California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that waives building permits to help Los Angeles rebuild faster ...

It amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign when he takes office Jan. 20 on border security, deportations and a rush of other ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted California's environmental review process for building laws for victims who lost their homes during ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on how much power the president has to regulate federal contracting, ...

FIRE CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE ENTERED A CRITICAL PERIOD AS WINDS GROW STRONGER TONIGHT. CREWS CONTINUE THEIR ...

As thousands of displaced families look for a place to stay, the state has issued a series of protections, including one ...

Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman is in trouble for allegedly circulating a meme of a Black boy with an electronic ankle monitor ...

“When the fires are extinguished, victims who have lost their homes and businesses must be able to rebuild quickly and ...

In a statement, the governor said those affected by the fires faced too many "roadblocks" to recover quickly and he was cutting "bureaucratic red tape." ...

The order suspends regulations under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to allow people to rebuild their destroyed or damaged properties faster.

California is one of America’s most difficult and costly places to build — a driving factor behind the state’s longstanding ...