Newsom signs bills to regulate data center industry, criticizes Trump for inaction
SACRAMENTO — California just took its first concrete steps toward regulating its growing data center industry as public appetite builds…
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs…
California’s Children Need Affordable Child Care, Regardless of Family Composition
key takeaway California’s child care system already falls short of meeting families’ needs, and a proposed change to…
California establishes Dolly Parton Day on Sept. 25
By Deborah DayAssistant Editor, Fast Break Desk Sept. 21, 2026 12:58 PM PT The Queen of Country is…
Assembled ‘like Legos,’ hundreds of factory-built affordable homes are heading to Sacramento region
A crane lifted what looked like a giant shipping container with a window and door several stories into…
California billionaire tax loses ground in new poll
A proposed tax on billionaires is faltering in California, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its…
‘Dome Fire’: 2 killed in Mariposa County, California helicopter crash fighting Yosemite wildfire, FAA says
MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. — Two helicopter pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon while conducting water…
California enacts data center laws giving communities more control over facilities
California placed new restrictions on data centers as Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a slate of bills…
Retired California State Parks Superintendent pleads not guilty to eavesdropping charges
A former California State Parks Superintendent who is accused of filming male employees in the nude while they…
Paramount reaches deal with California, other states over Warner merger
The California’s attorney general’s office announced a settlement Monday resolving a 12-state legal challenge to Paramount Skydance’s $110…
A California frog is on the brink of extinction. Long Beach’s aquarium has a plan to save it
Inside three water tanks in a tucked-away room at the Aquarium of the Pacific, biologists are tasked with…
Watch California AG Rob Bonta’s News Conference On Paramount Settlement
UPDATED with news conference underway: California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to reveal details of the settlement…