Gavin Newsom hosts Tim Walz for a fundraiser at his Sacramento home
FAIR OAKS — With less than a month left before the Nov. 5 election, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told Sacramento political donors at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s…
2024 VP debate live updates: What to expect from Vance and Walz
JD Vance and Tim Walz meet Tuesday night in the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.Historically, the face-off between running mates…
Before Trump, Ford survived 2 assassination attempts in 3 weeks
Nine weeks after a gunman tried to kill Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the FBI said the former president appeared to be the target of another…
2024 presidential debate live updates: What to expect from Trump, Harris
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet tonight for the first — and perhaps only — debate of their closely fought presidential contest.The stakes are exceedingly…
Column: Hundreds mourn political giant Richard Alatorre
Even in death, Richard Alatorre looms large over Los Angeles, as I found out this morning on the way to his funeral. I got off…
Clippers 2024-25 schedule: First real home games versus Lakers set
Now that the Clippers have a home to call their own, they will no longer have to cover the championship banners featuring the other home…
Richard Alatorre, pioneering Eastside politician, dies at 81
It was a meeting of two of the most powerful men in Los Angeles — and there was no way Richard Alatorre would lose.Police Chief…
Antonio Villaraigosa explains why he’s running for California governor
You don’t interview Antonio Villaraigosa so much as you turn on an audio recorder, sit back and watch a show unfold.The anecdotes rushing out of…
California’s Chloe Cole makes career out of detransitioning
Wearing pigtails, a pleated skirt and a furry heart-shaped purse, Chloe Cole bounced up the steps of the California Capitol this spring, leaned into a…
A look inside the new state fair cannabis consumption lounge
SACRAMENTO — Last month, the California State Fair announced plans to allow cannabis to be sold and consumed on-site for the first time in its 170-year…
Newsom attacks ‘poisonous populism of the right’ in speech
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom took on California’s critics and lauded the state’s economic prowess and inclusive values in an unorthodox State of the State speech…
California Gov. Newsom is moving his family back to Marin County
Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom plan to move their family back to Marin County, a spokeswoman said Monday. Both Newsom and the…
Secret negotiations heat up over California budget and ballot
SACRAMENTO — With hundreds of thousands of Californians losing homeowners insurance as companies pull out of an increasingly tinder-dry state, political leaders in Sacramento have spent…
Column: Sacramento’s tax rebate giveaway is coming home to roost
SACRAMENTO — It’s budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be screwups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators are paying now for a huge…
California governor’s race should be decided on merit, not money
If you’re in California and happen to be near a TV, you might have seen a terribly concerned woman peering into the camera and discussing…
‘Sliving’ in Sacramento with Paris Hilton
SACRAMENTO — Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 202 days until the election and today we are #slivingforacause with Paris Hilton at the Capitol. For those…
Rep. Katie Porter said she’s open to running for public office again
Since Democratic Rep. Katie Porter launched her losing bid for Senate, an air of discontent has simmered quietly — and not so quietly — among…
What I learned from covering California’s homeless since 1980
In 1980, I reported on Sacramento’s “public inebriates.” Most of them, a few hundred in all, lived in flophouse hotels. But some slept “in the…
Lakers look to keep momentum going into last five games
“We’ll be ready to play, I promise you.” That was the prediction Lakers coach Darvin Ham made to the media following Friday morning’s practice in…
Athletics to play in Sacramento for three years starting in 2025
The Oakland Athletics have a farewell date: Sept. 29, 2024. After 57 years in Oakland, the team announced Thursday that it would move to Sacramento…