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CANTUA CREEK, Fresno County — The water is too contaminated to safely drink, but residents of this farmworker community in the Central …

Six years ago, a legislative push to restore affirmative action at California’s public universities galvanized a new class of activists in state …

The coronavirus pandemic and state budget woes are pushing California toward its first prison closures in nearly two decades. In a revised …

California paid more than $1.4 million to cover the legal costs of community groups that sued the state for diverting hundreds of …

Like any experienced actress, Jennifer Siebel Newsom knew her laugh line and she landed the delivery. Hosting the annual California Hall of …

What could you do with an extra $500 a month? Lorrine Paradela got a better night’s sleep. The 45-year-old single mother is …

California advocates of abolishing the death penalty got a jolt of momentum in March, when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he would …

FOLSOM, Sacramento County — The laser feels like bacon grease slathered on her face. Soon her skin turns numb, though there’s still …

Before Michael Wolff could persuade his father to move down from Oregon, the Santa Rosa resident had to figure out where he …

Eleven years into a possible life sentence, Brian Yang won his release from prison. It had a lot to do with where …