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Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the West. California, which is having an unusually quiet fire summer, has deployed engines and crews to fight fires raging in Colorado and the Pacific Northwest — but even this well-resourced state continues to feel vulnerable.

The bill had widespread support, but Sen. Sabrina Cervantes’ committee suddenly gutted it with little explanation.

What would Xavier Becerra, a 35-year veteran of Democratic politics, do as California governor? He’s still not saying.

California prison towns made a grim bargain decades ago. They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas. Then, about 15 years ago, legislators changed sentencing laws in ways that caused the prison population to drop, and the prisons started going away.

Immigrant detention centers are receiving high marks for health and safety under the Trump administration, according to a new investigation by the Project on Government Oversight.

Health Net’s decision to cut assisted living benefits for roughly 3,500 low-income seniors could force some of them onto the streets, critics fear.

A two-year federal investigation found decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at California correctional facilities.

The warrantless arrests have been a key feature of the government’s mass deportation efforts.

They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits?

Following a CalMatters investigation, students and faculty at UC San Diego protested against campus police for collaborating with Border Patrol through a federal grant program. The university will stop participating in the program and aiding patrols, sources and internal documents confirm.