California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.

Governor Gavin Newsom's May Revision budget proposal recommends the closure of another California state prison by October 2026, reducing CDCR funding by $700 million and potentially freeing up funds to support vital programs.

A onetime county teacher of the year at a SoCal elementary school has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for grooming and sexually assaulting two young boys on campus.

Two South Los Angeles residents were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of impeding the activities of federal immigration agents, authorities said.

California's prison system is unprepared for climate-related disasters, with outdated evacuation plans, inadequate transportation, and overcrowding exacerbating the risks to incarcerated individuals.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday outlined his administration’s latest version of the 2025-26 budget plan, better known as the May revise. He blamed President Donald Trump and called for changes to the state’s Medi-Cal program to help address the state’s roughly $12 billion estimated shortfall.

The Markley Fire eventually fed into the LNU Lightning Complex Fire – one of the most destructive conflagrations in California’s history, destroying 330,000 acres in the Bay Area. Two weeks later, after the fire was extinguished, officials were able to identify Castro’s charred remains from a keepsake found next to them.

While California’s prisons are vulnerable to wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, we found they are not adequately prepared to respond to emergencies posed by natural disasters,” stated the report by t