California’s new teen social media law challenged in court by Meta, TikTok and Google
California’s ban on addictive social media features for kids takes effect in January. Now Big Tech is trying to stop it in federal court.
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Will Newsom’s death penalty commutations stick?
Gavin Newsom reminded everyone that he’s still the governor on Thursday when he handed down a historic commutation of every California death sentence. We have more on that below. It was a big day in Los Angeles, too, where the city ousted Mayor Karen Bass and elected democratic socialist Nithya Raman. Come along with us […]
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Distant polls, spotty mail obstruct Native American voting 6 years after law meant to help them
Advocates say distant polling places and unreliable mail still keep Native Americans in California from voting, and the state panel meant to help has never met.
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California’s congressional gerrymander worked. What happens after the next census?
The next census will prompt a redrawing of districts. Democrats will want to keep as many seats as they can, likely by using gerrymandered maps.
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Court rules against California’s first carbon capture project, a key piece of state climate plans
A Kern County judge ruled that approval of California’s first operating carbon capture and storage project — a technology the state is counting on to meet its climate goals — violated state environmental law and must be set aside. Judge Marcos Camacho found that environmental review of California Resources Corp.’s TerraVault project, which Kern County […]
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California tiene un punto problemático en el recuento de votos. Es el condado supervisado por un negacionista de las elecciones
El único condado de California que tiene problemas para contar las papeletas es Shasta, cuya oficina electoral está dirigida por Clint Curtis, uno de los negacionistas de las elecciones de Trump.
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What Gavin Newsom’s commutations mean for the death penalty in the U.S.
If approved by the California Supreme Court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.
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Mayor-elect Nithya Raman inherits a Los Angeles full of promise and burdened by challenges
Nithya Raman positioned herself as an outsider to mainstream Los Angeles politics. The mayor-elect will quickly face an array of significant challenges.
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Gavin Newsom seeks to clear death row, commutes sentences for hundreds of prisoners
Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted death sentences for 548 state prisoners, saying "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values." Victims rights advocates criticized his decision.
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How did California’s gerrymander work out? Better than Texas’
To win control of the U.S. House, Democrats needed to secure at least 218 seats. By Wednesday night, the party won at least 240 — picking up more than two dozen additional seats, and flipping the Senate too. A year ago Democrats were far less confident they could pull off the blue wave. Back then, […]
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