Politics

As a dairyman, David Valadao has endeared himself to the agricultural communities, even building cross-party support among Democrats. But with costs soaring and Trump so unpopular, voters might not be as willing to look beyond the “R” beside his name.

Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition.

Survivors, insurance industry slam purported last-minute bills to shift wildfire costs away from utilities.

California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally.

A new California Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on how many vacation hours government workers can cash out and apply toward the pension formulas.

For the fourth year in a row, California lawmakers are weighing whether to give violent criminals the legal right to cite abuse in their legal defense.

With world-renowned cultural campuses, San Diego is one of the country’s top 100 arts communities, but can it hold its position amid shrinking arts investment and rising costs?

Environmental groups want Board of Environmental Safety member Rhys Williams to resign over ties to a lobbying firm — the latest Newsom aide to land a plum state board seat.

The Trump administration wants to link emergency preparedness grants for states to its preferences on immigration enforcement and the administration of elections.

Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.