The first major televised debate among leading candidates for California governor Tuesday saw the race’s newest entrant — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan — draw fire from both…
Read more Governor’s race: Sparks fly as San Jose mayor fends off rivals from left and right in first debateINTERVIEW WITH MEHAN RIGHT NOW@KCRA.COM. AND THE KCRA 3 APP. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL WANT TO PUT THE BRAKES ON EFFORTS TO REPLACE CALIFORNIA’S GAS TAX…
Read more California Republicans oppose mileage-based fee proposalSan Jose Mayor Matt Mahan announced Thursday that he is running for governor of California, jumping into an already crowded race less than six months before the June…
Read more ‘California can do better’: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan enters crowded race for governorSaying they were spurred by the shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, an Alameda County Board of Supervisors committee has passed…
Read more Bay Area county committee passes ICE response plan for future enforcement operations, bans agency from county propertyCalifornia van moves, average shares of 3 companies. (Graphic by Flourish) One yardstick of California’s popularity as a place to live made a slight improvement last year.…
Read more California’s moving van outflow slowed in 2025LAFAYETTE — The campus at Las Trampas bustled as it usually does on the typical weekday, with dozens of intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals engaging with programs designed…
Read more Share the Spirit: Las Trampas helps those with developmental disabilities advocate for themselvesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, is seen with his then-chief of staff Dana Williamson in an undated photo released by the Governor’s Office. Williamson served as Newsom’s top…
Read more Exclusive: Gov. Gavin Newsom reacts to ex-aide’s arrest — ‘real surprise and shock’SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta spent $468,000 of his campaign cash on lawyers while reportedly being interviewed by federal authorities investigating Oakland’s former mayor and others…
Read more AG Rob Bonta spent nearly $500K on lawyers while trying to be ‘helpful’ amid East Bay corruption probe, adviser saysSources close to Nancy Pelosi expect the 85-year-old Democratic party stalwart to retire from politics next year. Pelosi will make a speech addressing her future after Californians vote…
Read more Nancy Pelosi expected to announce she won’t run for reelection in 2026By Nathan Risser, Bloomberg Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. plan to build a new pipeline system and reverse the flow on some existing conduits to haul gasoline…
Read more Phillips 66, Kinder plan first-ever California-bound fuel pipelineOAKLAND — Despite multiple attempts, Oakland can’t seem to rid itself of a company that has for years provided security at city facilities, but which recently found itself…
Read more How long will Oakland be stuck with a security company linked to key figure in federal corruption case?Lauren Dezenski (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said his administration would look to San Francisco as the next target of his federal crime crackdown, which has been mostly…
Read more Trump floats San Francisco as next target for crime crackdownOdd-numbered years usually bring an election respite for most Californians. That’s not the case in 2025. On Nov. 4, California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 50,…
Read more Election 2025: Everything Bay Area voters need to know before Nov. 4 electionBy MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN | CalMatters The Trump administration has restored almost all of the 500 National Institutes of Health grants it suspended at UCLA in July in response…
Read more Trump administration restores UCLA research grants following judge’s orderAs students last month headed back to school at California’s more than 200 college and university campuses, some had more reason than usual to be nervous. That’s because…
Read more Elias: Lawsuit threatens California schools’ U.S. grants to help LatinosAs California faces a deadline Friday to pass new laws for the year, police groups in the state are turning up pressure against a bill that attempts to…
Read more Fighting intensifies over California bill that tries to ban immigration officers from wearing masksOAKLAND — For nearly 20 years, Diane Williams has seethed whenever she walked by a street mural depicting the genocide of Ohlone people by Spanish colonizers — artwork…
Read more An Oakland mural depicting Native-American genocide was defaced. It led to a debate on the street.The East Palo Alto housekeeper with a chronic health condition who fainted while being arrested by ICE agents early this week has been discharged from Stanford Medical Center…
Read more East Palo Alto housekeeper who fainted when arrested by ICE discharged from Stanford hospitalThe Democrats, led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, are hitting back at the Texas Republican lawmakers with a proposed redistricting map of California. The Proposed Congressional Map aims…
Read more Interactive: How California is reshaping its congressional districtsCalifornia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday evening rejected Republicans’ efforts to stall work on Democrats’ redistricting proposals. Republican legislators earlier this week asked the state’s Supreme Court to intervene…
Read more California Supreme Court rejects Republicans’ efforts to halt redistricting proposals