California

Victims’ rights group honors Schiavo  

News release  The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, a coalition representing over 1,000 survivors, advocates, organizations and allied individuals, has honored  Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and Sen. Eloise Gomez

Leonard Jackson

SCV resident announces candidacy for governor 

News release   Local entrepreneur Leonard Jackson has announced his candidacy for governor of California in the 2026 election, running on a platform of “People Over Parties,” according to a news

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the press, alongside his partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, after Proposition 50 was passed by California voters, at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento on Nov. 4, 2025. Photo by Jungho Kim for CalMatters

Reaction, takeaways from Proposition 50 passage 

By Jeanne Kuang and Maya C. Miller CalMatters Writers  California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measure that allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in favor of

California election volunteers help process ballots in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2025. Photo by John Fredricks.

Trump: California redistricting votes under review 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  President Donald Trump said the California redistricting proposal on the ballot on Tuesday may have problems and that mail-in ballots were under review.  “The entire process,

2025 Election Filler

LA County vote centers open for statewide special election 

News release  L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced that 111 vote centers are now open for the 2025 Statewide Special Election.   Vote centers are open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. for in-person voting, voter registration, and vote by mail ballot returns. The RR/CC

Politics and government

Valladares touts anti-predator bill signed by Newsom  

News release  Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Acton, announced that Senate Bill 380, legislation she strongly advocated for in the Legislature, has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom and takes effect immediately.  The new law, authored by

Politics and government

Governor signs second batch of Schiavo bills 

News release  Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law five bills authored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, that aim to improve safety in the workplace, strengthen protections for survivors and consumers, and make health

The property lines of homes burned during the Palisades Fire still sit visible in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Photo by John Fredricks.

Grand jury indicts Palisades Fire suspect 

News release   A federal grand jury has indicted a former resident of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles who is charged with starting in January 2025 what eventually became the Palisades