Barbara Lee announces bid for Oakland mayor as city looks to rise from crisis
Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for over two decades, announced plans to run…
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What’s in a name? Gulf of America Mexican America
Mexico's president pokes fun at Trump's suggestion to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of…
‘They just got my uncle’: Immigration arrests spark fear among farmworkers in Central Valley
Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.…
Column: Trump wants to grab control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal. He’s already bungled it
Trump wants to take Greenland from Denmark, make Canada the 51st state and retake the Panama Canal, threats reflecting his…
Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block climate lawsuits filed by California, other blue states
Supreme Court will not block California's suit against big oil companies for damage from climate change. ...
Column: ‘Are you OK?’ Thank you for asking about us in fire-ravaged L.A.
If you live in Southern California, you're getting the messages via text, email, IMs, chats and every other way imaginable:…
Opinion: Why Israel can’t just ‘cut the head off’ of Hamas or Hezbollah
These groups are organic and homegrown, unlike the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, which have relied heavily on fighters from…
‘This is your Hurricane Katrina’: Assessing the long road ahead for L.A.
Craig Fugate, who led the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Obama administration, has seen a lot of natural disasters.…
Calmes: Merrick Garland’s integrity saved the DOJ only to doom it again
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland's uprightness rescued the Department of Justice from Donald Trump's grip. But then he handed it over…