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Early returns show a majority of voters in Chula Vista in favor of a proposition that would bar the city from agreements that favor union labor in publicly funded projects.

The City Council voted 13-1 on Wednesday to bar Los Angeles from conducting business with Arizona unless its new law targeting illegal immigration is repealed. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa already has said he would approve the boycott. The move will likely affect some $8 million in contracts with the state.

House Democrats have pushed through an extension of tax cuts for the middle class -- sending the bill to a certain death in the Senate. Republican House Speaker-elect John Boehner called the move "chicken crap," but will the Democrats' symbolic act pay off with voters in 2012?

The legislation represents a historic step, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday in announcing the legislation. It represents months of negotiations to bridge differences between liberal and moderate Democrats.

Federal correctional officers are gathering outside the Justice Department on Wednesday to protest budget cuts and cutbacks to the federal inmate work program. The officers say it's the only program they have left to keep inmates out of trouble.

Clean water advocates are pushing the federal government to boost the amount of money available for projects that help keep local waters clean. Food and Water Watch issued a new report today that says

The methane gas released from cow manure is a valuable renewable energy source for many dairy farmers. But the gas creates smog, so farmers trying to reduce one type of pollution are, in fact, creating another.

Correction officials in California see San Quentin State Prison, once a notoriously violent place, as a model for reform at a time when the state's prison system is in crisis.

A leading GOP lawmaker says Job 1 will be extending all of the Bush tax cuts. But a budget expert says if that's the starting point, getting the budget under control will be almost impossible.

San Diego and most of Southern California already violate federal clean air standards. Agencies responsible for monitoring air quality fear Sempra’s plan to import liquefied natural gas from overseas