Special to The OBSERVER SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is pressuring Oakland to expand its police department’s ability ...

California has more manufacturers than any state in the country and is the largest exporter of products overall in the United States.

SACRAMENTO — President Trump's tariffs and the new U.S. trade war have California farmers facing a new uncertainty. Ray Yeung is a Sacramento County farmer. On Wednesday, he watched the work on one of ...

The Bay Area city of Vallejo is putting California cities’ newfound power to clear homeless encampments to the test. “I think now what this shows is that there is hope,” said Andrea Henson, an ...

Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has died at the age of 70, current Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Wednesday during a city council meeting. Turner was serving his first term in ...