Dan Walters

Two polls starkly disagree on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom's popularity has plummeted or has held up well as he deals with COVID-19.

The pandemic has worsened California's housing crisis and new state housing goals will be a political test.

While California's politicians wrangle, millions of school kids are stuck at home due to COVID-19 and their educations are suffering.

The pandemic is worsening California's income inequality, but how to assist those in poverty remains a puzzle.

The massive failings of California's Employment Development Department are laid bare, and could have political fallout.

California lifted a COVID-19 stay-at-home order Monday, just after it was revealed that unemployment had spiked in December to 9%, one of the nation's highest rates.

California has a tortured history of conflict over immigration, giving it a huge stake in President Joe Biden's effort to overhaul immigration policy.

California is testing whether easing up on penalties for crime will result in less crime in the long run.

Looking past COVID-19 and recession, California still faces the threat of prolonged drought.

California sped up its vaccinations for COVID-19 last week, but the state still has one of the nation's lowest rates of vaccine utilization.