California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks warned in a statement that for all the state's liberal bona fides it was possible that a large Democratic field could carve up the party's primary vote into small fractions and allow only two Republican candidates to advance to the November election. The all-GOP general election is possible under California's unusual top-two primary system, which puts all candidates on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters advance to November, regardless of party.
More than 100 law enforcement agents conducted high-risk search warrants across three locations. The first was an active methamphetamine lab in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site was located in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock, which contained all the equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was shut down before production began. The third site, located in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics.
I-80 has become a pipeline for narcotic trafficking over the years. Troopers are paying close attention. It's not uncommon for the department to discover drugs on travelers when passing through the Cornhusker State.
Officers responded around 7:15 p.m. to the 2000 block of South Sprague Lane after reports of gunfire. Investigators later determined that four gang members confronted rival gang members who were attending a baby shower in the courtyard at the address. Police said the suspects were armed with two handguns and an AR-style firearm and opened fire into the crowd.
A resolution that came before the college's Academic Senate in 2021 criticized the Claim Jumper mascot as an image of the gold rush culturally associated with stealing and clandestine activities and as such not aligned with the college's values.
A city resident accidentally fired a shot into the apartment of a family he shared a wall with, while cleaning his firearm, court records show. When police responded to a shots fired call at Arroyo Court on Feb. 28, they immediately noticed something else: the suspected shooter reeked of vodka, and there was apparently a good reason why. He admitted to drinking about 350 ml of Smirnoff that afternoon, authorities said in court records.
A bicyclist was killed in a crash with a teen riding an electric bike on a Davis path, the city's police department said. The collision was reported at 2:48 p.m. Monday, March 2, on a paved multi-use path that runs alongside the Davis High School campus and an adjacent park.
An unnamed tourist saw it and told Aidan Moore, who works for Alcatraz City Cruises. Moore told SFGATE that he was initially skeptical, but the guest's iPhone footage left little room for doubt. The video shows, not a sea lion or an otter, but an actual Canis latrans, doggedly dogpaddling, then clambering out of the water, noticeably shaky and struggling to settle tired paws on the craggy rocks.
Early Tuesday, at 3:05 a.m. Pacific time, the March full moon turned a dark red as a total lunar eclipse unfolded, lasting for about an hour and peaking at 3:33 a.m. Anyone willing to be up for the early-morning event witnessed the moon's deep reddish-orange glow as the Earth passed directly between the sun and moon, casting a gigantic shadow across the moon's surface.
On top of devastating losses and rebuilding and insurance claim headaches, survivors of the 2025 Los Angeles County firestorms have faced an increasingly existential threat to their communities: large investment firms buying up burned lots, which many worry will forever change the fabric of their treasured neighborhoods.
The winning ticket matched all six numbers from Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing and was sold at a Circle K convenience store in Upland, San Bernardino County, according to the California Lottery. It is the first time in 26 drawings that a ticket has matched all six numbers. Saturday's winning numbers were 8, 11, 22, 37 and 46, and the Mega number was 24.
Liu, who walked away from the sport four years ago, made an amazing comeback that concluded with a gold medal. In fact, she was the first American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in the sport since Sasha Cohen in 2006.
McIndoe, a captain at Fire Station 69 in Pacific Palisades, didn't think the plan was a good idea, he said in sworn testimony obtained by The Times. He had read the National Weather Service's forecast for the day - temperatures were expected to be warmer - and handling any lingering hot spots would be easier with hoses in place.
Colette Choates, a founding member of Milpitas' Juneteenth celebration and Black History Month flag-raising ceremony, was among community leaders in Santa Clara and Alameda counties honored Feb. 14 at a Black History Month celebration. The event was co-hosted by state Assemblymember Alex Lee, San Jose-Evergreen Community College District Board Trustee Tony Alexander and Fremont City Councilmember Desrie Campbell.
Four Campbell teens are among the 97 artists whose work has been chosen for ArtNow 2026, the annual juried show at New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) for high school students in Santa Clara County. NUMU received more than 600 submissions from 53 high schools on the theme Before/Between/Beyond.
We want an end to the use of herbicides in our creeks. This idea that we're just going to spray, hose down these creeks and leave them dead is unacceptable. Linas and other residents have filed requests for records detailing the chemicals the county uses to control vegetation in the waterways, such as glyphosate, triclopyr and imazapyr.
Almost a quarter of adults in Humboldt County are enrolled in CalFresh. This puts the county at the 9th highest enrollment in California, up from 19th in 2014. About 14% of California residents use CalFresh, the state's version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But usage in the far northern portion of the state is much higher, according to a report from the University of California, Davis.
Silicon Valley is home to a large Ukrainian diaspora - many immigrants from Ukraine have come to work in the tech industry as engineers. Some of them have been using their tech skills to bolster the effort to defend Ukraine, and this army of engineers, coders, hackers, and tinkerers has become a vital part of the country's resistance against Russian aggression.
