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Republicans won the redistricting competition. Don't tell that to this California congressman

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

President Donald Trump last year told GOP-controlled states to redraw their maps before this year's midterm elections to increase the number of winnable seats for Republicans in order to help the party hold onto the U.S. House.

Almost nowhere in California is building enough housing. Here's why

By Ben Christopher, CalMatters

California cities and counties are struggling to meet state housing targets. Despite having state-approved plans, actual construction lags behind.

Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

By Associated Press

A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities…

Trump takes trip to West Coast to tout the economy, something polls show he's weak on

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California and Nevada to try to draw contrasts with Democrats on the economy and other issues.

Arizona, California and Nevada would share cuts under federal proposal for Colorado River

By Wufei Yu, Dorany Pineda, Brittany Peterson, Associated Press

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now.

1 dead, 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said.

UC Berkeley establishing Nancy Pelosi Institute dedicated to addressing democracy's challenges

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the University of California, Berkeley, are partnering to form a new nonpartisan academic institute they say will be dedicated to strengthening democracy.

Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

The governor announced his agenda a day after an influential health care union in California pledged to go forward with a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of billionaires living in the state as…

Mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in arson trial over deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles

By Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Ten of the jurors were set on a not-guilty verdict, while two others were determined to convict Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, on charges of arson, malicious destruction by means of a fire and timber set aflame.

B-52 on test flight plunged at nearly a mile a minute before crashing, early data shows

By Christopher Weber, Josh Funk, Associated Press

The flight tracking that was available Tuesday shows the bomber turning to the northeast right after taking off and nearly completing a sharp turn before crashing on another runway, according to AirNav Systems.