Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! EVERYTHING BUT THE CASH Several bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom this year are missing one crucial component: the money needed to implement them.

María Brenes' first name has an accent on the letter “í” — but you wouldn't know that by looking at the Los Angeles resident's government documents. Since 1986, when Californians voted to make English ...

Nicolás Agustín Espinoza Chaires may be only 6 years old, but he has a request for the state of California. “I want to be able to spell my name correctly,” he said on Wednesday afternoon, while ...

Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has authored a bill that would change how California handles requests from adopted people who want to obtain their original birth certificates. Hector Amezcua ...

The missing link in my life is that birth certificate. There is *** push at the state Capitol to allow people who were adopted to access their vital records. And Goldston Dart is here to explain the ...