Politics

The Golden 1 Center, seen in March, is home to the Sacramento Kings. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Less than half a mile from the California Capitol, the Sacramento Kings play basketball in a solar-powered arena that the team’s owner says has helped make the Kings “the most sustainable franchise in all of sports.” … Read more

Former President Trump, onstage with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders after she introduced him at a town hall event in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press) My husband and I have three children. This makes us many things: Proud, exhausted, delighted, occasionally irritated, perpetually anxious, often overwhelmed by love and strangely aware … Read more

1 Two Democrats are vying to succeed incumbent Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), who did not seek reelection. Santiago instead ran for the Los Angeles City Council but lost in the primary. Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair Mark Gonzalez will face John Yi, executive director of Los Angeles Walks, a pedestrian advocacy group. 2 … Read more

JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally in August. (Chris Szagola / Associated Press) Hello, and happy Thursday. There are 46 days until the election, and today we are visiting Haitia, where JD Vance apparently thinks Haitians are from. I hear it’s a mermaid mile from Atlantis, and lovely in spring. While it would be … Read more

Will Gov. Newsom’s gasoline storage plan really prevent price spikes at the pump? If you drive a car or pickup truck in California, you care about the price of gasoline — especially if it spikes toward $7 a gallon, as it did in September 2022. Perhaps you’ve heard that Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a … Read more

The internal civil war in the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas An American flag hung on the side of a barn and a country song about a working man played at Warren’s Backyard, a music venue, where on a searing summer evening, the Hood County Republicans met for an open bar and … Read more

The blended, multiracial family behind Kamala Harris. It’s not so unusual As Vice President Kamala Harris has campaigned for president, she has been cheered on by what her husband called their “big, beautiful, blended family.” And when Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, bounded on stage to join Harris at the Democratic National Convention, … Read more

Column: This bellwether county picked 11 straight presidential winners. Here’s how it views Trump vs. Harris In a far corner of the continental U.S., amid the salty air and green-carpeted mountains of the Pacific Northwest, lies a unique place with an unparalleled record of political precision. Clallam County, Wash., which takes its name from its Indigenous … Read more

(Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times) While the Golden State’s Democratic leanings in the presidential contest are well known, California is home to several swing districts that make the state critical this year in determining which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. Additionally, voters will elect a new U.S. senator, decide several ballot measures … Read more

Amy Jordan sweeps broken glass outside her boutique, Slone Vintage, after it was hit by smash-and-grab burglars in Burbank in 2021. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders vehemently oppose an anti-retail theft measure on the November ballot. But they’re being ignored by California voters who support the proposal … Read more