Trump is floating an executive order that would prohibit states, including California, from adopting their own artificial ...

State regulators are poised to cut power companies’ "return on equity" to the lowest level in 20 years. But electric bills will barely budge. Here’s why.

California parents of chronically absent students could be arrested, charged with a misdemeanor, fined up to $2,000 and face a year in jail. A new law will end the practice.

Gov. Newsom vetoed bills on virtual power plants, which deliver energy to the grid from such home devices as smart thermostats, solar panels, electric vehicle batteries and heat pumps.

Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers ...

Federal and state laws challenge the taking of Native American bones and cultural items. Yet too little has been returned, a curator says.

Migrant and immigrant workers vital to Central Valley’s agricultural economy weigh the risks of returning for next year’s ...

CalMatters recently reported on a cluster of lawsuits against nursing homes owned by Los Angeles entrepreneur Shlomo Rechnitz. Here are takeaways from our special report.

Eleven Democrats are vying to unseat Rep. Darrell Issa, a San Diego Republican, after California’s redistricting measure ...

Rep. Eric Swalwell raised his national profile through his heavy presence on social media and cable TV as well as a ...

Nursing homes owned by Schlomo Rechnitz have been investigated for years by both the state and CalMatters and now face legal action by former residents.