California treats most non-domesticated wildlife as restricted by default, which is just one reason why it has some of the tightest exotic pet laws in the country. With tightly controlled exceptions for specific uses,

Companies with more than $1 billion in revenue are required to post their first annual reports by Aug. 10, while a law affecting companies with at least $500 million in revenue remains paused by a legal challenge.

Chevron president Andy Walz urged the state's regulators to review their climate policy.

California's system to cut back on refinery pollution has Chevron saying it may be forced to leave. In a letter to regulators, the oil giant expressed concerns that proposed new rules to stop climate change could kill the state's last refineries and drive up gas prices.

California regulators have approved a first-in-the-nation corporate climate disclosure law requiring billion-dollar companies to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, in a move to assert the state's continued climate leadership.

The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Stuart Thompson's name. Starting on Jan. 1, hundreds of new state laws will go into effect, some with the potential to shape the everyday lives of Californians. They’re meant to tackle the state’s ...

The Supreme Court order blocks for now a California law​ that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.