The longtime Democratic lawmaker and state party chair died Sunday at the age of 92. A former Bee reporter who co-authored ...

The urgent need for these measures has only grown as the Administration reportedly has extended the D.C. National Guard’s deployment through November 30, and Congressional Republicans plan more ...

Some California Democrats are encouraging Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla to run in the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race, ...

A California senator is joining with a colleague from across the aisle to push for a law to improve data sharing on missing ...

With Governor Gavin Newsom term-limited, some in the Democratic Party are urging Padilla to run, hoping his long-standing ties to Sacramento will give him an edge in a wide-open race that includes ...

Prominent California Democrat strategists are eyeing Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., for a bid to be the next governor of ...

Yet we’re seeing SNAP recipients lose out on vital benefits because of outdated income requirements that don’t reflect financial stresses, like high student loan payments,” said Senator Welch. “This ...

Former U.S. Rep. John Burton, a salty-tongued and unabashedly liberal San Francisco Democrat who stood up for the working ...

Burton was a U.S. Congressman, a state senator, a state assemblyman twice and served two terms as the chair of the California Democratic Party.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John Burton, a longtime political leader in California, has died. He was 92. Burton was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the California State ...