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California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California gubernatorial debate nixed after White-only lineup invites questions over criteria, bias

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

California sues Trump to keep shut oil pipeline on Santa Barbara coast

By Alejandro Lazo/CalMatters - Associated Press

Blue states lose billions in tax revenue as residents leave Illustration generated by ChatGPT for The Washington Times

Blue states lose billions in revenue as Americans head for lower taxes

By Cal Thomas

Then-California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

Does California’s race for governor finally have a leader? Swalwell sees attacks from left and right

By Michael R. Blood and Sophie Austin - Associated Press

FILE - United Farm Workers members march along River Road from Walnut Grove, Calif. to Elk Grove, Calif. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (Jessica Christian /San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

UFW advocates for farmworkers, but represents fewer now than during Chavez’s era

By Amy Taxin - Associated Press

FILE - Federal agents look on as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker, File)

States seek to unmask federal immigration agents — and their own police

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

A sign warns hikers of trail closures due to extreme heat at Camelback Mountain on Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble)

Record Southwest heat continues after California community ties all-time March high

By Gregory Bull and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

A black bear walks along a rocky bank of the Klamath River, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Humboldt County, Calif. FILE PHOTO (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Mother bear euthanized near Los Angeles despite neighbors pushing for relocation

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez talks to striking Salinas Valley farmworkers during a large rally in Salinas, Calif., on March 7, 1979. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Cesar Chavez Day events renamed, postponed or canceled after sexual abuse allegations

By Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez is shown at an anti-apartheid rally in St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 26, 1985. (AP Photo/Charlie Krupa) **FILE**

Left turns on Cesar Chavez after horrific allegations of rape, sexual abuse

By Stephen Dinan and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this photo made with a long exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens onboard, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

SpaceX crosses 10,000-satellite threshold, owning two-thirds of all active satellites in orbit

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

A worker removes oil from sand at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., on May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File, File)

U.S. energy secretary directs oil company to restore operations off California

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Tesla electric vehicles are charged at a station in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Justice Dept. sues California over zero-emission vehicle targets

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Flags wave on the roof of the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia’s new congressional map would be country’s most extreme gerrymander

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference at Belvedere Middle School in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

California governor says no imminent threat despite warning about possible Iran drone attack

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