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Gov. Brown grants clemency to 35 from Bay Area
Outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown on Christmas Eve pardoned and commuted sentences for 35 individuals in the Bay Area charged with crimes over the course of more than two decades.Read More
Bill allows additional venues for temporary cannabis events
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, that gives cities the authority to approve temporary cannabis events, Quirk said. Read More
Protesters stop traffic outside climate summit
Hundreds of protesters took over an intersection of downtown San Francisco Thursday morning to denounce what they say is Gov. Jerry Brown's inaction on climate change as he attends...Read More
Drones banned over correctional facilities
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday outlawing drone flights over state prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.Read More
Global Climate Action Summit heats up next week
Environmental leaders and activists from around the world will gather next week at San Francisco's Moscone Center to discuss ways to continue combating climate change.Read More
Gov. Brown signs bail reform bill
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to reform the California's money bail system Tuesday.Read More
Statewide minimum wage to rise Jan. 1
The minimum wage for workers in California is going up on New Year's Day, though wages in at least some cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are already...Read More
More bodies found in deadly wildfires
The death toll from the wildfires in the North Bay has grown, Cal Fire officials said this afternoon.Read More
Flags ordered at half-staff after firefighter dies
Gov. Brown has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in the capitol and elsewhere around the state after the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter.Read More
California first state to ban plastic bags
Single-use plastic bags will be banned at many stores in California starting next year after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill prohibiting their use, the governor's office announced this...Read More
Up to 70 tremors may follow 6.0 quake
Officials said 30 to 70 small aftershocks could hit the Bay Area in the next week, following Sunday's early morning 6.0 quake in American Canyon.Read More
Gov. Brown floats $687 million for drought relief
The legislation includes funds for housing and food for workers affected by the drought.Read More
California takes hard line on ‘revenge porn’
Posting dirty pictures of your ex-lover online can now land you in jail for up to six months and cost you up to $1,000 in fines.Read More
Brown, Harris move to resume gay marriages
Governor Jerry Brown and state Attorney General Kamala Harris are moving to assure that gay marriages quickly resume.Read More
California beefs up social media privacy
Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills that make it illegal for employers and colleges to demand access to our social media.Read More
Google’s self-driving cars get green light
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Tuesday allowing the testing of self-driving cars in California.Read More
Jerry Brown-Chris Christie cage match
When two outspoken governors start a war of words, it could get ugly. When one is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, you can bet it already has.Read More
Texting while driving now kinda legal
California drivers will soon be able to legally dictate garbled text messages to friends and colleagues.Read More
CA state parks to stay open – for now
Your list of Fourth of July hot spots just got longer, now that 65 out of 70 state parks scheduled to close on Sunday will remain open.Read More
State trims to prevent fiscal heart attack
Facing record deficits in the billions of dollars, California has slowed hiring. Will that be enough to prevent a disaster?Read More