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An attorney representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge on Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately.

Cities and counties could dramatically restrict the information they release to the public without explanation under a bill approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown as part of the state budget package.

A plan intended, at least in part, to resolve decades of water conflict in the Delta has instead spawned a flood of lawsuits, with at least five separate suits filed against the plan in recent days.

It all started with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom doing something illegal. It then continued with then attorney general Jerry Brown's office changing the focus of a marriage initiative.

A candidate in a sour economy, who is now governor in a still-recovering Florida, Rick Scott has made job creation his signature political theme.

California's counties have convinced Gov. Jerry Brown to rewrite a complex plan involving health care for the poor, but they still risk shouldering higher costs if promised savings fail to materialize.

Daphne Carroll went a medspa to buy makeup but said she couldn't refuse the free consultation for a laser facial .

If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California.

As the state Senate finished voting today on a bill to extend a tax on managed care plans, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters at the back of the room, " That is what's called a supermajority."

MAY 30: Protestors stage a demonstration against fracking in California outside of the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building on May 30, 2013 in San Francisco, California.

In an omen for California, Detroit just was declared insolvent by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who said, "We are tapped out."

Here are highlights of the proposed state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Lawmakers approved the measures Friday and Saturday.

Crime in many Inland Empire cities - from Pomona to Redlands - has shot up in the last year, and some agencies say it's a result of California's Prison Realignment Plan.

Let's say you were buried under an avalanche of debt for years and could only make the minimum payments on your credit card bills.

The California Public Records Act is gravely threatened by stealth amendments revealed for the first time yesterday as part of a "trailer bill" to the new state budget.

The offerings were as varied as canine breeds with plenty of jokes about tummy rubs, pork and Latin, which Sutter's dad, Gov. Jerry Brown , enjoys sprinkling into speeches.

On June 14th, 1777, in the midst of our struggle to free ourselves from the colonial rule of Great Britain, the Second Continental Congress adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the flag of the nascent United States of America.

In How Enterprise Zones Are Killing the California Dream , Frying Pan investigative reporter Gary Cohn looked at the impact of the controversial program, including workers who lost their jobs while their former employers received tax breaks for hiring lower-paid replacements.

Legislation tucked into the state budget bill would "eviscerate" the public's ability to track tax dollars and hold local officials accountable, open government advocates charged Friday.

The state budget deal between Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders fails to include $50 million to pay for medically necessary autism services for children on Medi-Cal.