Bay Area shop owners and residents share crime concerns. But their solutions aren’t just about Proposition 47.

California touts transitional programs that aim to help individuals become self-sufficient after they leave prison.

About 450 companies are on California's data broker registry. A law passed last year will make it easier to delete the data they collect.

Jackson, who was among a cohort of almost 100 people who went through the program, placed second in a business-pitch competition. Defy awarded him a $7,000 grant to help start his business, and ...

People who daily cross the Mexico border stand in line for hours to get to work, college or to obtain health care.

A bill seeking to restore competition for live event ticketing faces fierce opposition from California's billion-dollar sports franchises.

A bill to lessen stress from homework got its start from a lawmaker’s daughter. It faces its first test today.

California had planned to offer the Cal Grant to more college students next school year, but the state’s budget deficit may ...

A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to look at homework for California ...

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, but how big and what should be done to close it are up in the air as deadlines approach.

New bills in the California Legislature must pass their first policy committee this week, so lawmakers push and promote ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case that could give cities in California greater authority over ...