LAPD to begin using the world’s first ‘pursuit-rated’ hybrid patrol car

Ford says the Los Angeles Police Department will be among the first law enforcement agencies to use its new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan. Ford says the Los Angeles Police Department will be among the first law enforcement agencies to use its new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan.

Sheriff’s SWAT team dispatched to a Covina area neighborhood…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's SWAT team was dispatched to a residential neighborhood near Covina on Sunday morning after a gunman fired on deputies, authorities said. The deputies were responding to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 16700 block of East Cypress Street about 9:50 a.m. when the gunman opened fire on them, said Sgt.

California gas tax a victory for Jerry Brown 2.0

California Gov. Jerry Brown returns to his office after meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus to urge them to approve a transportation plan, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown and top legislative leaders pressed all week to convince fellow Democrats to support the measure that would place a $5-billion-a-year boost in California's gas and vehicle taxes to pay for major road repairs.

California could lose $24 billion in healthcare funding under GOP plan

A new state analysis released Wednesday shows that California would lose almost $6 billion in federal Medicaid funding in 2020, growing to $24.3 billion annually by 2027 if the Republican health care plan proposed to dismantle the Affordable Care Act passes. The report landed one day before Congressional Republicans in Washington, D.C., are poised to vote Thursday on the American Health Care Act, despite key concerns from several GOP factions that the proposal either goes too far - or not far enough- to replace parts of the current health care law, better known as Obamacare.

Gov. Jerry Brown promotes his California agenda in Washington with a bit of shuttle diplomacy

Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a meeting with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. As the leader of a state that seems more a country of its own in its isolation from the Republican revolution, Gov. Jerry Brown saw his visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday play out like that of any foreign ambassador to the nation's capital.

The list of candidates seeking to become California’s next governor is getting longer.

The San Diego-area resident - who previously ran for Congress and U.S. Senate in Illinois, and for president in 2008 - wants to ease California's high tax rates, address its multibillion-dollar public pension crisis and improve the business climate. As a Republican, Cox enters the race at a disadvantage in a state where Democrats hold every statewide office and control both chambers of the Legislature by wide margins.

California storms: Gov. Jerry Brown turns to President Trump for federal aid

On Friday, the governor turned to his potential nemesis for help - specifically, asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare a major disaster after the state was hammered by storms , floods and mudslides. The request could be an early test of relations between the Democrats who run the nation's largest state and the new Republican administration.

California is getting soaked right now, but farmland is still sinking due to lack of water.

A NASA report released Wednesday found that land in one of California's most productive agricultural regions continues to subside rapidly because of heavy groundwater pumping. For decades, and especially during the last five years of drought, growers have relied on pumping water from the ground when surface water wasn't available.

California governor defiant in face of Trump agenda

Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an aggressive defense on Tuesday of California's liberal policies on immigration, health care and climate change during his State of the State address, vowing to fight the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress if they threaten to roll back state policies. The Democratic governor, who has made fighting climate change a legacy issue, also noted the state's successes in cutting unemployment, closing a multibillion-dollar deficit, boosting school funding and expanding rights for immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Hey News Media, If ‘Climate Change’ is Causing Droughts, Why Do They Keep Ending?

Thanks to the news media having no incentive to tell you this, you may not have noticed but the California drought, which eighteen months ago was "historic" and "catastrophic," has suddenly effectively ended. The key mountain range where in 2015 Governor Jerry Brown famously revealed the snowpack to be virtually nonexistent is now at 180% of normal for this time of year, while state-wide "snow water" is 193% .

Sac Bee slams Kevin McCarthy, he responds

The Sacramento Bee editorial board posted an opinion article on Congressman Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, saying he might be hazardous to his own district's health: "Gov. Jerry Brown and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones couldn't have differed more in the style of their recent responses to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's request for "ideas" on the pending repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But the substance, in both cases, was sobering.

Snowfall in Portland affects Cavaliers, Trail Blazers

California's economy is expanding and voters just approved billions of dollars in tax increases, yet Gov. Jerry Brown this week projected a budget deficit for the first time in four years and called for... California's economy is expanding and voters just approved billions of dollars in tax increases, yet Gov. Jerry Brown this week projected a budget deficit for the first time in four years and called for spending cuts. Lawyers for Texas death row inmate Christopher Wilkins looked to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep him from becoming the first prisoner executed in the nation this year.

Questions may outnumber answers in Gov. Browna s spending plan

SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown will release his projections for state spending today, but the annual road to a state budget just may face a detour or two this year thanks to a new regime in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump arrives in the White House on Jan. 20 to establish his spending priorities, many of which are expected to be at odds with California's.