2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (902+ words) California lawmakers are expected to adopt a $356 billion state budget on this week Monday that would largely avoid or delay billions of dollars in social service cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed last month. Then, the (real) budget negotiations can begin....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (768+ words) This report has been updated to include the latest results of the ballot counting across California, as reported to the Secretary of State as of 6: 47pm, June 11. As the counting of ballots in the contentious primary battle for California governor moved…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (491+ words) A judge has sentenced the mother-daughter co-owners of a South San Jose in-home daycare to years in prison for the criminal negligence that led to the fatal drownings of two unattended toddlers in a backyard pool in October 2023. Another child…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (605+ words) A judge has sentenced a 36-year-old San Jose man to 25 years-to-life in prison for killing his infant daughter by striking her so hard in the head that her brain shifted in her skull. A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1064+ words) Why do so few California mayors become governor? He became the young, can-do "abundance" candidate from Silicon Valley. He was the potential unifying elixir for Democrats who just couldn't muster much enthusiasm for Xavier Becerra (too blah), Tom Steyer (too…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (687+ words) At noon today, California election officials reported that Democrat Xavier Becerra had doubled his margin over Republican Steve Hilton, and Hilton's lead over Democrat Tom Steyer for the all-important second spot on the ballot had been cut by about 10%. On…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1650+ words) For all the talk of a governor's race between two Republicans, or even two Democrats, it's looking like voters are in for a typical partisan matchup in November. In predictably Democratic California, there's no need for a political science degree…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (812+ words) Vote totals released this evening for the California governor's race left little doubt that Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra will meet in a runoff in November. The odds that Democrat Tom Steyer might make the runoff grow slimmer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (799+ words) An interrogation is a staple scene in TV cop shows, with a detective often telling a suspect that "we can do this the easy way or the hard way." That phrase pretty much described Democrat Xavier Becerra's situation going into…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (512+ words) Republican Steve Hilton led in the first count of California votes for governor, then returned to the top position about an hour later. As the evening progressed, with nearly half the precincts reporting, the Becerra-Hilton battle settled into a see-saw…...