As required by law, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget staff this week posted initial drafts of 59 bills they say would be needed to ...

People gathered at the California Capitol for the 25th Annual Rosa Parks Day. Sacramento Regional Transit brought out old buses that operated in the 1950s. Organizers of the event are hoping more ...

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This is why: Flags fly at half staff in front of the rotunda of the California State Capitol in this 2001 photo ... most influential statesmen in our history,” Biden said in his proclamation.

Teams from the Red Cross from all over the country are helping people recover from the destructive wildfires in Southern California ... Sacramento State and UC Davis are offering all the resources ...

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