Baseball star Steve Garvey raises $600,000 in California Senate race
He faces three formidable Democratic challengers: Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee. Garvey is highlighting his status as a political outsider, but all…
Cash payments not part of California’s 14 reparations bills
SACRAMENTO — The California Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday outlined the first set of reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the…
Tuesday’s Southern California high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Tuesday: BOYS Academia Avance 57, ESAT 35 Adelanto 67, Victor Valley…
Southern California girls’ high school basketball rankings
A look at the top 20 high school girls’ basketball rankings produced by Harold Abend of CalHiSports for The Times. Rank (last rank) school 1.…
Bipartisan support for California Prop. 1 on mental health
Gov. Gavin Newsom has an unusual ally in his Proposition 1 ballot measure to boost funding for mental health: an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and…
California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go
For years, Native American residents in Fresno County have campaigned to remove the word “squaw” from the name of an unincorporated town in the foothills…
Karen Bass faces a climate test as she chooses DWP’s next leader
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has just over a month to choose the city’s next clean-energy leader. With the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s…
Kamala Harris brings abortion rights tour to San Jose
SAN JOSE — Vice President Kamala Harris brought her abortion rights tour to California on Monday, elevating the issue in a left-leaning state as Democrats nationwide…
Tribal leaders say California’s Feather Alert has problems
SACRAMENTO — When Yurok tribal member Danielle Ipiña-Vigil disappeared in San Francisco last summer, her family requested that state police issue a Feather Alert — an…
10 beloved trees in Los Angeles
Matthew Teutimez, a biologist and member of the Kizh Kitc Gabrieleños tribe, explained to me why it is that sycamores are so special, “a particularly…
Top Southern California high school basketball prospects
St. John Bosco standout Brandon McCoy is among the players to watch in the upcoming years. (Nick Koza) Brandon McCoy, 6-4 PG, St. John Bosco:…
The first female VP is from California. Could she help elect the state’s first woman governor?
SACRAMENTO — It’s too soon to know whether California’s next governor will be a woman, with the race still two years away. But Vice President Kamala…
California board approves EV charging plan despite complaints
After ripping into Electrify America’s latest public EV charger spending plan for its perceived inadequacies, members of the California Air Resources Board approved it unanimously.…
Farmworker’s son and dairy farmer face off in California election
BAKERSFIELD — As a teenager, David Valadao had a long list of chores to do before school every day. He’d jump on his tractor, buck hay…
Cody’s Wish named horse of the year at 53rd Eclipse Awards
Horse racing’s feel-good story of the last two years reached its inevitable climax on Thursday night when Cody’s Wish was named horse of the year…
Rick Ridgeway, legendary adventurer, explains how to live wild
Shaking hands with legendary adventurer Rick Ridgeway outside his serene Ojai home, I felt like I was meeting Indiana Jones — a comparison made by…
The lithium revolution has arrived at California’s Salton Sea
I’m finally convinced: California’s Imperial Valley will be a major player in the clean energy transition. After a dozen years of engineering, permitting and financing,…
Column: Steve Garvey won California’s U.S. Senate debate
SACRAMENTO — Donald Trump’s strong victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary Tuesday probably hurt fellow Republican Steve Garvey in California’s U.S. Senate race. I’ll explain…
Biden officials privately resisted University of California plans to hire undocumented students
“I just want to do the right thing,” said UC Regent José Hernández, a former astronaut who supports the measure. “It’s about making sure that…
Southern California girls’ high school basketball rankings
A look at the top 20 high school girls’ basketball rankings produced by Harold Abend of CalHiSports for The Times. Rank (last rank) school 1.…