Election workers sort through unprocessed vote-by-mail ballots at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office on Monday. Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio hide caption
California
Tuesday
Friday
Is marijuana a gateway drug to smoking cigarettes? PhotoAlto/Katarina Sundelin/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a Medicaid expansion into law as part of the state's budget authorization in 2013. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
What Happens To Medicaid In California Under A Trump Administration?
Thursday
The pier in Oceanside, Calif., where voters re-elected Gary Ernst as city treasurer this week — despite Ernst's death in September. JacquieWM/Flickr hide caption
Wednesday
Michael Weinstein is president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and a longtime maverick in gay activist circles. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
From Maverick AIDS Activist To Porn Cop: The Man Behind Proposition 60
Monday
This 1933 photo made available by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the ruins of St. Anthony's Church in Long Beach, Calif., after an earthquake struck on March 10, 1933. T.J. Maher/AP hide caption
Wednesday
California rules would require site-specific assessments to identify violence risks for health care workers and plans to mitigate them. Dana Neely/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A box of 500 .22 cal. bullets are offered for sale at an Illinois gun store in 2012. California voters are voting on a measure that would require ammunition buyers to face the same background checks gun buyers in the state do. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Should Ammunition Buyers Face Background Checks? California's Voters Will Decide
Tuesday
Thursday
Mourners and activists hold a candlelight vigil during a rally in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, Calif., on Wednesday, in protest of the police shooting the day before. Bill Wechter/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Association of California Water Agencies conference, in Sacramento, Calif., in January. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
State Treasurer John Chiang (right) at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., in May. On Wednesday, Chiang announced he is suspending major parts of the state's business relationship with Wells Fargo because of a scandal involving unauthorized customer accounts. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Backers of California's Proposition 56 hope to hit people hard enough in the wallet that they quit smoking. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Would California's Proposed Tobacco Tax Hike Reduce Smoking?
Sunday
Cassie Ray (seen with her husband, Gerry) got a surprise bill from an out-of-network anesthesiologist after an operation. Courtesy of Cassie Ray hide caption
Saturday
A mountain yellow-legged frog returns to the wild in the Desolation Wilderness, south of Lake Tahoe in California. Josh Cassidy/KQED hide caption