A new survey by the Field Poll shows California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's public opinion rating has slumped to a new low. Results from a survey released Sunday show that only 23 percent of people asked approved of the job the governor is doing ...

Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold. Every $10 of his base fine triggered a $26 "penalty assessment" for courthouse ...

What should have been a legislative afterthought is threatening to become a financial purgatory for thousands of California taxpayers hit by the housing crisis. With less than a month until tax filings are due, struggling Californians who received mortgage modifications or lost their homes in short sales or ...