A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won.

The prospect of a peaceful "Californian independence" is not currently real. The key reason being there's no provision for state secession in the U.S. Constitution, only for new state admission (Art. IV, Sec. 3).

California shoppers continue to worry in the Trump 2.0 era, as one measure of optimism dropped to a 30-month low.

Political committees now have state regulators’ OK to create an unlimited number of affiliated committees with different leaders, and then closely coordinate fundraising and candidate donations among them.

Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with his unapologetically brash, Trump-inspired conservatism. So why do so many Republican insiders dislike him?

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he wanted to link the

A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature gathering.

Ahead of the election, the Southern California News Group compiled a list of questions from our readers to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you.

DORAL, Fla. — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested Monday that he is open to conditioning California wildfire aid on forcing the state to embrace voter ID laws. President Donald Trump floated the idea on Friday, the same day he visited flame-ravaged Los Angeles.

California independence campaigners say President Donald Trump's second election victory strengthened their cause.

“You're going to find this out in California very quickly ... seeking to appeal to moderate voters after the November election — heavily emphasized affordability issues in one of her first ...

Trump's bogus claims about his popularity in the Golden State could be laughed off if he hadn't threatened tying wildfire relief to an overhaul of the state's election system. It's both reckless and cruel.