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Coded messages, 'red boxing' and other allegations in California's testy race for governor
Becerra's campaign website added strategic messaging often used to signal priorities to independent expenditure committees that cannot coordinate directly with the campaign.
Your guide to the California insurance commissioner's race: Who will replace Ricardo Lara?
Who will replace Ricardo Lara in the California insurance commissioner's race? More than a half-dozen candidates, four Democrats and five Republicans, are competing in the election.
After 'MAGA influencer' trolls gay couple with baby, support grows for dad who threw punches
Anthony and David Vulin were walking through West Hollywood with their baby when a conservative social media influencer claimed that gay men are "likely to commit child molestation." Punches were thrown and David was arrested. Now, L.A. County authorities are deciding how to proceed.
Mayoral hopeful Huang takes donation from Twitch streamer suspended for antisemitic comments
Michael Beyer was suspended from Twitch in 2025 after comments surfaced in which he referred to Jewish identity as a 'demonic ethnicity.' Beyer has since said he misspoke and abhors antisemitism.
'A bit of a morbid story': Salvaging the bicycles patients left behind at L.A. County General
At the shuttered LA County General Hospital, a bike mechanic toils in the basement to salvage some of the hundreds of bicycles left behind by patients.
Your guide to the California Congressional District 45 race: Derek Tran faces five challengers
California Congressional District 45 race: Democrat Derek Tran, who won by just over 600 votes in 2024, faces five Republican challengers to represent this Orange County district.
Your guide to the L.A. County District 3 supervisor's race: Lindsey Horvath faces three challengers
Supervisor Lindsey Horvath was a West Hollywood city councilmember when she first ran in 2022 in a six-person primary and is now the political veteran in a race that features three newcomers.
Your guide to the California secretary of state race: Democrat Shirley Weber vs. Republican Don Wagner
Democrat Shirley Weber, the incumbent, faces Republican Don Wagner in the race for California secretary of state. Here is your election guide.
Your guide to the California Congressional District 48 race: a battleground that could reshape Congress
California's 48th District flipped from Republican stronghold to Democratic-leaning territory after redistricting, setting up a race that could determine control of Congress and challenge President Trump.
Your guide to the California state schools superintendent race: wide-open race to replace Tony Thurmond
The California state schools superintendent race is wide-open. Ten candidates are competing to succeed two-term incumbent Tony Thurmond.
House approves bill to fund DHS, ending record-long partial shutdown
The bill funds all DHS agencies except immigration enforcement operations.
Long DACA renewal wait times leave some 'Dreamers' without status, fearing detainment
Renewal wait times for the Obama-era program that allows people who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the country and work have increased dramatically in the past year
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