California voters rejected Proposition 40, a proposal to implement a one-time 5 percent wealth tax on billionaires

Voters appear to be handing a major victory to the Democrat-led San Diego County Board of Supervisors, as early election returns show leads for two ballot measures to rewrite the county’s charter and raise the countywide sales tax rate.

Chad Bianco betrayed public trust by seizing ballots in hopes of winning Trump's endorsement. Riverside County was right to say Bianco should pony up for his legal bills.

Wahab, the first Afghan American elected to Congress, previously served in the California state Senate and on the Hayward City Council.

Prop. 45 would have imposed deadlines on both agencies and judges to work through permits under the California Environmental Quality Act

Three people were killed early Saturday after a pursuit came to an end in a crash in Baldwin Park, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash was reported at about 4:10 a.m. on the 10 Freeway near Francisquito Avenue after beginning near Azusa Avenue, CHP said. Details on what started the pursuit were not immediately disclosed. The driver of the pursuit vehicle tried to exit at Francisquito Avenue, but for reasons still under investigation,...

Jane Kim has declared victory in the race for California’s insurance commissioner, defeating legislator Ben Allen, who represented the Pacific Palisades community devastated by the January 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved to dismiss its own lawsuit that sought to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots it alleged went to noncitizens until their immigration status could be verified. The request to dismiss the case comes days after Republicans’ significant losses in the midterm elections and about a week before a scheduled hearing where a special master was slated to evaluate the accuracy of the list....

Wiener defeated Democrat Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor. He will step into the seat held by former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who endorsed Chan.

Andrea Nakano reports.