News release The California State Transportation Agency announced a new joint effort by two of its departments, the Department of Motor Vehicles and California Highway Patrol, to curb excessive speeding and prevent
By Carolyn Jones CalMatters Writer Facing a mountain of lawsuits, California K-12 schools will have a system in place beginning this year to prevent teachers and other staff from sexually abusing
By Ryan Sabalow Contributing Writer California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules in 2025, including a controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money
By Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Writer What’s good for Riverside County is good for the whole state: After a pilot to automatically admit high school students into the California State University system in
By Marisa Kendall Contributing Writer In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new program intended to revolutionize the way counties provide mental health care to some of their most vulnerable residents.
By Ana B. Ibarra Contributing Writer One in a series of stories on new laws taking effect in 2026. Tortillas sold in California are going to have a new ingredient, one that’s intended to
By Matthew Vadum Contributing Writer California dropped its lawsuit last week against the Trump administration over the federal government’s decision to pull $4 billion in funding for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project. The California
By Allan Stein Contributing Writer Thousands of foreign truck drivers have already lost, or are about to lose, their commercial driver’s licenses amid a nationwide effort to enforce new federal rules. Despite an estimated nationwide shortage
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency across six counties on Christmas Eve as a series of powerful winter storms drenched much of the state,
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer Authorities have arrested 101 illegal immigrant truck drivers from California highways under Operation Highway Sentinel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a Tuesday statement. “Throughout 2025, criminal illegal aliens driving
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer A federal judge on Monday ruled against California policies that prevent parents from learning when their children switch genders. U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez
By Melanie Sun Contributing Writer The Trump administration has signed a new binational agreement with Mexico, advancing efforts to solve a decades-long sewage crisis plaguing residents both north and south of
News release Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is urging residents to remain vigilant as a powerful storm system moves through Los Angeles County, bringing periods of heavy rain and
By Matthew Vadum Contributing Writer The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of a Christian baker in California who was prosecuted for declining to bake a wedding cake
By Zachary Stieber and Savannah Hulsey Pointer Contributing Writers The son of Rob and Michele Reiner, Nick Reiner, has been charged with killing his parents, officials announced on Tuesday. “Today the Los Angeles (County) District Attorney’s
News release SCV Water is asking customers to pause all outdoor water use now through Dec. 22, while scheduled maintenance at Castaic Lake temporarily limits the agency’s imported water supply. The California Department of Water Resources will be repairing a pipeline at Castaic Lake, which
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer The FBI foiled an alleged terrorist plot targeting Los Angeles starting on New Year’s Eve, federal officials said. This comes as multiple U.S. cities are on
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer The son of Rob Reiner and his wife has been taken into custody following the deaths of his father and mother, booking records show. Nick Reiner, 32, was
By Matthew Vadum Contributing Writer A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles to deal with civil unrest. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer rejected the
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer More than 20,000 pounds of cocaine were seized by the crew of USCGC Cutter Munro, the “largest at-sea interdiction in 18-plus years,” the U.S. Coast Guard said in a Friday post on