California officials say next month’s elections will probably be fine — and that they’re also prepared for an authoritarian assault.

In what amounts to a laser-focused rebuke to a Republican sheriff who has dismissed concerns about deaths inside his jails, California has stripped Sheriff Chad Bianco of his duties as coroner.

Republican-led states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to obliterate California’s abortion shield laws, potentially setting up a high-stakes showdown over the remaining right to access abortion.

A nurse treated Bay Area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump administration made her disappear.

A nurse treated Bay Area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump administration made her disappear.

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

Riverside County natives Clarissa Cervantes, a council member, and Sabrina Cervantes, a state senator, are using the judicial and legislative branches to restrain Sheriff Chad Bianco.

On the eve of the California primary, a Q&A with Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco

State Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Hayward, faced an $8 million onslaught traced to AIPAC and fierce pushback from moderate Democrats. The progressive senator’s supporters say it fueled her.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli promised election fraud prosecutions after California’s June primary. So far, he’s delivered nothing and won’t say why.