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When Californians voted to reduce drug penalties in 2014, it likely had the unintended consequence of also increasing homelessness in the state, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California, set out to measure the long-term effects of Proposition 47 – a 2014 ballot measure that lowered…

Grace Coleman despertó en un hospital y descubrió que había provocado un accidente mortal. Ahora, en una prisión de California, lucha por asumir la responsabilidad de sus actos.

Lawmakers spent two years negotiating a compromise that would protect sexual assault survivors’ path to justice without bankrupting cash-strapped school districts, cities and counties.

The governor will appoint new state education leadership. But three bills to hold the state more accountable just died in the state senate.

An LA-area Democrat wants California to partner with drug manufacturers to make weight loss drugs cheaper — drawing on her own experience paying out of pocket.

UCLA’s new major fuses technological tools for statistical analysis, coding, 3D mapping and data visualization with traditional humanities in subjects like history, literature and global cultures.

Years after California reduced vehicle license fees and promised to make cities and counties whole, a glitch in the payment system may cause San Mateo County to lose $220 million a year.

Grace Coleman woke up in a hospital and learned she caused a fatal crash. Now in a California prison, she’s striving to hold herself accountable.