The California Department of Water Resources has filed a complaint for validation of $11 billion in bonds for Gov. Jerry Brown’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel project, California Water Fix, which cleared its final environmental hurdle on Friday.
Read moreThe builders of a solar power project and environmentalists opposed to the project on grounds it would harm three endangered species have reached a settlement effectively ending their dispute, the parties said Friday.
Read moreCalifornia voters would decide the future of legal sports betting in the Golden State under a constitutional amendment introduced Thursday by a state lawmaker.
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A Long Beach, California, man sued the California State Lottery Commission on Thursday, claiming it refused to pay out on a winning $5 million lottery ticket because he had his 16-year-old son by it for him.
Read moreA decades-old effort to restore water and salmon to California’s second largest river is on the chopping block under a proposal by House Republicans to speed up dam projects and increase diversions to farmers.
Read moreThree California lawmakers have proposed a bill that would make it a crime for anyone in a state agency to obstruct or tamper with an audit – a direct response to the state auditor’s revelation earlier this year that the University of California president’s office had done exactly that.
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By SCOTT SMITH and SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Tall grass from a deluge of winter rains is
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In a legal assault similar to the one that won multibillion-dollar awards from Big Tobacco, two Bay Area counties and a coastal city blamed Chevron, ExxonMobil and three dozen other oil, gas and coal companies for climate change and rising sea levels that threaten communities on the California coast.
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Calling cap-and-trade a “down payment” for California’s ambitious climate change agenda, lawmakers Monday extended the emissions tax, despite environmentalists’ concerns over new tax breaks included for oil and energy groups
Read moreCalifornia’s medical regulator did not violate patients’ right to privacy when it pulled records from a state prescription-drug database in an investigation of a doctor accused of over-prescribing dangerous medications, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Read moreIn a case that has implications for how California cities and counties will address emissions responsible for climate change, the California Supreme Court ruled local governments must be guided by state law rather than an executive order signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming California treats Hinduism unfavorably compared to other religions in its public education standards and framework.
Read morePictures that recently surfaced from a California Judicial Council office Halloween party have ignited a firestorm of criticism from the Legislature, as lawmakers and other groups condemned council staff for dressing up in prison garb in a display that prompted accusations of insensitivity to the social issues of race and gender identity.
Read moreSoCalGas is challenging a Los Angeles County attempt to regulate its pipelines and underground storage facilities after last year’s massive methane gas leak at its Aliso Canyon storage facility.
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In a move that could freeze California Gov. Jerry Brown’s hopes for extending the state’s cap-and-trade program, state Republicans said Thursday they are uniformly against the recently proposed deal.
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A real estate development company sued a business specializing in winding down defunct oil wells, claiming the business failed to shut down the well according to state guidelines – costing the real estate enterprise the opportunity to develop the property.
Read moreRiding a wave of supporters that filled the committee hearing room and overwhelmed the hallway, state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon, D-Los Angeles, saw the Assembly Energy and Utilities Committee pass his bill to put California on a course toward 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.
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Environmentalists who want Nestle to stop pumping tens of millions of gallons from a California creek, virtually for free, to sell it as bottled water, have sued the federal government for records on the multinational corporation.
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Medi-Cal recipients and a major union sued California’s top health care officials in a class action Wednesday, accusing them of steadily cutting spending on the state’s health insurance program as the number of Latino Medi-Cal enrollees surged in the past two decades.
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A proposal requiring presidential primary candidates to release their tax returns to California voters gained steam Wednesday as lawmakers and California’s secretary of state pledged support for the Donald Trump-inspired bill.
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