Here are key dates, changes and deadlines for readers to know before filing their 2025 income tax refund check this year.

The bill intended to create a legal avenue for dealing with federal agent misconduct now advances to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

A new statewide poll conducted by the Independent Voter Project finds California’s independent voters overwhelmingly support the state’s nonpartisan primary system and express broad dissatisfaction with the direction of state politics.

Alma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to power her stove and other appliances.

The Courier is part of a growing ecosystem of news publications that publish biased articles in an attempt to surreptitiously influence elections.

The Environmental Protection Agency has warned residents in affected areas of elevated amounts of PM2.5 in the atmosphere.

Lake Shasta and California’s other lakes and reservoirs got a big boost from wet holiday storms. Nearly two weeks into 2026, all of the state's 17 major reservoirs are brimming above their 30-year average after atmospheric rivers dumped heavy rain on much of the state starting the week before Christmas,