California Government News

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio watches as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va.

Wine production was down in California in 2011, according to a preliminary report by the state Department of Food and Agriculture.

California has a big stake in the debate begun Monday with release of the Obama administration's proposed fiscal year 2013 budget, even if the sprawling document has only a short lifespan.

File: State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, urges lawmakers to approve his bill that would allow local governments to spend the money they set aside for affordable housing.

A re-branded ACORN branch in California is raising money to help fund an upcoming "Occupy" protest in Sacramento, FoxNews.com has learned.

Washington -- Tens of thousands of California jobs are at stake as the Pentagon rolls out plans to reduce its budget for the first time since the 1990s.

Contract talks kicking off this month between the state and four employee unions present Gov.

DreamWorks co-founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg are among the affluent Californians taking advantage of new campaign rules that allow them to donate unlimited amounts to assist President Barack Obama's re-election. On the Republican side, former Univision CEO Jerry Perenchio has donated $2 million to elect Republicans and PayPal ... (more)

The state has been first to pass major public health initiatives that have spread throughout the country.

This is the first of a three-part series on the redistricting process that was dictated by a Proposition voted by the residents of California to take the politics out of the process.

Signs waved, insults flew and upsets occurred as rival Democratic campaigns went head-to-head for coveted endorsement recommendations at the state party's annual convention in San Diego.

Scott Shaw, material handling sales representative for Redrig Pacific Company, looks at bundles of crushed plastic pallets at the Warehouse Complex in Industry on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

A major Southern California solar energy project could be delayed or even canceled following a deadly outbreak of distemper among kit foxes and the discovery of a prehistoric human settlement on the work site.

Women are recovering from the recession at a slower rate than men according to a new report by the California Budget Project published in partnership with the Women's Foundation of California.

In the past 20 years, Southern California's population has doubled, but the air quality has gotten better, not worse.

San Diego -- California Democrats, while acknowledging their solidly blue state will not be a presidential election battleground, marshaled forces this weekend for another critical 2012 battle: maximizing the Golden State's role as a powerhouse fundraiser to fuel the re-election of President Obama and return Rep.

The concept of dining with strangers is not groundbreaking, but Grubwithus is bringing technology to the table to make those strangers more likeminded.

California was ranked seventh in the nation for the highest percentage of graduates participating in Advanced Placement and scoring a 3 or higher on the exam, according to a report released Wednesday by the College Board.

Two-thirds of Californians believe their personal finances are getting better and nearly half think the state's economy will be better this year than last, according to a poll released Thursday by Citibank California.

In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown.