George Skelton

Newsom issued an executive order in 2020 taking new fossil-fueled passenger vehicles off the California market nine years from now.

Widespread public opposition and growing affordability concerns threaten Newsom's plan to end gas car sales by 2035

Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon leave office without gaining the support of fellow Californians for his most ambitious climate project: the banning of new gas-burning car sales by 2035.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Memo to Democrats and independents: Just because an idea emanates from a Republican, doesn't mean it necessarily stinks. Here are two examples.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Memo to Democrats and independents: Just because an idea emanates from a Republican, doesn't mean it necessarily stinks. Here are two examples.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California could have some zany theater this fall: county prosecutors charging federal postmasters with felonies for obeying President Donald Trump's order to withhold delivery of mail ballots to voters.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could have some zany theater this fall: county prosecutors charging federal postmasters with felonies for obeying President Donald Trump's order to withhold delivery of mail ballots to voters.

In the Legislature, a bill was introduced to make it a felony punishable by up to four years in prison for a person in authority to order the withholding of a ballot's delivery to a voter or its return to a local election official.

Not just any bill, but this year's biggest in the state Legislature, dealing with catastrophic wildfires, arguably the state's most perilous problem.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was unprecedented and stunning: California's governor and top two legislative leaders negotiated a compromise on a big bill — and one house rebelled, refusing to bring it to a vote.