Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Friday announced the following appointments.

Delano, California - Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) administrators are investigating the death of an inmate who was fatally shot while he attacked another inmate.

San Francisco, California - The United States filed a complaint to bar a San Francisco enrolled agent and tax return preparer from implementing, facilitating and promoting allegedly abusive tax shelters and tax avoidance schemes, the Justice Department announced today.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring April 22, 2015 as "Earth Day" in the State of California.

Sacramento, California - The California Energy Commission will award up to $9 million to create a workforce trained in advanced technologies and strategies for making new and existing buildings more energy efficient.

Sacramento, California - The Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy (JEDE) passed five bills (AB 184, AB 866, AB 1093, AB 1270, AB 1444) with overwhelmingly bi-partisan support this week authored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia.