When Republicans sought a candidate to take on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a prime target this election season, the obvious choice was Doug Ducey, the state’s accomplished and relatively popular...

Labor Day, a celebration of the achievements of American workers, also has come to mark the unofficial end of summer even as, here in Southern California, temperatures may continue to...

WASHINGTON —  California could be on the cusp of losing one of the most effective national political allies it’s ever had.Now in her second stint as House speaker, Nancy Pelosi has...

Amid the lush outdoor setting of 106 Seafood Underground, Sergio Peñuelas stands front and center in a semi-open-air kitchen housed in a small structure near the restaurant’s entrance. He moves...

The jewelry industry isn’t as glitzy as it seems, especially for those on the trade show circuit.These jewelers travel from city to city, selling their wares to wholesalers and shoppers...

Labor unions are having a moment.Following high-profile efforts over the last year to organize workers at Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses, retail workers across the nation have voted for...

SACRAMENTO —  In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez’s farmworkers union. This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom repeated the goof. Brown redeemed himself. Newsom probably won’t.Both...

SACRAMENTO —  California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations after a fetal death and dedicating $20 million to expand access...

True confessions from a plant reporter and devotee of more than 40 years: My first foray into gardening was a pathetic disaster. I was barely 20, struggling with depression and...

WASHINGTON —  The storage of sensitive government documents at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., “should have never been cause for alarm,” his lawyers argued in a court...