December 12, 2018 | Ben Adler
Of the many promises Gavin Newsom made during his successful campaign for California governor, a new poll finds his push for universal health care has more support than calls for tuition-free community college and universal preschool.
December 12, 2018
A former Sacramento Kings top executive agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to siphoning $13.4 million from the team to buy Southern California beachfront properties, court records showed.
December 12, 2018 | Ben Adler
William Alfred Newsom III has died, just weeks after watching Californians elect his son Gavin governor and weeks before Inauguration Day. His ties to the Getty and Brown families helped jump-start his son’s business and political careers.
December 12, 2018
Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday.
December 12, 2018
PolitiFact National Editor Angie Holan explains how fact checkers chose the 2018 Lie Of The Year and PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols shares the 10 most popular fact checks of the year.
December 11, 2018
The Trump administration wants to substantially limit which waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act. Farmers and developers have long lobbied against the current rule as too expansive.
December 11, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
Families that made less than $31,000 a year qualified for free assistance.
December 11, 2018
Fresno Police Department Lt. Mark Hudson said Tuesday that Democratic Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula of Fresno was arrested on suspicion of a misdemeanor charge of willful cruelty to a child.
December 11, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
About 85 percent of Sacramento County court workers did not go to work this morning. They are calling for a wage increase.
December 11, 2018
State and federal authorities estimated Tuesday that it will cost at least $3 billion to clear debris from 19,000 homes and businesses destroyed by three California wildfires last month.
December 11, 2018
Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott will leave his job Friday after 30 years with the agency. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said government and citizens must act differently to protect lives and property from fires.
December 11, 2018 | Ben Adler
The outgoing governor of California spoke about climate change, nuclear proliferation, capitalism and more in a wide-ranging interview with NPR.
December 11, 2018
In the days after 17 people were viciously gunned down at a high school in Florida, the nation seemed steadfast in seeking answers and finding solutions. But in the shadows, the internet engine of hoaxes and smears had started.
December 11, 2018 | Chris Nichols
Claims on highly-charged topics from immigration to mass shootings to California’s stark divide between the rich and the poor all made PolitiFact California’s Top 10 most popular fact checks of 2018.
December 11, 2018 | Bob Moffitt
More details are emerging about Cal Fire's ability to fight the Camp Fire from the air as it roared toward — and then through — the town of Paradise.
December 11, 2018
California utilities, including PG&E, have announced plans to combat increasingly destructive wildfires in areas of high risk.
December 10, 2018 | Nick Miller
A city committee will consider on Tuesday requiring hotel and motel operators to install these or similar devices in all rooms.
December 10, 2018
Looking for a great book to finish the year, or that last gift for the bibliophile in your life? Here are some our favorite books from the authors who joined CapRadio Reads and Insight with Beth Ruyak in 2018.
December 10, 2018
What’s kept California from enacting its own health care mandate?
December 10, 2018 | Nadine Sebai
California's deadliest, most destructive fire season in history ended on Monday for several California counties as rain and cooler temperatures have lowered the threat of wildfires. But fire officials are still on alert.
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National
December 13, 2018
Apple says the move is expected to make it the largest private employer in Austin. The city already has the most Apple employees outside of the company's headquarters in California.
The Salt
December 13, 2018
Even with the backing of state-based beer giant Coors, small farmers just couldn't compete with the Pacific Northwest. And with more people choosing wine and spirits, some craft brewers are closing.
Education
December 13, 2018
Experts say there isn't solid evidence that federal aid drives up college prices, except in one sector: for-profit colleges.
Law
December 13, 2018
Courts should be added to the list of "sensitive locations" that ICE officials are to avoid, judges say, arguing the justice system depends on safe and equal access to the court system.
Politics
December 13, 2018
"We'll never have any decent people run for office again," said one lifelong Bladen County resident. The district might have to rerun the primary and general elections for Congress.
National Security
December 13, 2018
The president's former personal lawyer is going to prison. A Russian woman is set to plead guilty to acting as a foreign agent. A former Trump national security adviser will soon learn his fate too.
National
December 13, 2018
With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.
WBUR | Shots - Health News
December 13, 2018
The U.S. surgeon general has called on "bystanders" to be equipped with the opioid reversal drug to save lives. But when a nurse answered that call, her application for life insurance was denied. Why?
