The political action committee set up by billionaires angry about the proposed wealth tax in California has raised $91 million in the last seven weeks from wealthy individuals.

OPINION: Appearing deferential now, when it costs him little, enables Newsom to show Black voters in particular that he paid his respects, even if Harris runs, Joe Garofoli writes.

OPINION: Some Democrats’ embrace of Graham Platner and Lindsey Graham underscore an important lesson many politicians never seem to learn: You don’t have to weigh in.

OPINION: The viral video from San Francisco’s Trans March offered a weapon not to progressives but to conservatives now wielding a familiar cudgel.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told President Trump in a letter on Friday that she was stepping down to support her husband after his diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer.

The California Republican Party says a Republican lawmaker has engaged in a “brazen and unlawful campaign to deceive California voters.”

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called Chan “the leader best prepared to carry forward the fight for San Francisco in the Congress of the United States,” according to a preview of a video...

Eric Swalwell’s exit has led some candidates to reshape their pitches in ways that were visible in Wednesday night’s debate.

The latest assessments of the California governor’s race are a huge silver lining for Democrats after the party’s leading candidate, former Rep. Eric Swalwell, exited the race in scandal.

Being too reliant on one charismatic leader is why contemporary social movements often prefer to be leaderless or to decentralize power, political columnist Joe Garofoli writes.

More than two-thirds of the billionaires who’ve donated to a candidate in the California governor’s race put their money behind one person.

March 18, 2026

The president appears oblivious to the feelings of those viscerally affected by the war. And now he may be moving on to a new conflict.

The California Democratic Party is spending “multiple six figures” on polling in an attempt to publicly shame lower-ranking candidates to bow out of the governor’s race.

Crashes on e-bikes and illegal “e-motos” are causing alarm across the Bay Area. “They think they’re buying an e-bike when they’re not.”

California’s governor race took a bizarre turn when progressive supporters of Tom Steyer, the race’s lone billionaire, ripped San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan for being supported by too many...

In running for governor, Tom Steyer’s gambit is that Californians believe a billionaire can be a savior — a real populist who actually can help working people.

Trump was humiliated Sunday, and because he is a sore loser, that humiliation could have real consequences for the blue states and vulnerable populations he decides to target next.

Trump was humiliated Sunday, and because he is a sore loser, that humiliation could have real consequences for the blue states and vulnerable populations he decides to target next.

Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

Teamsters California, with 250,000 members statewide, becomes the largest union to back the proposed November ballot measure to enact a onetime billionaires tax.

Delegates overwhelmingly supported him over his top Democratic rivals in an online vote over the weekend.

Unions in San Francisco are not united behind the soak-the-rich proposals being floated as solutions to backfill federal budget cuts, columnist Joe Garofoli writes.

Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, who inspired generations of fans, was celebrated by music lovers from around the world during a public memorial Saturday in San Francisco.

The explosive debate over a proposed billionaire tax largely hinges on one question: would they really leave California, as many have threatened?

A Trump appointee and nemesis of Gov. Gavin Newsom who has sued the state over housing, immigration and election law — mostly unsuccessfully —  wants to be California’s attorney general.

As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.

The race to succeed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is shaping up to be a battle largely over style and approach.

As 2026 approaches, many Democrats are still wrestling with which kinds of candidates to recruit and how to focus their message.

President Trump framed the rescheduling as a way to research whether cannabis can provide pain relief to seniors battling debilitating illnesses.

“Suburban Fury” explores the 1975 assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford in San Francisco. The Chronicle’s Joe Garofoli will host a Q&A with the filmmaker of the documentary.

OPINION: There’s a reason that 31% of Californians are undecided about whom to support for governor in 2026, columnist Joe Garofoli writes.

OPINION: Gov. Gavin Newsom often brags about California’s diversity. But his latest remarks sound like a slap at the proudly non-normal state he’s led for seven years, Joe Garofoli writes.

The flights, this past March, have become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation strategy, and his administration’s pattern of apparently defying court orders.