Backers of a lawsuit who claim that state funding to repair and update school facilities illegally favors wealthy school ...

California school districts, including those in Parlier and Firebaugh, are suing the state over alleged construction funding ...

In 2025, the Rent Program oversaw the reimbursement of more than $500,000 to 212 tenant households affected by invalid rent ...

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones burned a Confederate flag replica in Nashville. Then he took the fight to California.

Three men who allegedly believed they were setting up sexual encounters with a juvenile boy in Newark were actually dealing with undercover police officers who arrested them when they arrived at the ...

Democratic state Attorney General Rob Bonta and Republican challenger Michael Gates are offering sharply different visions of the job: Bonta has made opposing federal overreach a central focus, while ...

Election challenges to judges seeking new terms in California are typically bare-knuckles brawls between an incumbent backed by the legal community and outside forces accusing the judge of being soft ...

Homelessness is fluid in the Bay Area, and one city’s crackdown may push residents across borders. Officials worried that Oakland had become a “destination” for displaced residents fleeing tougher ...

The Hawaiʻi County Council voted 5-4 on Tuesday to pass in committee Bill 158, which would take away some traditional power ...

The two candidates in a relatively rare competitive race for Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Position Q have headed from ...