Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to extend California's landmark cap and trade program through 2045. But earmarking half of this year's funds to the beleaguered rail project and Cal Fire would leave too little for other climate projects,

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent budget proposal sent shockwaves through the arts sector with a targeted $11.5 million cut. The budget cuts could have far-reaching consequences for music funding and the broader creative community.

The former vice president will spend this summer figuring out her political future. If she seeks the governorship, she'll need to commit to the job 100% and explain to voters what's in it for them.

An East Bay Democrat in the state Legislature announced the details Wednesday of a hard-fought partnership between California and Google to kick financial assistance toward the state’s news media, an industry that shrunk dramatically in the digital age.

California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in California without legal status.

There’s no sugarcoating the impacts of energy conversion on both oil industry workers and consumers and managing it will be the next governor’s most perilous political and economic minefield.

The U.S. Senate last week rejected an effort by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Democratic colleagues that would have forced the Trump administration to detail efforts to comply with court orders dealing with people who were deported and are being held in El Salvador.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a term-limited Democrat with national ambitions. He's been trying to appeal to the political center as he contemplates his next career move.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California’s local governments to clear homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban the growing number of makeshift camps on sidewalks and in parks that are the most visible signs of the crisis of people living on the streets.

Democratic governor hopefuls debated artificial intelligence and California’s transition to renewable energy at a labor event in Sacramento.

The California Avocado Commission is urging the Trump administration to take actions to help protect the Golden State’s massive avocado industry from insect pests in Mexico.