Tomball Police Chief Jeff Bert is retiring after six years and taking a new role at Sam Houston State University. An interim chief is already in place.

Santa Monica delayed a vote on joining a four-city affordable housing trust after council members questioned future costs and board power.

California lawmakers are weighing 30-day retention limits, tighter access rules and audits for automated license plate reader data already used across the Bay Area.

A Riverside County charter school is gone after officials flagged $16 million in founder-linked payments, religious-school ties and weak academics.

Laguna Beach Unified is facing an independent review of five years of financial records, including health benefit spending and contracting decisions.

Alhambra voters will decide in November whether to ban data centers citywide. The ballot fight follows Monterey Park’s decisive June vote.

Newport Beach approved roughly $1.5 million in contracts tied to a possible police headquarters at Civic Center Park, reigniting a fight over the site.

California’s $8.4 billion research bond promises medical breakthroughs, but its eligibility rules appear tailored to a UCLA-linked Los Angeles institute.

Anaheim councilmembers shelved a proposed 10% tax on Uber and Lyft trips to Disneyland, Honda Center and Angel Stadium. The measure may return after workers and transit concerns derailed it.

Nithya Raman is making the Boyle Heights warehouse fire and L.A.'s rising homelessness count central to her case against Karen Bass.

A Sacramento bill aimed at clarifying California’s arts-funding rules has put Los Angeles back at the center of a fight over Proposition 28 money.

LAPD records that once appeared online almost daily have largely vanished from Los Angeles’ public portal as the department’s backlog grows.

Aging alarm networks have pushed correctional staff into sustained "fire watch" duty, costing the system millions while CDCR lines up billion‑dollar replacement needs. Lawmakers must weigh stopgap overtime against major capital upgrades.