Inside the team pioneering California’s red flag law
There were four more requests for gun violence restraining orders on Jeff Brooker’s desk when he arrived at the San Diego City …
Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money
Sift through the campaign contributions to Robert Rivas, the Salinas Democrat angling to become the next speaker of the California Assembly, and …
California’s next cannabis battle may be coming to a city near you
Working regular overnight shifts has distorted Samantha Kadera’s sleep schedule, so the emergency room doctor smokes cannabis a few times a week …
‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 calls
The man sat silently on a cluster of boulders when the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office mobile crisis team pulled up. His phone, …
California cities rush to limit new law increasing density of single-family neighborhoods
Advocates of denser construction as a solution to California’s housing shortage scored a victory in September when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a …
Lobbyists weren’t eligible for Paycheck Protection money, but California firms got millions
Dozens of California lobbying firms received millions of dollars in emergency federal assistance meant for small businesses to ride out the coronavirus …
California rejected 6% of medical exemptions for school vaccinations this year, in hint of fight ahead
As California moves toward requiring all students to be inoculated against COVID-19, state officials have revoked more than 180 medical exemptions granted …
‘I don’t feel like it’s a loss’: Resignation and a glimmer of hope in California’s most pro-recall county
SAN ANDREAS, Calaveras County — For months, the Pickle Patch, a popular lunch spot in this small town in the Sierra foothills, …
The pandemic fueled the recall election. Now it may save Gavin Newsom
MODESTO — When Don Doud voted for Gavin Newsom to become California’s governor in 2018, he didn’t know much about the former …
‘Get worried’: Gavin Newsom’s supporters are trying to bridge an enthusiasm gap by pumping up the fear
The people who answered their doors knew about the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, but only with the vague awareness that …