In an effort to reduce conflicts between California’s growing gray wolf population and rural residents, particularly ranchers, who say the animals are killing their livestock, state wildlife ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The news comes despite the implementation of Proposition 36, a new California law that is predicted to temporarily increase the number of people in the prison system. California governor outlines ...

A Georgia woman missing in California mountains for two weeks has been found alive. Tiffany Slaton, 27, of Jeffersonville, was found Wednesday afternoon at the Vermilion Valley Resort near Lake ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to cut roughly $767 million from the state’s payroll expenses in salaries and wages to help close a larger-than-expected deficit California is facing. The Governor’s ...

Following a judge's ruling Monday, State Farm customers in California are one step away from paying more on their homeowners insurance to alleviate what the company described as a "dire" financial ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to stop enrolling more low-income immigrants without legal status in a state-funded health care program starting in 2026 and begin charging those already ...

By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from Sacramento Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday called for California to scale back health care coverage for undocumented immigrants to help balance the state budget ...

While Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila says she still doesn’t know why the U.S. government revoked her non-immigrant visa, she is convinced the matter will be worked out.

California drivers who submitted a claim to get a part of a multimillion-dollar settlement over price gouging at the gas pump are starting to see the payments in their bank accounts. The payments ...

LOS ANGELES -- The state of California is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security for allegedly providing federal benefits to immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday called on city governments in his state to urgently address the prevalence of homeless encampments, issuing a model ordinance to facilitate local bans.