Aaron Mendelson

San Francisco is moving to shed more light on behested payments, the practice used by politicians to request money from wealthy donors for their favored causes.

Gun sales in California ticked up but didn't skyrocket in the weeks following the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas. They've been trending down all year.

A car chase Tuesday morning led to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy firing at a moving vehicle, a practice the department has recently moved to restrict.

Now that the pressure's off, can we keep saving water? The answer depends on where you ask the question.

The San Francisco Ethics Commission is exploring limits on "behested payments," the fundraising practice used by politicians to raise money for pet causes.

New data from the California Department of Justice, show big differences in the rates of police shootings across the state. Ventura County reported the lowest rate.

It's California's third-poorest county. Unemployment is nearly 25 percent. Homelessness tripled since the previous year. And children are even worse off, with one in three living in poverty.

Californians are using more water now than in 2015 and 2016, when mandatory measures were in place to conserve water during a five-year drought.

The vast majority of housing for low-income renters in Los Angeles has been built in the county's very poorest neighborhoods. The research says that's a problem.

Some LA residents reacted with anger on learning of the nearly $32 million in contributions raised by Mayor Eric Garcetti for favored causes, some from companies that do business with the city.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has used a little-known mechanism to raise $31.9 million in four years. Public records show some of the contributors do business with the city.

The state collected police shooting and use of force data for the first time — and found black people are shot at or hurt at triple their proportion of the population.