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

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

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

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

Susan Rubio, a Democrat from Baldwin Park, will refill the vacancy that Senate leaders briefly left open for a few weeks ...

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

California lawmakers this year are trying once again to make Cal Fire's firefighting and prevention force a year-round ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump claimed that the military entered California and turned on the water, but state water officials say the president's claim is false.

The leader of the California Senate has reappointed the ... On Friday, Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire announced he was reappointing Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio of West Covina to chair ...

The leader of the California Senate has reappointed the former chair of the chamber’s insurance committee, despite uncertainty over her possible involvement in a federal corruption probe. On Friday, ...