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People march during a demonstration to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2026. Photo by Caroline Brehman, AP Photo

California Democrats slammed President Donald Trump over the weekend following his decision to launch a military attack on Iran on Saturday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said that Trump’s explanations for the...


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Guest Commentary written by

Jenn Carson

Jenn Carson is a violence prevention specialist, former school counselor and suicide hotline manager 

David Allen Funston is serving three life sentences for sexually assaulting multiple children he lured into his car with candy in Sacramento County. Under California’s Elder Lifer Parole law,


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Guest Commentary written by

Evelyn Iritani

Evelyn Iritani is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

The Trump administration boasts that its war on immigrants, which has included threats of imprisonment and incentives to “self-deport,” has led 1.9 million people to “voluntarily” leave the country or “remigrate” in the past year. But these ...


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California is battling measles outbreaks across seven counties as federal funding cuts gut local health departments and vaccine skepticism fuels spread among unvaccinated children.

When a possible measles case is identified in California, a phone rings at the local health departm...


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California’s gas is so radioactive, even a bill to study alternatives is fraught. Rural officials are frustrated over the partisan fight because their local industries depend on well-maintained roads.

For more than a month, Republican lawmakers in California have blasted a legisl...


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