The Humbolt County Office of Elections made an unnerving discovery Monday: a stack of 596 sealed ballots from the most recent election left at the bottom a locked voting drop box.

The Los Angeles City Council voted to limit “pretextual” stops, which have been blamed for racial disparities in enforcement, calling on police oversight officials to quickly adopt new policies.

What’s shocking about Nithya Raman’s flop is that she should know how important it is to project well to a television audience, given that her husband is a screenwriter.

Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman face off in a Los Angeles mayoral debate. Here’s how to watch the candidates on Wednesday night.

Becerra’s campaign website added strategic messaging often used to signal priorities to independent expenditure committees that cannot coordinate directly with the campaign.

California’s primary election takes place on June 2. Learn about L.A.’s city and county races and others for state offices.

Trump urged Texas Republicans last year to redraw U.S. House districts to give the party an advantage. Democrats in California responded by doing the same. Then other states joined the battle. Lawmakers, commissions or courts have adopted new House districts in eight states.

With the election one month away, police officers, firefighters, hotel workers and others are waging expensive campaigns.

As ballots arrive at homes throughout the state, residents have to decide when to vote, so they can respond to late-breaking events but not risk their ballot arriving too late to count.

Whether Gov. Gavin Newsom solves California’s chronic spending deficit or dumps the problem on the next governor will define his legacy as a steward of trillions in taxpayer dollars.