SACRAMENTO — Democrat Xavier Becerra holds a major advantage over Republican Steve Hilton as the race for California governor heads toward the November election, a new poll shows. The two…
Read more Becerra heads toward the November election with a major edge over Hilton in governor’s race, poll showsHundreds of people gathered in San Francisco for the California Democratic Party convention this weekend. The purpose of the convention is for the party to determine who it…
Read more Nancy Pelosi, the race for governor and other California Democratic Party conventionSAN FRANCISCO — Leaders of the California Democratic Party, along with liberal activists and loyal power brokers, are openly expressing fear that their crowded field of candidates running for governor…
Read more Democrats’ fear rising that too many candidates in governor’s race could lead to a Republican victoryYou may have missed it, what with President Trump’s endless pyrotechnics, but California voters will decide in November who succeeds Gavin Newsom, the highest-profile governor since the Terminator…
Read more Commentary: Fix the potholes or fight the power? That’s the choice facing California’s next governorLos Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman is running for mayor, shaking up the field of candidates one final time. Raman said she will challenge Mayor Karen Bass, her…
Read more Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen BassThe three leading Democratic candidates vying for the March 17 primary nomination to the U.S. Senate agreed Thursday night the nation is facing a constitutional crisis and hurled…
Read more Illinois Democratic hopefuls for US Senate agree Trump poses constitutional crisis but other differences emergeWASHINGTON — Trump administration lawyers have joined California Republicans in urging Supreme Court to block California’s new election map on the grounds that one district in the San Joaquin…
Read more Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to block California’s new election map while upholding Texas’The state Republican Party on Tuesday filed an emergency application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stop the congressional districts California voters approved last…
Read more State GOP seeks Supreme Court injunction to block California’s new, voter-approved congressional districtsA Los Angeles County district attorney’s office employee was “wrongfully detained” by federal immigration agents on Friday, according to an internal e-mail obtained by The Times. L.A. County…
Read more ICE ‘wrongfully detained’ L.A. County D.A.’s office employee, Hochman saysCalifornia Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Sunday that he would not run for California governor, a decision grounded in his belief that his legal efforts combating the Trump…
Read more California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta opts against running for governor. Again.The West Shore school board policy committee meeting came to a halt almost as soon as it began. As a board member started going over the agenda on…
Read more How a legal group’s anti-LGBTQ policies took root in school districts across a stateAcross the U.S., public school districts are panicking over test scores. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the Nation’s Report Card, as it is known, revealed that…
Read more OPINION: Instead of defining Black children by their test scores, we should help them overcome academic barriers and pursue their dreamsA conservative podcaster who’s trumpeted false election conspiracies and called for the execution of political rivals, including Gov. Jared Polis, has formally joined the Republican race to become…
Read more Conspiracy theorist-podcaster joins crowded GOP race for Colorado governor, but will candidacy ‘go nowhere’?It’s been one surprise after another lately from Lindsey Vonn. And the announcement that the 41-year-old slopes queen has qualified for the Milano Cortina Olympics in February isn’t…
Read more Lindsey Vonn continues to turn back the clock, qualifying for the Winter Olympics at 41It started with Harvard University. Then Notre Dame, Cornell, Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. Colleges are racing to close or rename their diversity, equity and…
Read more OPINION: Beyond DEI offices, colleges are dismantling all kinds of programs related to equityTONIGHT, A STORY ABOUT RUNNING OUTRUNNING RATHER LIMITS WHILE DEFYING THE ODDS FOR ONE ALABAMA TEENAGER. THIS ALL BEGAN THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HERE. ONLY ON 13 TONIGHT,…
Read more A young man’s journey from Chinese orphanage to high school track starEven with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might have predicted what actually materialized…
Read more The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025Last year, Project 2025 was a conservative wish list: a grab bag of proposals large and small that would transform the federal government, including in education. Months later,…
Read more Trump administration checks off many Project 2025 education goalsRepublicans and Democrats squared off in court Monday in a high-stakes battle over the fate of California’s Proposition 50, which reconfigures the state’s congressional districts and could ultimately…
Read more Court battle begins over Republican challenge to California’s Prop. 50Gavin Newsom is off and running, eyeing the White House as he enters the far turn and his final year as California governor. The track record for California…
Read more Commentary: Is Newsom blazing a path to the White House? Running a fool’s errand? Let’s discuss
