Kevin McCarthy

If this state is the nation’s laboratory for progressive laws, why has it been unable to keep the police from policing themselves?

At the California Republican convention this weekend, GOP delegates nominated Jessica Patterson, a millennial Latina with a lengthy resume as a behind-the-scenes party operator, as their new chair.

The fight for continues for police misconduct records, a pioneering state gun law is being challenged by red states, and a court ruling is creating tax chaos.

The bankrupcy of California's largest utility is just one wrinkle in the new world of electricity delivery Plus: the surplus, housing and a new GOP leader.

Campaign money, 2018 election ad buys, Kevin McCarthy's 'Cherokee' in-law, Kamala Harris, smoking deaths, bad jobs, carpet recycling and California history.

In California congressional campaign news this week: Campa-Najjar spars with Trump Jr., Nunes gets some Freedom medal buzz, and a debate highlighted big differences between McClintock versus Morse. Here’s a quick recap of what happened this week across California’s 53 congressional districts:

The California Public Utilities Commission reports that since 2011, the state has paid or will pay $199.3 million to offset consumers’ cost of installing Tesla’s batteries.

Los Angeles’ police union made clear the depth of officers’ opposition to legislation that would toughen the standard for using deadly force.

At a speaking event in Sacramento this morning, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy drew a sharp distinction between federal policy under the Trump administration and the “backwards thinking” coming out of California.