No one doubts that California firefighters and police officers perform their duties well and deserve our gratitude for their ...

California firefighters say their retirement age puts them at risk of injury and illness. They're asking to lower that date, ...

The California Board of Parole Hearings rescinded their offer of parole to Leslie Closner, who was sentenced to 25 years to life for killing his girlfriend, raping her corpse and eating a part of her ...

Nearly three decades later, Mayor Barbara Lee — a political figure with similar name recognition — has begun a shortened term ...

Reporting from Oakland — Making a case for reelection, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview that he would hold the line on state spending despite “pent-up” demand for more, further boost ...

Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent pardon of former state Sen. Roderick Wright was supported by several of California’s top political figures but opposed by Los Angeles ...

Reporting from Sacramento — When Gov. Jerry Brown’s final term in office ends next week, he will leave behind a California criminal justice system infused with a new commitment to second ...

It's extremely unlikely that Gov. Jerry Brown of California will run for president in 2016, despite his tease to The Post's Philip Rucker in a story published Wednesday. But, oh, if he did.

The thought lingered with Jerry Brown, perhaps sustained through the years by an old black-and-white photograph in his state Capitol office. The image is a man with a long, white beard feeding his ...

Gov. Jerry Brown has 789 bills to consider this month, according to his office, affecting everything from the price of tampons to smoking in state parks.

And so we turn with a mixture of relief and longing to the latest edition of the biographical series “American Masters,” “Jerry Brown: The Disrupter.” Premiering Friday on PBS, it concerns ...