I’m Russ Mitchell, climate and transportation reporter, filling in for Sammy Roth this week. He’s out reporting, and taking Thanksgiving Day off. Look for the next Boiling Point on Dec. 3. Regular readers of Boiling Point know my opinion of the electric vehicle public charging network that runs up and down Interstate 5: Unreliable. Frustrating. … Read more
Could Tuesday’s winner be history’s loser? If so, the Democrat’s bitter debate about the future may be unwarranted. The party came out of this year’s presidential election defeat with a plausible explanation–Michael S. Dukakis–and some grounds for optimism: the partial erosion of the GOP presidential coalition, simultaneous Democratic gains in Congress and vivid weakness in … Read more
Maggy Krell, center, arrives in Reno with a few busloads of volunteers in October. (Scott Sady / For The Times) Weeks before election day, more than 150 volunteers boarded early morning buses in Sacramento and traveled east, through the towering mountains of the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and across the Nevada border to convince voters to … Read more
Marchers turn out in downtown Los Angeles in 2006 to protest a House-passed immigration bill that opponents say would criminalize millions of immigrant families. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Donald Trump won’t be sworn in as our 47th president for two more months, but he’s already pleasing his base in one way: Undocumented immigrants … Read more
President Biden pardons Peach on Monday at the White House. He was joined by John Zimmerman, chair of the National Turkey Federation, and his son Grant. The tradition dates back to 1947. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Hi, and happy Tuesday. There are 55 days until President-elect Trump is sworn back into office, and there … Read more
Joan Larsen, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaks at his memorial service in 2016. (Getty Images) The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016 initially seemed to end hopes conservatives had for overturning Roe vs. Wade. He had been the court’s most outspoken opponent of the right to abortion … Read more
Mayor Lionel Wilson, a fixture in this city’s politics for three decades, was fighting off a nasty cold as he took his campaign for reelection to a hall filled with real estate agents recently. In past years, Wilson could have stayed home to nurse his ailment. He long ago endeared himself to Oakland business leaders … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of plotting … Read more
About 3,400 California workers are being paid 20 to 80 cents an hour to make dozens of products ranging from jeans to office furniture. The low pay isn’t so bad considering that each worker also receives free room and board, free clothing, free recreation and other services costing taxpayers $14,000 a year. Besides that, the … Read more
Gov. Jerry Brown reviews legislation with his wife, Anne Gust Brown, second from left and staffers Camille Wagner, left, Graciela Castillo-Krings at his Capitol office on Sunday. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) California’s Legislature revved into high gear when it came to writing laws in 2018, sending the most bills to the governor’s desk in … Read more
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