An effort to keep state park gates open is shaping up in the California legislature. A bipartisan proposal announced Monday would create a variety of new ways to fund parks.

California’s more than 200,000 state employees would take a five percent pay cut under Governor Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal. That could mean four-day workweeks for some state agencies – including the DMV.

Mark Zuckerberg stands to make billions of dollars this week as Facebook goes public. But he’s not alone. The state of California expects to make billions off Facebook’s initial public offering too.

California Democratic lawmakers call Governor Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal difficult …while Republicans call it uglier than expected.

Almost no part of California government is spared in Governor Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal. Brown is calling for $8 billion in cuts right away – and $6 billion more if voters reject his tax measure.

Elections officials in California's 58 counties are dealing with a pair of perfect storms. They're not just preparing for the June Primary; they're scrambling to count and verify voter signatures for several potential November ballot initiatives.

California Governor Jerry Brown is set to release his updated budget proposal Monday morning. It will address a deficit that the governor says has nearly doubled since the start of the year.

California Governor Jerry Brown has turned in approximately 1.5 million signatures for his proposed tax initiative, well more than what’s needed to qualify for the November ballot.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is calling on state lawmakers to approve funding for high speed rail in California “sooner rather than later”. He visited Sacramento Thursday for meetings with legislators and the Governor.

The California Conservation Corps and the US Forest Service are training more than 50 young veterans to fight fires. The goal is to help them transition from military to civilian life and give them a shot at a job with the Forest Service.

An environmental advocacy group released a report Tuesday finding a common pesticide is contributing to the collapse of honeybee colonies. Bee losses have averaged 30 percent annually for the last four years, double what's normal.

California's cash picture looks bleak in the latest report from the State Controller's office. April revenues came in nearly $2.5 billion below projections.

In the upcoming June Primary election, California voters will decide the fate of two ballot measures. Proposition 29, which would raise the tobacco tax to pay for cancer research.

Voting by mail for California’s Primary election officially begins Monday.Two initiatives are on the June 5th ballot. We kick off our election coverage with a look at Proposition 28. It would change term limits for the state Assembly and Senate.

It now looks more likely that California voters will see three different tax measures on the November ballot. Backers of an initiative that would close a tax exemption for out-of-state businesses turned in their signatures Friday.