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Five major candidates, including state Treasurer Fiona Ma and former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, are competing for the notoriously anticlimactic gig of lieutenant governor. cal.news/4eSnYdt 📸 Rich Pedroncelli, AP

CalMatters interviewed five leading candidates who want to regulate one of the world’s biggest insurance markets. Here’s what they said. cal.news/4edyax1 📸 Jules Hotz

California has emerged as the epicenter of a sweeping hospice fraud crisis, one that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting vulnerable seniors at risk. cal.news/423HDQg 📸 iStock

A homeless man was arrested after using stolen credit cards to buy a meal and then spent six months in a Bay Area jail. His case triggered a debate over expensive bail. cal.news/4uGmV5p

Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act undermines legal protections that have helped Latinos gain representation in politics, California Democrats and activists say. cal.news/4taWlQD 📸 Larry Valenzuela

California voters could cast the deciding votes this November that flip control of the U.S. House. cal.news/3PaThpD 📸 Larry Valenzuela

As the incumbent and the only Democrat in the field, she will almost certainly cruise to victory in November. She faces only one serious challenger: Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner, a Republican. cal.news/4tJy6dp 📸 Ted Soqui

Six leading Democratic candidates for governor were seeking a breakout moment Tuesday night in a race that has been dominated by its lack of certainty, with two Republican candidates frequently in the lead. cal.news/4t6CZvV 📸 Jae C. Hong, AP

California’s billionaires are not the only ones fighting back against the state’s largest health workers union this election season. Now the clinics are too. cal.news/4dijHyT 📸 Adriana Heldiz

California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S. cal.news/4eaPJ0I 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Five major candidates, including state Treasurer Fiona Ma and former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, are competing for the notoriously anticlimactic gig of lieutenant governor. cal.news/4eSnYdt 📸 Rich Pedroncelli, AP

Opinion | The federal government failed small growers like me. But the state has the chance to be our champion. cal.news/495REjG 📝 Yadira Mendiola 📸 Semantha Norris

Opinion | We’ll see if Petek’s tough love advice finally gets Newsom and legislators to pull their heads out of the sand. cal.news/4tdq7nQ 📝 Dan Walters 📸 Rich Pedroncelli, AP

In what Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed as a major milestone, his $20 billion Delta tunnel largely cleared another chokepoint last week — but it still faces obstacles of a different magnitude. cal.news/4dn7fwT 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

California voters could cast the deciding votes this November that flip control of the U.S. House. cal.news/3PaThpD 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Some students and faculty say equal access to AI is important for preparing students for the workforce. Others say the implementation of AI tools has been confusing and opens the door to cheating. cal.news/48Dfvah 📸 Julie Leopo-Bermudez

California’s billionaires are not the only ones fighting back against the state’s largest health workers union this election season. Now the clinics are too. cal.news/4dijHyT 📸 Adriana Heldiz

A homeless man was arrested after using stolen credit cards to buy a meal and then spent six months in a Bay Area jail. His case triggered a debate over expensive bail. cal.news/4uGmV5p

A $7 cheeseburger reopened debate over bail in California. Here's what the Supreme Court found calmatters.org/justice/2026/0…

Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act undermines legal protections that have helped Latinos gain representation in politics, California Democrats and activists say. cal.news/4taWlQD 📸 Larry Valenzuela