Donald Trump

Will the Trump administration be allowed to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census? If so, experts say, California could lose big.

With student debt soaring, consumer champion Seth Frotman has taken his federal fight against predatory lending to the state level in California.

Legislation seeks to expand cannabis permits and medical marijuana access, lawmakers dust off education bills, teachers struggle with housing costs

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has sued the Trump administration 47 times. For state versus federal litigation that's a record—and he's just getting started.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has acted on the death penalty, high-speed rail and wildfires. But he says resisting President Donald Trump has mainly influenced his first 100 days.

In this National Library Week, thank a librarian. Libraries are safe, accessible, non-stigmatized places that welcome everyone, even our most disenfranchised. Libraries aren’t the cure for California’s most vexing challenges, but investing more in them makes those challenges less vexing.

Jeanny Morris had a 1-year-old baby and a resume of dead-end retail jobs when she enrolled in the Marinello Schools of Beauty cosmetology program in 2012. She used her welfare benefits to pay for transportation to and from school where, she says, staff pressured her to take out student loans to pay for supplies they […]

As Gov. Gavin Newsom touched down in El Salvador to begin a three-day trip designed to contrast his own approach to immigration with that of his nemesis, President Donald Trump, the contrast could hardly have been more stark.

Resisting trade turmoil, traveling with Newsom, paying for Coastal Commissioners, dodging vaccinations, thinking small on housing, dealing with disasters.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to El Salvador, which he embarks on this weekend, is full of firsts: The first time Newsom has left the United States in his official capacity as governor. The first time any California leader has taken an official trip to the Central American republic, or justified travel abroad as a fact-finding […]