Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposes that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.

Senate leadership said it would cost about $175 million a year to boost staffing levels to respond to increased fire risk.

State legislators are calling to extend Cal Fire's staffing to a year-round system, switching some roles from nine-month ...

Prop. 36 increases penalties for some drug and theft-related offenses. Gov. Gavin Newsom was vocally against the measure, ...

The leader of the California Senate has reappointed the former chair of the chamber’s insurance committee, despite ...

State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.

California Democrats approved $50 million to fight President Donald Trump in court, but his gains in blue districts are ...

California lawmakers this year are trying once again to make Cal Fire's firefighting and prevention force a year-round ...

California leaders are disputing a claim from President Donald Trump about the state's water resources.

California officials reject Trump's claims about the military restoring water, clarify that Los Angeles sources its water ...

Senate Republicans announced a package of bills, one authored by Republican Mother Lode State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil.

The California Department of Water Resources (CDWR ... which have burned more than 57,000 acres and killed at least 28 people ...