An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire ...

Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell confirmed the state fire marshal’s office is investigating if fireworks may have caused the fire in Independence. The fire marshal’s ...

Independence firefighters are at the scene of a deadly fire Friday morning in the area of N. Lake City Valley Road and E.

Gavin Newsom has shifted his image-building efforts into higher gear, bolstering assumptions that he will run for president.

Reporting from Oakland — Making a case for reelection, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview that he would hold the line on state spending despite “pent-up” demand for more, further boost ...

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Gov. Jerry Brown offers a glimpse of his Northern California ranch, a place where he contemplates not only the past but also his own future after a final year in office.

Jerry Brown Two is deliberative, and he likes to have it his way," said Republican state Sen. Jim Nielsen, who served in the Legislature from 1978 to 1987 and returned in 2008.

Gov. Jerry Brown with several scientists, including Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, far left, and Christiana Figueres, the top United Nations official on climate change ...

Gov. Jerry Brown CBS News "Well, they're taking the climate threat serious, so I say all to the good, and California will collaborate. I just hope that Washington ...

Jerry Brown was sworn in as California Secretary of State, his first statewide office, in 1971 by U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren, left. Brown was joined at the ceremony by his parents, ...

An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire ...