Will McCarthy

Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to defeat a tough-on-crime ballot initiative by convincing voters it would mark a return to the drug war launched by Richard Nixon.

The California campaign to defeat Proposition 36 is hoping voters see the ballot initiative as a return to a hard line on drug enforcement.

A longtime Hayfork resident has launched a last-ditch effort to save the public pool through a special tax ballot initiative.

A small hill in a reclaimed marsh a mile from a NAPA Auto Parts store was, nearly 200 years ago, the site of one of the most horrific massacres of Indigenous people in California's history.

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When it first emerged last year, a California proposal to increase penalties for some drug and theft crimes triggered a soul-searching discussion over the type of punishment nonviolent offenders deserve.

Opponents of Proposition 36 have changed the subject to the cost of its mandated treatment for repeat drug offenders and projected prison population increases as they struggle to overcome financial and polling deficits.

Santa Cruz, California voters will soon decide on a soda tax initiative designed to challenge a statewide ban on new local soda taxes, potentially leading to a significant legal battle.Will McCarthy reports for POLITICO.In short:Santa Cruz's Measure Z proposes a two-cent-per-bottle tax on...

Dr. Ana Mafé was honoured in a ceremony held on Thursday, October 17, in Valencia (Spain) for her outstanding scientific and academic contributions to the study of the Holy Chalice at Valencia Cathedral.

The two $10 billion bonds on Tuesday’s California ballot are showing sharply divergent polling.