The functionally extinct delta smelt entered national politics in 2009, when Sean Hannity made it a symbol of environmentalism gone wrong.

Some may have even been at airports ready to board when an executive order from President Donald Trump abruptly shut down the U.S. refugee admissions program. And while the order banning most refugee admissions was not set to take effect until Monday, Sacramento-area resettlement agencies say the shutdown has already started.

The president was greeted by Gov. Newsom in L.A. Friday afternoon for a brief trip where he announced that the state will receive full federal backing to rebuild.

Trump is taking aim at water supplies for an endangered fish, but scientists say he’s missing the point. It’s one of California’s thorniest problems. The nation’s most populous state is full of sprawling cities, vast farmland, rich ecosystems — and it must decide how to divide scarce water resources among them.

As President Donald Trump prepares to tour wildfire damage in California, he’s zeroing in on one of his frequent targets for criticism: State water policy.

President Trump's expected visit to Los Angeles to survey wildfire damage should clarify whether he and Gov. Gavin Newsom can overcome an ugly 2024 election cycle.

After his inauguration, President Donald Trump pardoned hundreds of people who carried out the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. That includes several people from northern California, who faced charges or had been sentenced to jail time. Read the full list of people from the Sacramento region charged for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach here.

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House for a second term. Trump signed multiple executive orders on immigration on Monday.

While national exit polls reveal some information about the youth vote in 2024, there were no exit polls for California and neither the state nor the federal government release age-specific voting data,

According to a new poll conducted by AtlasIntel between January 21 and 23, 69 percent of Black voters approve of Trump's job performance, compared to 50 percent of white voters. Meanwhile, 31 percent of Black voters disapprove of Trump's job performance, compared to 49 percent of White voters.

The new president would have to quickly change his own regulations to produce more water. That’s not how things work, writes opinion writer.