• Long-time California Republican Congressman Ed Royce will retire this year, giving Democrats better odds of winning a seat they were already contesting.

• California’s recreational marijuana law marks a milestone for the industry. But it doesn’t offer the complete freedom to smoke, buy and transport cannabis anywhere you please.

• The California Department of Insurance says growing number of homeowners aren't able to renew their homeowners insurance policies and the problem is expected to worsen in the wake of 2017 wildfires.

• Alicia Lewis co-authored the #WeSaidEnough letter --signed in October by more than 140 women who work at the California State Capitol.