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EPA announces $43 million for Southwest tribes

Fenit Nirappil · October 16, 2014 12:12 am

Bag makers launch push to overturn plastic bag ban

Fenit Nirappil · October 10, 2014 11:57 pm

In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2014, a dock sits high and dry at the end of a boat ramp yards away from the edge of Folsom Lake near Folsom, Calif. The California Department of Water Resources reported Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, the largest monthly decline in water use this year as the severity of California's drought hits home. Water suppliers reported that consumption fell 11.5 percent in August compared with the year before. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California water use drops 11.5 percent in August

Fenit Nirappil · October 7, 2014 11:53 pm

Ballot measure would overhaul rainy day fund

Fenit Nirappil · October 4, 2014 10:04 pm

HOLD TO MOVE WITH STORY -- In this undated handout photo is Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin is running for State Controller in the November election. Swearengin is running against Democrat Betty Yee, a member of the state Board of Equalization.(AP Photo/Ashley Swearengin for State Controller Campaign)

Controller’s race gives voters a stark contrast

Fenit Nirappil · October 4, 2014 9:02 pm

Irma Salazar, left, of Santa Ana, Calif., loads plastic grocery bags into her car as her son Miguel looks on, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 in Santa Ana, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation on Tuesday imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

California becomes first state to ban plastic bags

Fenit Nirappil · September 30, 2014 8:14 pm

Plans for $200 million in drought relief released

Fenit Nirappil · September 24, 2014 1:15 am

Governor signs first California groundwater rules

Fenit Nirappil · September 16, 2014 7:09 pm

California water use drops in July amid drought

Fenit Nirappil · September 10, 2014 12:31 am

San Diego state lawmaker formally charged with DUI

Fenit Nirappil · September 9, 2014 5:51 am

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2011 file photo, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen certifies one of the new legislative and congressional maps as California Citizens Redistricting Commission member Vincent Barabba watches at the Capitol in Sacraamento. Bowen, beset by frequent absences, has moved from her house into a mobile home park. Two months before Californians go to the polls to choose a governor, the state's top elections official tearfully acknowledged Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, that she has been consumed by a "debilitating" depression that has often kept her away from the office.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Depression of elections chief raises concerns

Fenit Nirappil · September 9, 2014 12:58 am

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, foreground, receives a standing ovation from lawmakers after he presented his last bill before the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. By a 45-17 vote the Assembly approved Ammianno's bill, AB885, which will allow juries in criminal cases to consider whether prosecutors intentionally withheld evidence when deliberating a verdict. This was Ammiano's last piece of legislation as he is leaving office due to term limits.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Legislators wrap up with water, ethics, guns bills

Fenit Nirappil · August 30, 2014 8:54 pm