In choosing Butler on Sunday, Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if Feinstein’s seat became open.

Blue states aren’t immune from conservative culture wars. Here's what happened after three far-right candidates were elected to the Temecula school board.

An image on Instagram of what appears to be a campaign mailer for the Republican member of Congress accuses California Gov. Gavin Newsom of 'defending pedophiles.'

Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking answers after the suburban school board rejected a social studies curriculum that included information about the LGBTQ rights pioneer.

Officials in Washington, California, New York and Massachusetts have announced purchases of mifepristone and misoprostol.

A shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park on Saturday took 11 lives, and at least seven more were killed in Half Moon Bay on Monday.

Dozens of asylum seekers say they were lured into boarding buses or planes headed to Washington, DC and Martha’s Vineyard with promises of jobs and housing.

Planned Parenthood, which accounts for about half of California’s abortion clinics, said it served 7,000 people from other states last year.

The vast majority of voters disapprove of Texas’ near-total abortion ban and the state’s decision to let private citizens enforce it, according to a new poll.

‘The margin is better than expected and it shows the Republican message is failing badly in swing districts,’ said the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Activists who worked for the recall of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in California are doing damage control after a serious loss.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appears on track to match his margin of victory in 2018, if not beat it.

Twelve recent polls show a double-digit lead for voters who oppose the recall of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom heading into the election Tuesday.

California’s Democratic governor is expected to comfortably survive the recall election.

Larry Elder warned of ‘shenanigans’ in the election on the possible recall of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Both Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Republican challengers have made the pandemic central to their election arguments.

California’s plan is taxpayer-funded and could spur other states to follow its lead.

A new poll found 57% of Californians would vote against recalling the Democratic governor.

‘Everybody is working toward equity, yet it doesn’t look equitable. At all,’ the leader of a Southern California health association said.

One former GOP consultant said the state’s Republican Party has ‘a steep hill to climb’ — and pushing to the right is not likely to do it any favors.

As Republican-run states look to suppress the vote, Nevada proposes expanding voter access.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said, ‘These variables are essential for a complete and timely public health response to patients.’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the move is an attempt ‘to score cheap political points.’

The selection falls to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Donald Trump has regularly attacked Democratic-led states that did not vote for him.

Also: Several states take steps to tackle climate change, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death sparks a wave of financial donations to progressive causes.

The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act would advance the rights of trans inmates.

Voters in the state will receive absentee ballot applications in the mail for November’s election.

Major California fires have been burning for weeks, but Trump only took notice Sunday — and pivoted immediately to insulting the state.

Trump says he wants to solve the problem of homelessness in California, but what he really wants to do is bash a blue state.