Tech billionaires help bankroll Trump’s inauguration. What to know
Tech executives, attempting to ease tensions with President-elect Donald Trump, are opening up their wallets after the former president staged a historic return to the…
Coronavirus crisis threatens to shutter doctors’ offices
WASHINGTON — As hospitals in California and across the country struggle with a surge of coronavirus infection patients, a second crisis is brewing in physicians’ offices,…
Catholic charities may not have to pay state unemployment taxes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court voted Friday to hear a potentially far-reaching claim of religious freedom and decide whether church-sponsored charities, programs and businesses may refuse…
Supreme Court to decide if California zero-emissions goal can be challenged
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge to California’s long-standing authority to set stricter emissions limits for new vehicles, including…
Showdown looms after judge sets hearing to close L.A. juvenile hall
One day after the L.A. County probation department refused a state oversight body’s order to shut down a long troubled youth facility, an L.A. County…
Justices Deny Patients’ Rights to Tissue Profits
SAN FRANCISCO — In a ruling widely awaited in the burgeoning field of biotechnology, the state Supreme Court held Monday that patients must be told if…
California Rep. Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after injury in Europe
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was admitted to a hospital for evaluation after she sustained an injury during an official engagement while…
Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott, who embraced Trump’s policies, is leaving job
CALEXICO, Calif. — The chief of the Border Patrol said Wednesday he was leaving his job after less than two years in a position that lies…
Read the full transcript of President Trump’s State of the Union speech
Feb. 5, 2019 7:30 PM PT Reporting from Washington — Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and…
Venice homeless housing development continues its limbo
The fate of a large proposed affordable-housing development along Venice’s famed canals remains murky this week after one regulatory decision cleared the way for final…
After losing reelection, San Francisco mayor says she leaves office ‘a winner’
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London Breed may have lost reelection, but after more than six years at the helm of one of America’s most iconic cities,…
Head of the FAA to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, who has led a tougher enforcement policy against Boeing since a panel blew off a jet in January,…
Ontario may bar U.S.-made alcohol if Trump hits Canada with tariffs
TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province may bar American-made alcohol in addition to restricting electricity exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota if President-elect Donald Trump…
Opinion: Christopher Wray just broke a prime rule of dealing with Donald Trump
For someone who played a tough-talking executive on TV — “You’re fired!” — Donald Trump sure goes out of his way to avoid such confrontations.…
FBI should have collected more intelligence before Capitol riot, watchdog says
WASHINGTON — The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report that also said no undercover FBI…
California lawmaker questioned in cannabis corruption investigation
Documents made public by the U.S. attorney’s office last week allege that a public official who fits the profile of state Sen. Susan Rubio was…
Water agency board member censured for racist remark
A board member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been censured for making a racist remark about an Arab American employee.The MWD…
Trump, named Time’s person of year, rings stock exchange opening bell
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time…
Trump invites China’s Xi to inauguration even as he threatens tariffs
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month — extending a diplomatic olive branch…
Column: Is it time for California’s Latino Legislative Caucus to let in Republicans?
Over the phone, Lena Gonzalez’s voice had the patient but proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending the damned.Her metaphorical client: The California Latino…