A state administrative office on Friday approved changes to the state's insurance law, clearing the way for regulations that will force insurers to base premiums on drivers' records instead of their address.
The man behind the first Vioxx liability lawsuit to go to trial in California took the stand Wednesday, testifying he used the painkiller for years, before and after suffering a heart attack he now blames on the drug.
Patients who took the painkiller Vioxx were at risk of heart attacks and stroke — something shown by studies conducted before the product went on the market, a doctor testified Wednesday.
California quarterback Steve Levy was suspended for the season opener Friday for his involvement in a bar fight last weekend.
Warning that the nation's largest prison system is dangerously overcrowded, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday summoned lawmakers into a special session to decide whether to build two new prisons and adopt other relief measures.
An independent commission voted Friday to give statewide office holders in California an 18 percent raise, boosting pay for the governor's office to the highest in the nation with a salary of more than $200,000 a year.
Just two Arab countries have supplied almost 50 percent of California's imported oil over the past five years, a dependence that leaves the state more vulnerable than the rest of the country to disruptions in the world oil markets.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the south San Francisco Bay area early Thursday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, authorities said.
At first glance, the California governor's race looks like a walk for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The musclebound Hollywood superstar faces Phil Angelides, the gangly and bespectacled state treasurer who wants to raise taxes. But appearances can be deceptive.
State Treasurer Phil Angelides defeated Controller Steve Westly in a bitter primary battle, and the Democrats turned their attention to defeating a wounded but rebounding Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the fall.
In a race seen as a barometer for the midterm elections, a former Republican congressman led early Wednesday in a GOP-dominated House district where Democrats had hoped to capitalize on the scandal that ousted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
Republicans seized on Democrat Francine Busby's comments that sounded like encouragement for illegal immigrants to help her campaign as the GOP sought an edge in the final hours of a surprisingly close House race.
Provide free preschool for all California children, tax the rich to pay for it, and get a famous Hollywood director to sell it.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is wounded and vulnerable, and yet the two Democrats vying to unseat him are tearing each other apart in the very nightmare scenario party leaders had feared.
A light quake struck Monday morning in northeastern California but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
California forward Leon Powe said Tuesday he would go ahead with his plans to be part of the NBA draft and hire an agent.
The millions spent, the nasty ads and the big-name outside help are a testament to the tight, high-stakes California special election to replace Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the disgraced former lawmaker doing time for accepting millions in bribes.
Los Angeles and San Francisco made separate pitches Thursday to bring the 2016 summer Olympics to back to California.
There's no room for the politically squeamish in the special election for what normally would be a safely Republican congressional seat around San Diego to replace convicted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
A light quake shook an area north of San Francisco Friday morning and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday announced a plan to repay billions of dollars to public schools, a proposal that could end a lawsuit by the state's largest teachers union.
A conservative Republican seeking the congressional seat vacated by jailed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham said Monday he's dropping out of the race.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California over cigarette giveaways at six public events, the attorney general's office said Monday.
State lawmakers approved a plan early Friday to let voters decide whether to spend a record $37 billion on roads, schools and flood control.
Microsoft Corp. will pay $70 million to thousands of California government agencies in the latest legal settlement spurred by price-gouging allegations against the world's largest computer software maker.