California long has been known as a place where leaders have little regard for the Second Amendment. But the state has outdone itself in recent weeks. First, San Francisco’s city government adopted a ...

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California has moved a step closer to banning legacy admission preferences at its private colleges and universities, after the California State Assembly passed AB 1780 last week. The bill now moves to ...

California is overhauling the nation's only pension plan for retired boxers following a Times investigation that found the safety net for vulnerable fighters is failing its most critical mission — ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Accountability has been a central plank ...