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Randy Villegas Cements Socialist Ties With Joint Fundraising Committee for Michigan DSA Founder

September 16, 2026 12:06 pmSeptember 16, 2026 12:35 pm

Randy Villegas, the Bernie Sanders-backed Democrat running against Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s 22nd Congressional District, has formalized a fundraising partnership with William Lawrence, a self-described socialist running for Congress in Michigan. The newly listed Lawrence Villegas Victory Fund...

The Intersectionality of Solar, Oil and Housing

September 16, 2026 12:00 pmSeptember 16, 2026 12:06 pm

If you had to pick out one issue in California that best represents the affordability crises, it would have to be the cost of housing. Housing everywhere is, of course, affected by the law of supply and demand, but in...

Operation Cradle to Grift: DOJ Charges 12 Foreign-Born Defendants in $10M San Diego ‘Ghost Daycare’ Fraud

September 15, 2026 3:20 pmSeptember 15, 2026 3:20 pm

Attorney General Todd Blanche highlighted a coordinated federal takedown Tuesday as the Justice Department charged 12 individuals with siphoning more than $10 million from programs meant to help low-income families pay for childcare. The defendants, naturalized U.S. citizens and lawful...

Alleged AZ Corrections Officer Accused Of Sinaloa Cartel Arms Trafficking Arrested With 5,445 Rounds Near US Border

September 15, 2026 12:14 pmSeptember 15, 2026 12:14 pm

Mexican security forces arrested an American woman accused of moving weapons and ammunition for a Sinaloa Cartel faction after authorities allegedly found 5,445 rounds of ammunition in her vehicle near the Arizona border. The woman had unverified credentials on her...

SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...

A Kamala River Runs Through Newsom’s 2028 Presidential Campaign

September 14, 2026 6:04 pmSeptember 15, 2026 3:21 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN’s Jake Tapper he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris enters the race—a concession delivered not in Sacramento, but waist-deep in a Montana river. “I don’t know if...

San Francisco and Santa Clara Join Mamdani Suit to Block Trump’s Public Charge Green Card Rule

September 14, 2026 11:12 amSeptember 14, 2026 11:12 am

San Francisco and Santa Clara County have signed onto a New York City–led lawsuit seeking to stop a Trump administration immigration rule that would let federal officers weigh food stamps, Medicaid, housing aid and other means-tested benefits when deciding whether...