California

As state lawmakers hash out how to spend $19.3 billion on climate-related proposals, Newsom proposed speeding up the state's transition to non-carbon electricity sources and accelerating its timeline for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

A Bay Area man described himself as “delirious” from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.

State funding is insufficient so lower-income residents have trouble getting their subsidies. The problems jeopardize California’s climate and air pollution goals as electric car prices keep rising.

The state and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management agreed to put a moratorium on any sales of oil and gas leases on federal land around Bakersfield until the appropriate environmental reviews are completed.

Legislators are considering two bills that address online addiction among children by taking aim at website features such as push notifications and targeted posts. But Big Tech is fighting the effort, saying companies are already taking steps to protect children.

A report issued by state auditors on Tuesday said that more than 900,000 Californians lack access to clean water and the state isn't acting fast enough to improve water quality. Most of the 370 failing water systems are in economically disadvantaged communities, many in the Central Valley.

State environmental experts worry that smashing old TVs, monitors and laptops in so-called ‘rage rooms’ may release hazardous waste or potentially harm customers’ health.

Gov. Newsom signed a gun control law Friday that's patterned after a Texas law allowing citizens to sue anyone who provides or assists in providing an abortion.

The protest that began Monday, July 18 involves hundreds of independent big-rig truckers that have blocked the movement of cargo in and out of terminals at the port, which is one of the 10 busiest container ports in the country.

California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.