JERRY BROWN

A bill targets Depression-era language from the California Labor Code.

California has now joined Mississippi and West Virginia to become one of the states without a personal-belief exemption for vaccines.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has not indicated whether he would sign the bill should it reach his desk.

A budget deal announced Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown could mean Medi-Cal service for children without papers.

New restrictions are the first to be imposed on some of the state's most senior water-rights holders since the 1970s, and will likely lead to widespread fallowing of cropland.

SB 277 angers some parents who say requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated represents a gross government overreach.

The preliminary findings on last month's oil spill were released Wednesday by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Following the state’s first mandatory water restrictions, most residents still believe more needs to be done by both citizens and the government for drought relief.

Texas on Wednesday executed Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state's death row who had said he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983.

Towns in the Golden State cut water use by 13.5 percent on average in April but still fell short of a 25 percent statewide target.

Farmers in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River delta, who hold the state's “senior water rights,” have proposed to reduce water consumption by 25 percent.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an agreement with other states and countries to slash greenhouse gas emissions and tackle global warming, ahead of a UN-led summit in Paris.

The lake’s plight is symbolic of the crippling drought that has gripped states in the Southwest for four years.

The new draft restrictions will be considered next month and seek to cut usage by as much as 36 percent.

Advocates say legalizing marijuana in California in 2016 could be a slam dunk.

California Gov. Jerry Brown said on Sunday said the state's crippling drought crisis shows the climate phenomenon "is a wake-up call."

The majority of many fruits and vegetables in America are grown in California.

As California enters the fourth year of its historic drought, prices for a range of fruits, vegetables and nuts are likely to rise.

By some earlier, dire estimates, the Golden State could be totally waterless by July.

Currently, students across the university's 10 campuses are required only to get hepatitis B vaccines. That will change in 2017.

California has seen skyrocketing rates of parents claiming the exemption, and the issue has gained traction amid a measles outbreak.