsom is having trouble getting more construction money from the Legislature.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has closed the book on the Legislature's 2021 session by signing 770 bills, many of which exemplify a progressive social agenda.

California's Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted in 1960, isn't working but a new array of bills purports to fix its shortcomings.

A major oil pipeline failure in Southern California causes environmental damage and ramps up pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to shut down the oil industry.

California has laws that protect motorists from speed traps but legislation now on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk would weaken them.

Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts that California is first state to require COVID-19 vaccinations of students, but there's a smarmy tinge to his declaration.