California News

Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislators may decide to renew state cap-and-trade program
Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislators may decide to renew the state's cap-and-trade program, which is set to run through 2030.
Manola Secaira | Jul 9, 2025, 9:21 PM UTC

California budget deficit and reserves explained
California passed a $321 billion dollar spending plan this year the seems to fill a deficit with roughly the same amount of reserves.

New Bill to Put a Hold on California's New Tax Increase on Cannabis
An excise tax on California cannabis was implemented on the first of July. It increases the rate from 15 to 19%.
Manola Secaira | Jul 7, 2025, 9:40 PM UTC

KVCR Midday News: Lack of research and information limits doctors on menopause treatment
Monday through Friday, KVCR has your daily news rundown at lunchtime
Anthony Victoria | Jul 7, 2025, 5:55 PM UTC

One of the biggest obstacles to building new CA housing has now vanished
In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act. That's a big deal.
Ben Christopher | Jul 1, 2025, 3:52 PM UTC

Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom
Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today's college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation.

They were convicted of killing with their cars. No one told the California DMV
A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn't report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the state, prompting officials to belatedly take many drivers' licenses.

NBA Finals hopes for Game 6
NBA Finalists have two separate hopes for how Game 6 will end

Trump lawyers call his decision to send troops to LA 'unreviewable' by U.S. courts
Gov. Gavin Newsom's legal team calls President Trump's arguments for deploying troops to Los Angeles "terrifying." The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today is hearing the case.

'Outrageous': California Democrats react to FBI agents handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla is the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. FBI agents handcuffed him after he interrupted a press conference on immigration enforcement in LA.

