A new California law will use a "5-step test" to determine which children need booster seats while riding in a car.

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SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- California, along with over 20 other states, is suing the Trump administration over the alleged unlawful refusal to fund SNAP benefits, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office.

The ongoing government shutdown is expected soon to delay food benefits and impact pay for federal employees. But will it have any effect on California’s special election on redistricting? The short ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he will be deploying state National Guard members as well as California Volunteers to help staff food banks amid the ongoing government shutdown. Newsom said ...

Gavin Newsom has announced he will deploy the California military to help families whose food benefits have been affected by the government shutdown. Writing on X, the California governor said: ...

(FOX40.COM) — Just a couple of days left of October and many are wondering if their CalWORKs benefits will continue in November amid the government shutdown. • Video above: What happens during a ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An ...

Analysts say the loss of enhanced tax credits would lead millions to drop their health insurance nationally, including hundreds of thousands in California. (File photo by Gabe Brison-Trezise/KFF ...

With 187,000 residents homeless, California leads the nation—not in solutions, but in expensive failures. This year, major cities like Oakland saw a 9% increase in homelessness. If the state’s goal ...

Democrats want to remove a provision of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) before reopening the government, but Republicans argue the line item they want removed is allowing California to use a ...