As the dust settles at polling locations across the state, the implications are already being felt. Proposition 36 will likely have one of the biggest impacts.

California Gov. Jerry Brown took a big step toward delivering on a campaign promise he made two years ago to fix the state's perpetual budget deficits and to raise taxes to do it only if voters agreed.

Gov. Jerry's Brown's measure, which will raise income taxes on wealthy residents for the next seven years and hike the sales tax by a quarter-cent over the next four years, passed Tuesday 54 percent to 46 percent. The tax boosts will raise an...

The Field Poll released Thursday on Brown's Proposition 30 found that support has slipped from 51 percent in favor in mid-September to 48 percent supporting. While 38 percent of likely voters say they oppose the initiative, 14 percent remain undecided.

Gov. Jerry Brown was in Bakersfield on Tuesday as part of a four-city swing in support of Proposition 30, his initiative to raise funds for education and safety services.

Supporters and opponents are lining up on Proposition 30, a initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown to bring in funds for education and safety services.

The public is invited to a candidate forum Wednesday at California State University, Bakersfield.

Cerro Coso Community College could be on the move. The Kern Community College District is reorganizing the school starting in the 2014 fiscal year.