A Republican assemblymember is pushing back against a proposal to explore bringing grizzly bears back to California, arguing the state should focus on managing

California may be the bluest of states, but there is an outside chance that two Republicans could squeak past a dozen Democratic contenders in June’s crowded gubernatorial primary and make it on the November ballot,

How many Democrats are too many? In the race for California governor, so many Democratic candidates have crowded into the contest that party insiders have become fearful of a historic calamity in the making.