Current state law punishes people who solicit minors under the age of 16 years old with a felony that holds a jail sentence ...

Assembly Bill 379, a bipartisan bill from Assemblywoman Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento, and State Sen. Shannon Grove, ...

Senator Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, announced that her bill to exempt tips from taxes, (SB 17) has passed ...

Lawmakers returned from their spring break bills in hand and loaded for bear. This week’s edition of Capitol Briefs takes a ...

Championing the bill, Sen. Shannon Grove of Bakersfield leaned on recent research to point out that farmworkers have been taking home less money since the law passed in 2016. She argued wages ...

The blood and the flesh of the next victim will be on this committee,” lawmaker tells reporters after leaving hearing.

SACRAMENTO,4 - Today, with a party-line vote, the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement defeated SB 628 ...

The county Board of Supervisors is supporting proposed state legislation aimed at protecting teenage sex trafficking victims.

Nisei Farmers League President Manuel Cunha Jr., and Vice President Luis Ramirez have developed a proposal for a six-day workweek for farmworkers they say would restore hours cut after new overtime ...

Culver's Light Brigade Golf Tournament supports youth baseball The Bakersfield Country Club hosted the annual Light Brigade Golf Tournament on Thursday afternoon. This event serves as former Major ...

State Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, a fierce defender of the bill in its original form; and state Sen. Kelly Seyarto, R-Murrieta, voted no. “I am saddened and angry because my constituents ...