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07/26/2024

Detainees talk on telephones at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto on Aug. 28, 2019. Photo by Chris Carlson, AP Photo

07/26/2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom helps clean up a homeless encampment along a freeway in San Diego on Jan. 12, 2022. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

07/25/2024

Kamala Harris is bringing back Democratic donors who soured on President Biden. Donald Trump is counting on V.P. pick JD Vance to raise money in Silicon Valley.

07/25/2024

In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.

07/25/2024

When California emerged from its colonial beginnings nearly two centuries ago and began coalescing into a distinct society, its towns and villages tended to be located either on navigable rivers, such as Sacramento, or around the 21 missions that Spanish …

07/25/2024

“This doesn’t build public trust. Where is the evidence?” said Jeff Wenninger, a former Los Angeles Police lieutenant who oversaw use of force investigations.

07/25/2024

State’s highest court refuses to overturn voter-backed Prop. 22, a law written by the gig industry. The ruling means gig workers will remain independent contractors.

07/25/2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered state agencies to remove homeless camps throughout California, his first major show of force since the Supreme Court granted state and local authorities more power to clear encampments.

07/25/2024

A worker scans items as they move through the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Sacramento in 2018. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP File

07/24/2024

City officials in Eureka the plan to turn public parking lots into affordable housing would be easy. Now they’re facing a ballot measure campaign funded by one of the city’s richest men.

07/24/2024

Demography, politics and the unintended consequences of civic reforms have pushed Los Angeles to the left, creating an electorate hostile to Republicans and shaping the prospects of candidates and causes this November and beyond.

07/24/2024

Premium increases largely vary by region and plan, but most consumers will receive subsidies that will protect them from steep hikes.

07/24/2024

What happens when voters take to the ballot to thumb their nose at state housing law? Courts haven’t offered a clear answer.

07/24/2024

It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets.

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