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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss security threats 20 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) WX389 WX389

September 27, 2021 at 12:35 pm

Californians will vote multiple times in 2022 for the same U.S. Senate seat

Concerns over the constitutionality of California’s law on vacant seats in the U.S. Senate will result in a potentially confusing one-time solution next year: side-by-side...

March 15, 2021 at 7:37 pm

California Gov. Newsom won’t ‘take this recall attempt lying down’ as Democrats launch defense

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom lashed out Monday at the effort by critics to remove him from office, calling it a “Republican recall” fueled...

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FILE – In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra has sued the state Republican Party and wants to know the names and contact information of every voter who has put a ballot in one of the Republican Party’s unofficial ballot drop boxes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) LA220 LA220

October 20, 2020 at 1:22 pm

California attorney general seeks to compel GOP cooperation in ballot boxes investigation

California on Tuesday sought a court order to force state Republican officials to turn over information about the party’s use of private drop boxes for...

October 12, 2020 at 2:00 pm

California election officials say GOP’s unofficial ballot drop boxes are prohibited

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California elections officials on Monday demanded Republican campaign officials stop using private ballot collection containers marked as “official” drop-boxes, saying that the...

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FILE – In this March 26, 2020, file photo, an indoors sitting bar is closed inside the Gelson’s Market in Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, June 28, 2020, ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in some parts of the state. The counties under the mandatory bar closure order are: Los Angeles, Fresno, San Joaquin, Kings, Kern, Imperial and Tulare. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) CADD420 CADD420

June 28, 2020 at 12:39 pm

Newsom orders bars closed in L.A. and six other California counties due to coronavirus spread

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Citing the rapid pace of coronavirus spread in some parts of the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered seven counties including...

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