Nicole Nixon

In the days following the session, there was plenty of blame to go around over why important bills dealing with public safety, housing and other measures failed.

The end of California’s legislative session was beleaguered by COVID-19, wildfires, a tanked economy and a looming eviction crisis.

Monday caps off a strange and stressful legislative session in California, complicated by the coronavirus pandemic that kept lawmakers out of the Capitol for weeks at a time.

Three of the state’s largest law enforcement advocacy groups released a joint press release Tuesday calling for more time and collaboration.

A historic heatwave, wind and thousands of lightning strikes earlier this week sparked immense growth of hundreds of individual fires across Northern California and strained resources.

Californians who have fallen behind on housing payments due to the coronavirus are set to lose protections and could face evictions beginning Sept. 1 — unless state lawmakers step in.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering an investigation into abrupt blackouts, which caused hundreds of thousands of Californians to temporarily lose power over the weekend due to blistering temperatures and a strained electric grid.

Despite the desire for stepped-up reforms, 70% of respondents said they are satisfied with their local police department.

Following a summertime surge and data reporting issues, California is looking to contain COVID-19 outbreaks through targeted contact tracing in hotspot areas.

At least a dozen lawsuits are challenging the wording of ballot titles and summaries or the language for arguments set to appear in the state voter guide.

After stubbornly sitting above 7% for weeks, California’s 7-day average test-positivity rate fell to 6.1% on Monday — its lowest level in over a month.