In the governor’s race, Steyer backs sweeping reforms and Becerra stresses enforcement.
The incurable lung disease has killed 31 countertop workers and sickened 560, numbers that are expected to keep climbing while regulators draft emergency rules.
A state Department of Justice inspection of seven California facilities found overcrowding, poor medical care, inadequate food and excessive force from guards.
While frontrunners Steyer and Becerra slug it out, they’re clashing over their commitment to clean energy.
Once an advocate for a universal system, he now focuses on incremental reforms and shielding Californians from federal cuts.
It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oilfield waste.
The discussion missing from the primary campaign is how — and whether — Mayor Karen Bass has benefited L.A.’s Black community.
Market Match program could disappear — unless lawmakers step in to fund an initiative that boosts access to farmers’ markets and supports small farms.
Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn.
A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.
Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.
Stuck in immigration limbo, the woman needs a Russian Sign Language translator for her pending asylum case.
As lakes, reservoirs and groundwater wither away, some Gulf Coast residents see costly desalination plants as the last hope.
The man believed he would be sent to supermax prison where the Salvadoran government, paid by the U.S., tortured Venezuelan deportees last year.
Silicosis has killed dozens of workers and sickened hundreds more. Public health experts say a product ban can prevent the illness.
As Trump-backed law threatens Medicaid and SNAP eligibility for millions, a proposed change to state data collection aims to preserve coverage.
A governor-appointed state board weighs whether to ban the use of engineered stone to protect workers from a deadly lung disease.
Without funding and policy interventions, rebuilt homes will rent at market rates, pricing out long-term residents.
The sportswear company is one of the few that hasn’t caved to Trump on diversity, equity and inclusion. Now it’s under investigation.
At an urban farm in Compton, the formerly incarcerated nourish residents hit by rising costs and cuts. Their “pay what you can” markets draw hundreds.