From January to late summer every year, the California Legislature is a perpetual motion machine.

State Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) said, "My thoughts and prayers are with the Bush family as they mourn the loss of President George H.W. Bush, whose extraordinary life inspired many in his family to serve others."

Encinitas property owners will have more leeway in adding small homes on their land as a result of City Council action Wednesday, Oct. 10, as well as passage of legislation last week in Sacramento.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a raft of bills into law Wednesday that will begin imposing order on the Wild Wild West of California’s addiction treatment system.

“(Neighborhood electric vehicles) offer residents mobility choices and they are an innovative way to help the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said the bill’s author, Sen. Patricia Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel. “I thank the governor for signing my measure into law, which...