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A unique program that enrolls kids in juvenile detention in college classes could become a statewide model.

Bettye Jean Ford was in her second trimester when the pressure she had been feeling in her abdomen for weeks turned to excruciating pain. She rushed to a Los Angeles emergency room, where she was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and sent home with antibiotics. Still cramping severely, the first-time expectant mother spent the […]

Aiming to reduce police shootings in a state that has more than 100 of them each year, the California legislature passed a bill Monday setting a tougher standard for police to use deadly force, allowing officers to fire their guns only “when necessary in defense of human life.”  Gov. Gavin Newsom said he intends to […]

California isn’t as prepared as it may seem for the next recession. And when the next pullback hits, the state may have to fight off red ink without a historically crucial ally: Washington, D.C.

Gov. Newsom arrives in El Salvador. Chamber of Commerce includes Republican bills among its "job killers." Legislature gets ready to approve sales taxes for online shoppers. Ban on sale of large-capacity magazines goes back into effect.

Kamala Harris is running. Also Infant mortality and premature births among African Americans in California, emissions rules, PG&E and LAUSD.

California's Coastal Act, a Silicon Valley billionaire, Jerry Brown's next Supreme Court justice, the gas tax costs Katie Porter a union endorsement, and #MeToo complaints persist for Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia .