Senate Bill 437 aims to require the California State University to study and report on scientific methods for verifying ...

“This is not an epidemic,” Dr. Sara Swoboda, an expert with the American Academy of Pediatrics, told NPR. “This is just us doing a better job of identifying autistic children that have existed before.

For some, it can be a dreadful experience.   Waiting for your name to be called. Walking back with a nurse who ...

Two offices affected were the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), designed to foster the growth of minority businesses, and the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund that ...

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Californians will need a Real ID compliant license or other accepted form of identification to pass security checks before ...

Assembly Bill 379, authored by Assemblymember Maggy Krell, aims to make it a crime to loiter with intent to buy commercial ...

California mineral owners are warning that state government is creating an economic climate that is inconducive for their ...

Sacramento County reports a significant decrease in foster care for Black youth, thanks to community trust-building and systemic disparities addressing efforts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Burnett has been living with “Killer of Sheep” for more than half a century.

Special to The OBSERVER SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting ...

And White worries that this legislation to effectively defund AP could signal a national trend. “Once Florida does it, others will follow,” White says, noting that Texas has already cited Florida as a ...