This year’s $47,000 contract with Turnitin for plagiarism and AI detection pushed the total spent by College of the Canyons to over half a million dollars.

While the per-student price for Turnitin sounds small, the cost adds up. The Cal State system has collectively spent over $6 million on this plagiarism-prevention technology in the last seven years.

Los Angeles’ large, productive, and now very afraid community of undocumented immigrants has slipped into the shadows. Here's how it hurts us all.

A shortage of court reporters is harming Californians in the justice system, so why not use readily available electronic recording technology? Court reporters unions are fighting it.

The House wants to raise the SALT deduction cap, which would help wealthy Californians pay less in federal taxes. The Senate disagrees.

Budget deal limits immigrant health coverage, uses rainy day funds as the state grapples with $12 billion shortfall.

The land at stake ranges from the far north's dense coastal forests to Southern California’s great expanses of brush. Experts ...

State lawmakers and the governor have adopted a hide-the-pea approach to budgeting, relying on reserves, loans and payment delays to conceal a $21 billion deficit.

California lawmakers are weighing a provision in the budget that would allow developers to pay a lower wage for some ...

A proposal in the California Legislature would pay for more research to save honey bees, but it could be a tough sell amid a budget deficit.

New laws, a future Supreme Court decision and consumer hesitance are some of the obstacles California must overcome if it's going to see a carbon neutral future.

Trump’s move to cancel health research funding would wipe out funding for studies on lung disease, dementia and aging.