Ironically, the culinary movement fomented during the Reagan Revolution may have contributed to the rise of MAGA. Trump’s lionization of McDonald’s is part of a larger conservative meme that casts Democrats as arugula-loving elites completely out of touch with average Joes.

Relying on federal aid in emergency isn’t “a red or blue issue. That is an American issue,” says one elected official.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a key figure in protests over California vaccine laws. He could set U.S. health policy in the Trump administration.

In the first Trump administration, California passed a "Sanctuary State" law that, with some exceptions, prohibited local law enforcement from automatically transferring people to federal immigration authorities.

California sought to raise voter turnout by passing vote by mail, which election officials say slows the ballot counting process.

The closest House race in the nation is in Southern California, where Representative Michelle Steel is trailing her challenger, Derek Tran, by a tiny margin after nearly 310,000 votes have been counted.

Ann O’Leary, who once served as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff, says her former boss’ effort to “Trump-proof” California is more than just a PR stunt.

California plans to offer rebates for electric vehicles if President-elect Donald Trump eliminates a $7,500 federal tax credit for the cars. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the rebates would be funded by companies and plants that pay for credits to emit greenhouse gases.

If Trump's plans for mass deportations penetrate California's heartland, it almost surely would decimate the workforce farmers rely on to plant and harvest their crops. So, why aren't farmers worried?

Population growth began to slow in the late 1990s, thanks largely to out-migration of Southern California aerospace workers and their families as defense spending dried up after the breakup of the Soviet Union.