California lawmakers introduce slavery reparations plan

Politics

Black lawmakers are proposing ways to remedy the long-lasting effects of slavery, but the 14 bills they unveiled do not call for cash payments.

"We must be willing to pursue change through new methods and fresh thinking," the former vice president said of her decision. 

California is counting its homeless population. Here’s how the state gets the numbers that impact program funding to stump speeches.

The state’s snowpack is in good shape, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world.

The state is still partly at the mercy of conditions in the Colorado River Basin.