A former FCUSD HR leader says he was fired after pushing to remove a Cordova High campus monitor who a judge found had violated district policy.

A bill in Sacramento would end the water’s‑edge corporate tax election and could bring in low single‑digit billions as California scrambles to cover budget shortfalls and federal health‑care cuts.

Davis’ Human Relations Commission asked the City Council to draft an ordinance that would bar city resources from immigration enforcement and expand immigrant protections. The council will review recommendations and budget concerns.

A statewide Prop 64 youth‑prevention program is at the center of a fight over roughly $370 million in cannabis‑tax grants. Officials call it prevention; critics call it political organizing.

A Senate budget packet found roughly $649,351 tied to California’s Imagination Library lacks receipts; lawmakers pressed State Librarian Greg Lucas for answers.

Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen introduced AB 2727 to exclude serious sexual offenders from California’s elderly‑parole program amid backlash over recent parole grants.

The Sacramento DA told a judge the county and city have a conditional settlement in his 2023 lawsuit over encampments; dismissal is tied to terms the council must approve in closed session.

CBS California will host a live governor's debate at Pomona College on April 28, airing across major markets and preceded by a 30-minute special. Moderators include anchors from CBS stations and a Pomona politics professor.

A statewide Nexstar debate will bring top gubernatorial contenders to KRON4’s San Francisco studio on April 22; here’s who’s eligible and what to watch.

El Dorado County asked a Placerville judge to rule on whether a voter-backed initiative can cap the Board of Supervisors’ authority to set employee pay. The county filed suit after proponents filed the measure in mid‑February.

Sacramento’s council voted to allow Sikhs to wear sheathed kirpans inside City Hall, setting a 10‑inch limit and directing staff to draft screening rules.

Placer County parents and the DA’s office traveled to Sacramento to back AB 1667, which would make furnishing fentanyl to a minor a serious felony.

Washington placed Afghanistan on a new wrongful-detention blacklist, accusing the Taliban of "hostage diplomacy" and pushing for the release of detained Americans.