People will lose an hour of sleep overnight Sunday. But the tradeoff is that sunset will happen one hour later once the time ...

Turmoil in the California Democratic Party could undo key political reforms — the top-two primary system and redistricting by an independent commission.

The state Capitol’s longest running political conflict — going at least a half-century and still counting — pits business interests against a quartet of left-leaning groups. Specifics vary, but ...

Legislators discuss lessons learned and lasting legacies from the 1984 Games, the last time L.A. hosted the Olympics.

"Our students in rural schools deserve a chance to learn in a safe and modern environment," said Terry Supahan, executive director of True North Organizing Network in California's North Coast, in a ...

The bond seeks to do two things: build more middle-class homes and lower the down payment for middle-class Californians ...

California legislators presented a new bill aimed at creating a "roadmap" to reintroduce the grizzly bear to the state's ...

This week in California, lawmakers announced that more than 1 million signatures had been collected for a voter ...

At the annual event, CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller discussed the ever-evolving legislation that will establish an EPR ...

The debate over daylight saving time is heated. Here's the latest on lawmakers pushing to change it in California and at the federal level.

Noozhawk republishes news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. The ...

California lawmakers want the state to study whether grizzly bears — extinct here for more than a century — could one day return.