Politics

Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved five anti-crime measures this month, including two on Saturday. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed five more anti-crime bills sent to his desk by California lawmakers this month, enacting mostly modest increases in punishment and departing from a more liberal approach by state Democratic leaders in years … Read more

Farmworkers weed a tomato field in 2020. (Max Whittaker / For The Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. SB 1299 would have changed the burden of proof in workers’ compensation claims when a farmworker develops a … Read more

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Nov. 6 in Wilmington, Del. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) President-elect Joe Biden’s winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records. Biden has already set a record for the highest number of votes for … Read more

Brian Williams, shown taping his show, “The 11th Hour With Brian Williams,” in New York in 2018. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times) Former NBC News star Brian Williams is finalizing a deal to anchor live coverage of the presidential election results for Amazon’s Prime Video, in the streamer’s first attempt at live news coverage, according to … Read more

Mitt Romney took in $6 million Saturday night at a Beverly Hills fundraiser, he said, as his backers tried to quell concern about the rocky road the Republican nominee has faced in his presidential bid in recent days. Tom Tellefsen, a major bundler and chairman of the candidate’s California Finance Committee, tried to reassure donors … Read more

Canyon Lake Middle School, where 12-year-old Yahushua Robinson died during a heatwave in August 2023. (KTLA) When 12-year-old Yahushua Robinson died while running during a P.E. class in triple-digit temperatures, his mother could not help but feel like the tragedy was preventable. Now, a little more than a year later, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed … Read more

A bill aimed at putting the brakes on home foreclosures in California was approved Monday by the state Senate, ending a months-long partisan stalemate. Under the legislation, a lender would have to try at least three times to contact a borrower in person or by telephone 30 days before sending a notice of default. When … Read more

In a ‘purple’ California district, a GOP congressman fights to defend a seat he won by 564 votes On a scorching summer day in Fresno County, Rep. John Duarte (R-Modesto) stood in the shade of Axel Gomez’s yard, making his pitch for a second term. As Gomez’s representative in Congress, Duarte said, he had partnered … Read more

Exxon Mobil says advanced recycling is the answer to plastic waste. But is it really? When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded the company’s marketing of a process called “advanced recycling.” … Read more

In postwar California, the Red Light Bandit pricked a governor’s conscience By the time 38-year-old Caryl Chessman was executed on the morning of May 2, 1960, he had been on California’s death row for 12 years. His brooding, rough-hewn features were recognizable worldwide, his name a rallying cry from South America to the Vatican. He … Read more