Candidates fight Trump's big lie at local level
For weeks, Joy Banks felt as if she — or at least her rights as a voter and a citizen…
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Letters to the editor: What Homer's 'Iliad' can tell us about a United States on the brink
Our critic Charles McNulty found wisdom in the classics amid election troubles. Here's what our readers think.
Opinion: Will Joe Biden put duty to country first?
“I hope Joe Biden runs for president.” That was the headline of a column I wrote in March 2019. I…
Oakland Mayor Gives Fiery Speech After FBI Raid on Her Home
In a tearful speech, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao pleaded not guilty Monday, speaking for the first time since federal authorities…
Federal Agents Raid Home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
OAKLAND— FBI agents carried out search warrants early Thursday at the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the home…
It's official: Temecula school board president Joseph Komrosky loses his recall
A conservative Temecula public school board president whose advocacy for race and gender policies thrust the district into the national…
Los Angeles forms a commission to study the expansion of city hall and other changes
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to create a new citizens commission to discuss expanding the size of the…
Why extreme heat should influence your vote in November
To the editor: He recently published two related stories about climate change. The first was about how serious global warming…
Editorial: California Voters Still Can't Get Rid of Racist Anti-Housing Policy
This was supposed to be the year California voters would get the chance to right a historic wrong by repealing…
Most California Republicans in competitive congressional races are silent on Trump's condemnation.
Most Republican congressional candidates in California's most competitive districts reacted to the news of former President Trump's historic criminal conviction…