The vice president referred to California U.S. Senator Alex Padilla as "Jose" while speaking to reporters on Friday.

Deportation officials had obtained the sensitive data over the objections of career health officials, say Sens. Adam Schiff ...

Lawmakers are following a path taken by Pete Wilson, who left the Senate to become California governor. He shares thoughts as ...

California Senate Democrats on Monday officially voted for Monique Limón to be their next leader of the upper house. The ...

If approved, the changes will make it harder for students and families to pay for college and could result in some ...

A new court filing in a legal dispute with the federal government details psychological and physical trauma endured by ...

MAWA movement | Driver safety | Forgetting civics. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 24, 2025.

An Associated Press analysis shows hundreds of families are waiting years to learn whether they qualify. More are ultimately ...

The California Senate appeared to double down on making housing development more difficult and costly, shunting a bill aimed at making it easier to build housing by exempting some projects from ...

Under a new state Senate bill, Young California inmates sentenced to life without parole would get the chance to seek an early release if a crime was committed before the age of 26.