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Californians turned on their sprinklers in force in March, using more water than they did the year before and making a mockery of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for voluntary drought conservation.

LOS ANGELES — In farming areas across Calfornia's Central Valley, a well-drilling frenzy has accelerated over the last year as growers turn to pumping more groundwater during the drought, even as falling water levels leave hundreds of nearby homes with dry wells.

Gavin Newsom sounds like a man ready to jump on the next flight to Iowa or New Hampshire or wherever Democrats start their 2024 presidential campaign.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle East peace pact.

With rising crime fears, a homelessness crisis and soaring prices, Republicans hope California's troubles will help create a pathway for some rare wins in the heavily Democratic state

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers say they are troubled by state Controller Betty Yee's behind-the-scenes advice to a politically connected company seeking a $600 million no-bid government contract to provide COVID-19 masks, prompting some to call for a second legislative hearing into the failed deal.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom named then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris’ seat in the U.S. Senate after she was elected vice president, it was the right choice — and not only because it was high time that this state, where 39% of residents are Latino, had…

LOS ANGELES — Almost a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with Californians to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% amid a worsening drought, water conservation figures are still nowhere near that mark.

But is the state prepared for a surge out-of-state patients?

California is preparing for an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when demand is at its peak in the hottest months of summer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two years after the last wave of rolling blackouts, California officials said Friday the state could face potential shortfalls in electricity this summer as drought, extreme heat and wildfires pose threats to the fragile power grid.