But the final budget he negotiated with state lawmakers depended largely on internal borrowing, dipping into the state’s reserves and freezing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants to avoid ...

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN A STAPLE of the California prison system for more than 40 years. Like citizens in the free world, residents of prison ...

ROBOTS HAVE LONG BEEN seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist ...

IN 2025, California became the frontline of a federal playbook for more militarized immigration enforcement. Raids on California streets and lawsuits that ...

TESLA HAS LOST ITS CROWN as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax ...

IN THE MID-1980s, locals in Mendocino learned about Lease Sale 91, a proposed sale of 1.1 million acres of undersea land, sold for $25 per acre stretching ...

SINCE 2022, California law has required high schools to begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m., a change backed by research showing that students naturally fall ...

A YEAR AFTER CALIFORNIANS VOTED for a conservative shift in criminal justice policy, they began to see the results. Proposition 36, approved by ...

A chilly weekend afternoon doesn’t deter a large, lively group from getting together in a Mission neighborhood beer ...

Families can start the new year with a free trip to the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, which is offering free admission for children ages 11 and under ...

COMMUNITY MEMBERS gathered Thursday for the 17th annual Oscar Grant vigil in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. Grant, 22, was shot dead on New Year’s Day ...

Raises in minimum wage went into effect New Year’s Day for dozens of cities throughout the Bay Area. The statewide minimum wage rose to $16.90 from ...