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A teacher leads a child past a row of nearly empty hooks for backpacks outside a classroom at Perkins K-8 School Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

California can’t hide students’ gender identity in ‘historic’ legal win for parental rights

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A plastic shopping bag liters the roadside in Sacramento, Calif, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California lawsuit says makers of plastic bags lied about products being recyclable

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press

FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference on April 16, 2025, in Ceres, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California asks court to give state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile halls

By Christopher Weber - Associated Press

FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta takes questions from the media as he announces charges made against suspects involved in an organized retail crime ring during a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Catholic hospital in California illegally denied emergency abortion, state attorney general says

By Janie Har - Associated Press

FILE - An ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

California sues ExxonMobil and says it lied about plastics recycling

By Janie Har - Associated Press

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, right, fields questions during a press conference Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. California's attorney general sued a Southern California school district Monday over its recently adopted policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California sues to halt Chino schools from notifying parents about children’s gender changes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters opposing vaccine mandates gather at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Two vaccine-related bills failed to advance in the final week of the state legislative session. But the rally's organizers said they wanted to let lawmakers know many people opposed those bills in case they tried to bring them back next year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

Pro-life group says vaccine protest curbs too broad in California

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2021, file photo, California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks in Sacramento, Calif. California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state attorney general announced Monday, June 28, 2021. Bonta added Florida, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia to a list that now has 17 states where state employee travel is restricted. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool, File)

California slaps travel ban on Florida, 4 other states

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert pauses during an interview in her office in Sacramento, Calif. Schubert, the prosecutor best known for pushing to unmask the mysterious Golden State Killer, is running for state attorney general. Schubert announced Monday, April 26, 2021, that she will challenge Attorney General Rob Bonta in next year’s campaign. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

‘Golden State Killer’ DA seeks to unseat attorney general

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2021, file photo, California Assemblyman Rob Bonta speaks shortly after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination for state's attorney general in San Francisco. California lawmakers on Thursday, April 22, 2021, approved the state's first Filipino American to hold the top law enforcement job in the nation's most populous state, saying the progressive Democrat is taking office during a critical debate over racial justice and the changing role of police. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California OKs 1st Filipino American as attorney general

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2021, file photo, California Assemblyman Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference shortly after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination for state's attorney general in San Francisco. California's nominee for state attorney general on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, promised to hold police accountable for misconduct, as lawmakers offered veiled criticism of his predecessor who is now in the Biden administration. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California AG nominee promises action on police misconduct

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Aminta Alvarado, left, Mullissa Willette, center, and Assembly member Rob Bonta, right, pose for a photo before a rally for &quot;Yes on 25&quot;, a ballot proposition to eliminate the cash bail system in the state on Oct. 13, 2020, in San Francisco. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has nominated Rob Bonta to be the state's next attorney general. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Farmworkers fight shaped California attorney general nominee

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2018, file photo, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Bonta was named California's next attorney general by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California governor chooses progressive lawmaker as top cop

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, discusses his proposed measure to make it easier for people with marijuana convictions to erase or reduce their records, during a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Bonta's bill would require county courts to automatically expunge or reduce eligible records, rather than requiring people to initiate the process themselves. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California bill would ease erasure of pot convictions

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

California lawmaker pulls bill on Cold War-era communist ban

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

Assembly to tackle teacher pension fund shortfall

By JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press