Former Rep. Katie Porter conceded the California governor's race Tuesday night after polls closed, acknowledging she would not advance to the general election. Porter, who placed fifth in early return…
California faces a looming health care crisis as federal cuts from HR 1 threaten to eliminate $7 billion in annual Medicaid funding, impacting 15 million Medi-Cal recipients. State leaders warn the ca…
Incumbent John Garamendi led the District 8 congressional primary with 54% of the vote Tuesday, outpacing Republican Ruby Recile at 29% and two other Democrats. The race is the first election in the n…
Incumbent Rep. Lateefah Simon holds a commanding 80.9% lead over challenger Jamie Joyce, who has 18.9% of the vote, with 7.6% of registered voters reported as of Tuesday night in California's Congress…
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen held a commanding 60.1% to 39.8% lead over challenger Daniel Chung in Tuesday's primary election, positioning him to secure a fifth term without a Novem…
State Sen. Aisha Wahab took an early lead Tuesday in the primary election to permanently replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations. Early returns…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta secured a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Michael Gates in Tuesday's primary, with 54.1% of the vote to Gates' 41.4% based on early returns. The race…
Two Democrats, former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim and State Sen. Ben Allen, led the primary race for California insurance commissioner with 24% and 20% of reported votes, respectively, according…
Early results Tuesday night show Contra Costa County's Measure A, which would extend an anti-sprawl urban limit line policy through 2051, receiving 68.94% voter approval. The measure, first enacted in…
Early results show Richmond Councilmember Claudia Jimenez leading the mayoral race with 34% of the vote, followed by political scion Ahmad Anderson at 29.37%, as five candidates compete to succeed inc…
Democratic state Treasurer Fiona Ma and Republican former state Sen. Gloria Romero led early returns Tuesday night in California's lieutenant governor race, with Ma at 20.2% and Romero at 19% of the v…
Former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Fox News host Steve Hilton and billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer led early returns in the California governor’s race on election night, signalin…
Former police officer and licensed family therapist Genny Altwer led the initial primary vote count Tuesday night in the race for San Jose's open District 9 City Council seat, followed by a tight pack…
Longshot Space Technologies is developing a compressed gas cannon at Alameda Point that the company says could dramatically reduce the cost of launching cargo into space. The system, which uses 40-foo…
A 53-year East Bay resident is calling on officials to reject plans to convert the closed Dublin federal women’s prison into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. The resident arg…
Parents of transgender children who received care at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the hospital from complying with a U.S. Department of Justice…
A federal judge sanctioned Silicon Valley lawyers for misconduct in a biotech case, awarding $3 million after finding "a culture of lawyering that is deeply disturbing." The judge's action highlights …
Former North Salinas High sprinter Clara Adams has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California Interscholastic Federation after the organization stripped her of her 2025 state 400-mete…
California's 2026 primary election for governor lacks a marquee candidate after former Vice President Kamala Harris declined to run, leaving a wide-open field to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Police identified Janelle Margaret Benson Weispfenning, 50, of Livermore, as the motorcyclist killed after she allegedly ran a red light and collided with a Tesla sedan driven by an 87-year-old woman …