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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Striking graduate student employees across the University of California will vote this week on whether to ratify tentative contracts, potentially ending a month-long work stoppage and securing double-digit wage increases for tens of thousands of workers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker will make another attempt to shore up the state’s concealed carry gun laws following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down key provisions.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Oregon wood products manufacturer that operates a Northern California lumber mill linked to September’s deadly Mill fire has reached settlement agreements with most of those who brought claims against the company, attorneys for the company and for fire victims said Tuesday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force has already made history.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 18 years after Gavin Newsom defied federal law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as San Francisco mayor, President Biden is on the cusp of signing legislation that ensures gay marriages are recognized by the federal government and in every state in the nation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Memo to the executive and legislative branches of California state government from the judiciary: You’re not exempt from the laws you enact. You’ve got to obey them, too.

In dozens of school board races statewide, conservative candidates ran on a “parents first” platform that seeks to ban the teaching of America’s history of racism, referred to as “critical race theory,” and rein in government control over education. They had limited success on the Nov. 8 ballot, with scattered…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There are worse things than being gouged at the gas pump. You could be shut out at a dry pump.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following spates of fentanyl overdoses among students, California public schools could be required to provide Narcan on campuses — a nasal spray that can reverse deadly effects of opioids.