Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the ...

Senate leadership said it would cost about $175 million a year to boost staffing levels to respond to increased fire risk.

State legislators are calling to extend Cal Fire's staffing to a year-round system, switching some roles from nine-month ...

Prop. 36 increases penalties for some drug and theft-related offenses. Gov. Gavin Newsom was vocally against the measure, ...

UPDATE: Two days after this story initially aired, the Senate President pro-Tempore Mike McGuire re-appointed Senator Susan Rubio to lead the California Senate Insurance Committee. His office ...

California leaders are disputing a claim from President Donald Trump about the state's water resources.

Both Republicans and Democrats have filed several bills this session related to wildfires in the wake of the massive deadly ...

State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.

President Donald Trump touted sending the military into California to turn on the water and relieve a crisis, but state ...

The lawmakers called the package of 13 bills an effort to “invest in a fire-safe” California ... in almost a century,” Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) said outside of Pasadena ...

The California Department of Water Resources (CDWR ... which have burned more than 57,000 acres and killed at least 28 people ...

Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed Tuesday that state firefighters work ... McGuire’s proposal is aimed at addressing California’s growing fire season — which typically lasted from June to ...