The prospect of a peaceful "Californian independence" is not currently real. The key reason being there's no provision for state secession in the U.S. Constitution, only for new state admission (Art. IV, Sec. 3).

A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won.

Ahead of the election, the Southern California News Group compiled a list of questions from our readers to pose to the candidates who wish to represent you.

California independence campaigners say President Donald Trump's second election victory strengthened their cause.

California lawmakers have introduced a bill to implement voter identification requirements in response to President Donald Trump's demand for the state to reform how it holds elections to unlock wildfire aid.

A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature gathering.

Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with his unapologetically brash, Trump-inspired conservatism. So why do so many Republican insiders dislike him?

Trump's bogus claims about his popularity in the Golden State could be laughed off if he hadn't threatened tying wildfire relief to an overhaul of the state's election system. It's both reckless and cruel.

Political committees now have state regulators’ OK to create an unlimited number of affiliated committees with different leaders, and then closely coordinate fundraising and candidate donations among them.

California shoppers continue to worry in the Trump 2.0 era, as one measure of optimism dropped to a 30-month low.

President Trump wants California to implement a new voting requirement in exchange for disaster relief for Los Angeles. There is a better way.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he wanted to link the