San Joaquin County Statewide Articles

Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, who campaigned on restoring public safety in L.A. County, seems likely to oust Dist. Atty. George Gascón from office, according to early returns.

A public funeral Mass for the Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles.

In Kamala Harris' childhood neighborhood, and among her friends in San Francisco and Oakland, people expressed hope and anxiety as polls close.

Monday's Santa Ana gusts were but a taste of what's to come later this week, says the National Weather Service, which has issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag warning across southwest California from late Tuesday through Friday.

Here's how California voted on statewide measures in the 2024 election, including Proposition 36 on retail theft and fentanyl.

California voters were deciding between Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey in the race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate.

Republicans are clinging to a slim majority in the House and are defending 15 seats seen as toss-ups. No state has more swing seats than California.

Some people are trying their best to meet the moment — with mixed results — while others have simply chosen not to let the race for president and control of Congress dominate their lives.

One police commissioner broke ranks from her colleagues by arguing that a proposed salary of nearly half a million dollars was too high for the next LAPD chief given the city's financial constraints.

It was a quiet afternoon in Kamala Harris' Brentwood neighborhood, which soon could be the site of her Western White House.

A 72-year-old Long Beach man was found dead in his home Friday night. But what officials believed to be a suicide is now a homicide investigation.

IN THE MONTHS preceding this week’s election, some California history and social studies teachers have proceeded cautiously in covering the presidential campaign, while others have embraced the opportunity confidently and comprehensively. But most included instruction about the presidential election in …

A small plane made an emergency landing and forced the closure of southbound lanes on busy Highway 85 in Cupertino. No one was injured.

'I was working a job in Chinatown, driving on the 110 and saw the building and thought, "That's it,"' said Xavier Mozejewski, explaining how he came up with his costume.

By JANIE HAR Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Voters are deciding whether to reelect San Francisco Mayor London Breed — the first Black woman in the role — or to pick one of her four challengers in a pricey and …

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after Donald Trump delivered his standard warnings about drug dealers and criminals illegally crossing the border during a Saturday campaign event, the former president heard from someone who …

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — X's crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn't addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk's social media platform, according to a report published Wednesday by a group that …

"Nervous." "Emotional." "Worried." "Insecure."

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ensure …

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — While California may be solidly Democratic in presidential contests, a handful of competitive races in the state could determine whether Republicans keep control of the U.S. House. Voters also will cast ballots in …