
On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown, appearing on Meet The Press, said the email scandal involving Hillary Clinton was “almost like a vampire,” adding that Clinton would have to “find a stake and put it through the heart.”
by William Bigelow23 Aug 2015, 10:39 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown told NBC News’ Chuck Todd that Hillary Clinton’s ongoing email scandal is full of “dark energy” that she must address. “It’s almost like a vampire,” Brown said. “She’s gonna have to find a stake and put it through the heart of these emails, in some way.”
by Joel B. Pollak21 Aug 2015, 2:53 PM PST0

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has released new research revealing that huge swaths of the Central Valley are sinking at the rate of up to two inches per month due to accelerating groundwater pumping in the fourth year of the California drought.
by Chriss W. Street21 Aug 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

On Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown evaded questions about whether he would raise taxes to pay for new road repairs. Some Democratic leaders have urged raising taxes on gas or cigarettes. But Brown remained mum on any tax hike, saying coyly, “I’m
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 2:21 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown was asked Wednesday what he thought of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump: “Oh, my God,” he said.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Aug 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

The September issue of Playboy comes close to endorsing California Gov. Jerry Brown for President of the United States–but says he can’t serve because of age discrimination.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Aug 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

The State of California is planning to use eminent domain law to acquire hundreds of farms in the Delta for a controversial, multi-billion-dollar underground water tunnel project proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
by Daniel Nussbaum18 Aug 2015, 12:27 PM PST0

Former Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told CNN on Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown could enter the presidential race.
by Joel B. Pollak17 Aug 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

California’s Proposition 47 of 2014, The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which changed some drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, has coincided with a rise in crime in parts of the state.
by William Bigelow16 Aug 2015, 1:23 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown is not running for president–yet, anyway–but he came under fire from three Republican presidential candidates in Nevada on Saturday, as they slammed him for his policies on California’s drought, and for linking it to climate change.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Aug 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

While climatologists keep an eye on what could be an historic El Niño on the West Coast this winter, another, less-well-known weather pattern currently developing in the Pacific Ocean could end California’s drought and then some–leaving the Golden State up to its ears in rainfall for up to a decade.
by Daniel Nussbaum13 Aug 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

Republicans in Sacramento will face a key decision on taxes–and a choice about whether state Democrats go into 2016 on defense for not funding infrastructure needs, or whether Democrats score the double win: billions in new taxes and a fractured GOP, ready to be slaughtered in 2006.
by Jon Fleischman13 Aug 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, SB 350, which would force petroleum use in California cars and trucks to be cut in half by 2030, is snaking through the California State Assembly toward a vote, prompting acrimonious debate between supporters and opponents.
by William Bigelow13 Aug 2015, 12:23 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Monday that bans the word “alien” from the state’s labor laws.
by Joel B. Pollak10 Aug 2015, 9:58 PM PST0

Firefighters working to bring the devastating Rocky Fire under control over the weekend were tasked with controlling yet another large blaze burning nearby, as the Jerusalem Fire scorched 5,000 acres in Lake County as of Monday morning.
by Daniel Nussbaum10 Aug 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

Gov. Jerry Brown will not interfere with a Board of Parole Hearings’ recommendation that a transgender inmate be paroled and lose the chance to force the state to pay for sex-change surgery.
by William Bigelow9 Aug 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown went all in on climate change directly blaming global warming for the seven-day-old Rocky Fire burning in Lake County.
by Robert Wilde8 Aug 2015, 1:49 PM PST0

Republicans largely ignored California Governor Jerry Brown’s call on the presidential candidates to tackle climate change in the presidential debate on Thursday.
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2015, 1:43 AM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown’s policies reducing the number of inmates in the state have not affected the number of firefighters fighting fires.
by William Bigelow6 Aug 2015, 1:02 PM PST0

Firefighters battling the devastating “Rocky Fire” in Northern California brought the blaze under 40 percent containment on Thursday morning, the CalFIRE agency reported.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Aug 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown has challenged the Republican presidential candidates to address the issue of climate change during their first debate of the 2016 election cycle. Brown issued the challenge in a letter that he uploaded via the Fox News Channel’s Facebook page.
by Joel B. Pollak6 Aug 2015, 5:35 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown welcomed President Barack Obama’s “Clean Power Plan,” a new set of environmental regulations to cut down what the administration calls “carbon pollution.” The goal is to cut national carbon dioxide emissions 32% from 2005 levels by 2030.
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2015, 6:08 AM PST0

As rumors swirl that Vice President Joe Biden may jump into the 2016 presidential race, pressure is mounting on California governor Jerry Brown to decide whether he will enter the race–a possibility he has not entirely ruled out.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Aug 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

Californians cut water use by 27.3 percent in June, the State Water Resources Control Board announced Thursday, good enough to exceed Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order earlier this year for a 25 percent statewide water reduction.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Jul 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown let a deadline pass and refused to rescind a decision by a parole board to release 63-year-old James Schoenfeld, one of the three men convicted of kidnapping 26 children and their school bus driver in 1976 and holding them hostage in a trailer.
by William Bigelow31 Jul 2015, 11:40 AM PST0