It’s already trickled into the race for governor and contests down the ballot. Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, both candidates for governor, have warned the tax would erase jobs. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democratic candidate for governor, has said inequality starts at the federal level, where the tax code is riddled with loopholes.

Sacramento-area police arrested Ian Choudri and his fiancée Feb. 4 on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The CEO of California’s embattled high-speed rail project is on leave following his arrest related to an alleged domestic violence incident, state officials said Wednesday.

Residents narrowly preferred former President Joe Biden’s immigration policies to those of President Donald Trump, but among millennials, the results were even narrower, according to a new Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey of California likely voters.

CBS News California built a first-of-its-kind public accountability tool tracking state audit recommendations to lawmakers — detailing what lawmakers were told to fix, how audit-backed bills died, and what remains unresolved.

The federal government is walking away from its tailpipe emissions rules, sparking a legal debate over whether states can now write their own standards.

California is suing the Trump administration over its termination of billions of dollars in funding for high-profile clean energy projects awarded under President Biden, state officials announced Wednesday. It is California’s 58th lawsuit against the president since he resumed office last year.

A series of winter storms bring several feet of snow to areas in California. See where it's the deepest.

Eight skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after the deadliest avalanche in California history, officials said. The avalanche struck Tuesday in Truckee near Lake Tahoe as backcountry skiers returned from a three-day Blackbird Mountain Guides trip in the Castle Peak area.