4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (394+ words) As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to exit office in January, he faces mounting pressure over one of the most consequential and politically fraught decisions of his tenure: whether to commute the death sentences of more than 560 people currently on California’s…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1179+ words) Every November, Californians will elect someone who oversees one of the largest insurance markets in the world. Those responsibilities hit especially close to home for Californians as wildfire risk and other climate-driven disasters intensify. Seven of the state’s 10 most destructive…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (369+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants to blow up the California Department of Motor Vehicles entirely, and he made his case Tuesday outside a DMV office in West Hollywood, framing it as the next front in his campaign to lower…...

5+ day, 9+ min ago   (898+ words) California voters will head to the polls in November to decide who takes charge of one of the largest insurance markets on Earth — a decision with real consequences for household budgets across the Inland Empire and the rest of the…...

6+ day, 9+ min ago   (381+ words) California didn’t wait around. Joining forces with roughly two dozen other states, it filed suit to block the new rules and preserve its authority over how elections are run within its borders. Last week, a federal district court sided with…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (512+ words) HEMET — Public hearings and regular meetings that affect Hemet, San Jacinto, and Winchester are on the calendar through Sept. 22. This list uses city, district, and county notices and posted packets only. Hemet City Council, 6 p.m., Council Chamber, 450 E. Latham Ave....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) That delay is not the product of faulty machines or election fraud. It is the predictable outcome of policies that were never designed with speed in mind. The consequence is that a state of 23 million registered voters routinely waits weeks…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1002+ words) California’s Supreme Court justices signaled deep doubts Monday about the legal footing Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco relied on when his deputies seized more than 650,000 ballots from the county’s election office back in March. The ballots were seized as part…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1332+ words) Xavier Becerra says California needs to build more housing by cutting permit red tape and easing access to affordable-housing financing — but he won’t say how many new units he’d actually deliver as governor. On the question of economic inequality, he’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (652+ words) A phony political poll fooled reporters, campaign staffers and even the mayor’s own team last week, raising fresh alarms about how easily fabricated data can spread through the news cycle and potentially manipulate online betting markets tied to elections. There…...