2026
California’s fight against Trump’s unhinged war on voting by mail
California could have some zany theater this fall: county prosecutors charging federal postmasters with felonies for obeying President Trump’s order to withhold delivery of mail ballots to voters.
Lawmakers send bills to Newsom shoring up ballot security, transparency for paid political posts
California lawmakers on Sunday approved bills aimed at preventing interference in this fall’s midterm elections and requiring more transparency from social media influencers who are paid by political campaigns.
California lawmakers vote to change childhood sex abuse law
The 2019 law resulted in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.
More than 20 may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flood
The flash flood happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and resulted in “significant impacts” to infrastructure throughout Bright Angel Canyon.
Bear family rescued from large water tank in La Verne during heat wave
Officials speculated that the bear and her cubs may have entered the tank because they were thirsty. The high temperature in La Verne Saturday was 98 degrees.
‘Measured in weeks, not days’: Plaskett and Timber fires near Big Sur scorch 33,000 acres
Crews are continuing to battle two wildfires in Monterey County that have collectively burned more than 33,000 acres and forced more than 600 people to evacuate.
Don’t look now, but suddenly the U.S. Senate is in play
The four-seat gain Democrats need to win control once seemed all but out of reach. Odds are looking up, though the party still faces a tough path, with toss-up races in a half dozen (mostly red) states.
Gov. Newsom backs off from shameful gambit, and it’s a victory for California coast
As legislative session closed, Newsom pushed environmental break for donor.
California lawmakers reach deal in high-stakes fight over regulating data centers
After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California’s growing data center industry, action triggered by community anger over the facilities and fears of high utility bills in some communities.
A Communist magazine debates a DSA endorsement of Nithya Raman
Contributors to Geese Magazine, billed as a “daily review of American Communism,” have gone back and forth over whether Democratic Socialists of America should endorse Raman for L.A. mayor.