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Gov. Gavin Newsom is imposing the nation’s first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren. But the mandate he announced Friday won’t take effect immediately and won’t apply to all students. -
The laws will help implement the $12 billion in new homelessness spending the state authorized in its budget for the next two years. That includes $2 billion for a program to fund local government homeless services. -
The move comes 18 years after lawmakers stripped away that power from a state police standards commission. The most populous state was one of just four without such a system, alongside Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island. -
He is trying to head off another coronavirus outbreak like the one that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison last year. The prison guard’s union said it may appeal the mandate. -
Assembly Bill 1003, written by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, specifies that the intentional theft of wages or tips by employers is punishable as grand theft. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe California Report Magazine visits some of the best secret spots across the state for their yearly Hidden Gems show, one of them is in nearby Joshua Tree. When people talk about the area they often use words like striking or spectacular, but local beauty isn't confined to the National Park. There's an oasis of style in this small desert community. -
California has among the lowest rates of death nationally among pregnant women and new mothers. But the numbers for Black women tell a different story. -
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance officials are celebrating this year's hatching of an endangered Egyptian Vulture. It could be the first of many. -
California will be the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks. -
One law makes it illegal to film people within 100 feet of an abortion clinic for the purpose of intimidating them. Another law makes it easier for people on their parents' health insurance plans to keep sensitive medical information secret, including abortions.
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