Emily Hoeven | Piedmont Exedra

Water use goes up as drought persists

Even with the California drought, urban residents used 2.6% more water in January 2022 than they did in January 2020.

The last time prices rose that quickly was in June 2001, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

With the California COVID test positivity rate dropping to 1.9%, local governments are racing to reverse strict pandemic policies.

California is reeling from the highest gas prices in the nation.

California gas prices are the highest in the nation, posing political challenges for Newsom and lawmakers ahead of the 2022 election.

Democrats may carve out another exemption to CEQA, the landmark California environmental law, after a ruling on UC Berkeley enrollment.

The state's first-in-the-nation reparations taskforce is expected to issue a report in June 2023.

“Anger parents at your own peril” may be the takeaway statewide from the recall of three San Francisco school board members.

California’s long-awaited endemic strategy for dealing with COVID-19 could be unveiled as soon as Monday.

California appears to be on the brink of one of its most dramatic shifts in COVID policy: changing school mask mandates.