Sheriffs hold untrammeled power, suffer no accountability, and are Trump’s best allies in his war against our state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped into his emergency powers Saturday to relax environmental regulations so that the state ...

In reality, the water was directed to a dry lake basin elsewhere in the Central Valley – more than 100 miles north of Los ...

In California, the position of sheriff is the closest approximation to the lawless, authoritarian presidency Trump is ...

There is something so ridiculous and clumsy about this scheme that it’s easy to lose sight of what a destructive episode this likely will turn out to be.

President Trump falsely claimed the LA fires were a result of the state’s water policies. DOGE agents flew to California to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped into his emergency powers Saturday to roll back environmental regulations so that the state can speed up wildfire prevention projects, including clearing ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday in a bid to remove red tape blocking funding for ...

The order comes after President Donald Trump threatened to withhold Los Angeles recovery funding if California didn’t “rake" the forests.

Three individuals have been charged with fraudulently seeking FEMA relief funds by falsely claiming their properties were ...

After the recent fires broke out in Los Angeles — in what’s expected to be the most expensive disaster in U.S. history — Trump again suggested that California needs to do a better job of “ ...