On Super Tuesday, voters in Northern California’s Shasta County weighed in on the fate of a far-right official who promoted conspiracy theories that elections were rigged and backed a controversial effort to abolish voting machines and pursue a hand-counting system. But two weeks after the election, the recall remains too close to happen, with Shasta… Read More »
No one won the Mega Millions jackpot on Friday night, so according to the Mega Millions website, it will increase to an estimated $875 million with a cash option of $413.5 million. The jackpot remains the sixth largest Mega Millions ever and will be the tenth largest in U.S. lottery history (see lists below). One… Read More »
More than a quarter of homeless Californians are black, nearly four times the state’s black population, according to a report detailing the minority homelessness crisis. The February report “Toward Equity: Understanding Black Californians’ Experiences of Homelessness” from the University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative lays out the systemic causes that have… Read More »
There is only one proposal on the ballot for California’s March 5 primary, but it’s a $6.4 billion question. Proposal 1 asks voters whether to approve billions in funding to build new inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment centers, and housing options for veterans and the homeless. But that’s not all Prop.… Read More »
Rep. Katie Porter, famous among Democrats for grilling powerful corporate barons and right-wing ideologues testifying before Congress, is at serious risk of falling short in Tuesday’s California primary, which would end her bid to win the Senate. the late Dianne Feinstein. seat at the general election in the autumn. Along with a once-formidable campaign account… Read More »
The Mega Millions jackpot is now the eighth largest ever! No one won it all on Tuesday, so the jackpot will rise to $607 million for Friday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. Friday’s cash option is $286.9 million. Friday’s jackpot will not only be No. 8 on the Mega Millions jackpot list,… Read More »
State Senator Susan Rubio has a powerful position in Sacramento. As chairman of the Insurance Committee, the Baldwin Park Democrat can help pass or repeal legislation that affects that industry. Because of a law designed to prevent corruption, Rubio cannot accept campaign donations from insurance lobbyists — or any other lobbyists — as she raises… Read More »
LOS ANGELES – A wave of heavy rain has accelerated landslides and contributed to damaging coastal erosion in California, leaving multimillion-dollar homes on the edge of cliffs, falling a hundred feet of palm trees into the surf and forcing the closure of a historic chapel . The state is now drying out, but the effects… Read More »
Americans who test positive for the coronavirus will no longer be required to routinely stay home from work and school for five days under new guidelines planned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency is relaxing its Covid isolation recommendations for the first time since 2021 to bring it in line with… Read More »
California advocacy groups have already spent more than $1 million to back candidates in the crowded 6th District Assembly race, a contest that has been wide open since former incumbent Kevin McCarty chose to run for mayor of Sacramento. The top two vote-getters from the March 5 primary will advance to the November general election.… Read More »