California Government News

Medicaid called Medi-Cal in California is the health care program run by each state with federal matching funds that covers specific categories of poor people, including elderly, disabled, families with dependent children, medically needy and others.

To ensure adequate funding remains at the county level for safety net services, dollars would only be redirected based on actual county-by-county experience.

California's Jerry Brown -- who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship -- is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.

A bill to better protect medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives passed the California Senate yesterday, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's office reports.

Q Do you mind me chiming in and addressing the comments of Dennis Vires, who last week criticized motorcyclists who split lanes and specifically mentioned me? Surely I get to respond.

"A unified, functioning bi-state agency is the best thing for the health and well-being of Lake Tahoe and the community at large," said Sen.

Q: I had colon cancer and have had trouble buying health insurance ever since. Under Obamacare, will insurance companies still be allowed to refuse me because of my medical history? Starting on Jan.

As the economy recovers and Californians head back to work, total direct written premium in the Golden State's workers' compensation market continues to rise.

Two California men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said.

Two lawmakers are seeking to strip broad secrecy provisions from the California agency overseeing implementation of President Barack Obama's health care reforms.

The measure is intended to restrict dispensaries that federal prosecutors say had grown out of control in California, where voters first supported legalizing cannabis to treat illness in 1996.

A conservative group is raising hackles in sunny California by urging parents to keep their children home from school this Wednesday on Harvey Milk Day, commemorating the first openly gay lawmaker.

With Washington engulfed in scandals real and imagined over the Benghazi tragedy, the IRS' handling of applications by political groups for tax exempt status and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records, California Congressman Darrell Issa is enjoying his moment in the sun.

Dr. Christine Daniel has been found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for selling bogus cancer cures to dozens of victims prosecutors said were 'despicable, cruel and heinous.' A sketchy California doctor who duped patients out of $1.3million by selling them herbal remedies she said cured cancer has been convicted.

Walter, the 11-year-old miniature Yorkshire terrier who was dog-napped from his guardian's Los Feliz, Calif., yard is back home, reported Saturday's ABC 7 News .

California is about to become the first state to require shore power at its ports.

In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

Around 4:00 a.m. Chico Police arrested 31 year-old Leonard Mundy for an alleged domestic violence dispute at the Super 8 Motel on Manzanita Court in Chico.

A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.

Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to corrosion concerns.