The California governor loves to boast about his state’s climate commitments. But when push came to shove, he picked the wrong side and lied about why.

The major oil-producing state has long tried to have it both ways: regulating emissions while allowing companies to drill at will. That’s about to change.

He’s blocked a bill to make it easier for farm workers to organize. Now Democrats are worried he’ll do the same for a bill to improve working conditions in fast food.

The California governor’s shock veto of a bill that would have created safe injection sites is a shameful play for major donors who would fuel a future presidential run, at the expense of his most vulnerable constituents.

Red states are using the Dobbs decision to reach into blue states to try to change our way of life. They want a culture war? Let’s give ’em one.

Police unions, the retail lobby, and other critics of criminal justice reform have seized on viral images of package theft and shoplifting to push for a rollback of California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.

Gavin Newsom’s refusal to let Kennedy’s 77-year-old killer die at home after a half-century behind bars is nothing more than a cynical political stunt.

Amid a labor resurgence in the U.S., farmworkers struggle to recoup the momentum their movement once had.

The Golden State’s use of recall elections and ballot initiatives was a bad idea from the beginning. It’s an immeasurably worse one now.

Gavin Newsom was in trouble until his team decided to make the race about Covid-19. It worked this year in this deep-blue state. Can it work next year in purple ones?

Rose McGowan should have done a little more homework on some of the things Larry Elder has said about women.

Adam Papagan’s campaign for California governor is a joke. But so’s the idea that you can truly compete if you aren’t rich.

Their attempt to oust Gavin Newsom will likely fail, so they are using it to seed a larger narrative about nonexistent voter fraud.

Democrats are realizing that the outcome of the September 14 vote has implications that stretch beyond the state capital.

Gavin Newsom’s wayward political career is not the biggest thing at stake.

Go west, media outlets: The lack of geographical perspective is damaging coverage of matters ranging from national politics to climate change.

The damage caused by methane emissions is even worse than we thought. Will other states now follow California’s lead?

The California governor’s fumbled response to the Covid-19 crisis has fueled a surprisingly potent recall campaign against him.

Councils, work groups, and advisory boards are planning the future of the country. No one is doing much about the present.

Some conservatives want ordinary citizens to return to their jobs and absorb the unfolding coronavirus catastrophe on everyone’s behalf.