California voters are deciding on 10 statewide propositions on the ballot. The one likely to get the most attention is a measure that makes shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders, harden penalties for fentanyl dealers and require drug users to get treatment.

California voters have passed Proposition 36, the Associated Press projects, approving changes that will roll back criminal justice reforms from a contentious 2014 ballot measure that lessened the penalties for some crimes including theft and drug possession.

California voters approved a ballot measure that would reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, essentially undoing a previous ballot measure that big-box retailers and law enforcement officials have long blamed for increases in theft,

Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, who rose to national prominence as a key antagonist of former President Trump, easily beat Republican and former Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey on Tuesday night to win California's open seat in the U.S. Senate.

Rep. Adam Schiff cruised to victory in the Democratic stronghold of California, defeating Republican challenger Steve Garvey, the Associated Press projected, calling the race just

Heavily Democratic California has again emerged as an unlikely battleground in the fight to control the U.S. House.

San Franciscan Hannah Kang cast her vote for Kamala Harris—just as she has for 14 years. The 43-year-old registered Democrat first voted for Harris in 2010 when she became California’s first female attorney general.

If Harris can win California, which has voted for the Democratic nominee in the last two presidential elections, she would gain a significant boost to her campaign. In recent years, California has become a Democratic stronghold,