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The office of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night revealed that the governor was going ahead with plans to redraw California’s congressional map with the goal of counteracting Republicans’ planned mid-decade gerrymander in Texas. In a post on X, Newsom’s press office made the announcement while openly parodying the social media posting style of U.S. President Donald Trump. …

Finally someone is communicating with President Donald Trump in a language he can understand. On Tuesday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) informed the president that California is going to go ahead and redraw the state’s electoral maps after Trump missed a deadline amid the ongoing redistricting battle. The Democratic governor also decided to deliver his message in the funniest way …

TOMORROW: Governor Newsom, California leaders to make major announcement in response to Trump’s gerrymandering attempts  Governor of California (.gov) Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’  ABC News Gavin Newsom and Democrats are placing a risky bet on gerrymandering  CNN This Republican lawmaker has served CA for decades. Newsom’s plan could end his dominance.  CalMatters Newsom says California will draw …

The trial over President Trump’s deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday, as lawyers for the Justice Department and the state of California argued over the validity of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit and whether the Posse Comitatus Act — which generally bars the military from engaging in …

A sunflower sea star – credit, Ed Bierman CC 2.0. For years, a wasting disease has been turning sea stars to goo off the California coast. Scientists now finally know the cause, and are beginning to fight back. Whether it has over 20 arms like the sunflower sea star, or just 5, billions of Pacific sea stars were being wiped …

President Trump’s decision to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington has California officials on high alert, with some worrying that he intends to activate federal forces in the Bay Area and Southern California, especially during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Trump said that his use of the National Guard to fight crime could expand to other cities, and …

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states. “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!”, Newsom’s office wrote on social media. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS …

Facebook Tweet Email Link GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa drew taunts and jeers at two raucous town hall meetings Monday over his support for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” LaMalfa, whose district spans much of the state’s northern interior, is the latest Republican to face harsh in-person criticism, as members of the party attempt to sell Trump’s sweeping agenda back …

Authorities say a mountain lion attacked and wounded an 11-year-old girl outside her family’s home in Malibu, California, then chased her mother before it was scared off MALIBU, Calif. — A mountain lion attacked and wounded an 11-year-old girl outside her family’s home in Malibu, California, then chased her mother before it was scared off, authorities said Monday. The girl …

Huntington Park, California, a working-class community of more than 50,000 people, has recently felt like it has a bullseye on its back because of ramped-up raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The town is 95.6% Latino, and as many as 45% of the residents are undocumented, according to the city. City Council member Jonathan Sanabria, who grew up in Huntington …