A man who was found inside a manhole attempting to steal copper wire in an unincorporated neighborhood in West Los Angeles over the weekend was criminally charged on Tuesday, according to authorities. A resident reportedly spied a man descending into a manhole on Saturday afternoon and knew something unusual was up. The suspect lost his…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans. He signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an…
California has become the latest state to age-gate app stores and operating systems. AB 1043 is one of several internet regulation bills that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday, including ones related to social media warning labels, chatbots and deepfake pornography. The State Assembly passed AB 1043 with a 58-0 vote in September….
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ridiculed Donald Trump after the president was recorded struggling with an open umbrella while boarding Air Force One. Newsom, who has been ruthlessly trolling MAGA figures such a Trump online for months, used the embarrassing clip of the president to attack the 79-year-old for the ongoing government shutdown. “The only…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has eviscerated Donald Trump over a baffling late-night Truth Social post in which the MAGA leader appears to have forgotten he’s already once served as president of the United States. “IN A LATE NIGHT POST, TRUMP DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO WAS PRESIDENT ON JAN 6, 2021 (HE WAS), WEIRDLY SHOUTS ‘DO…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress — a possible offset to President Donald Trump’s…
Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom, who recently trolled Donald Trump with a TikTok set to Taylor Swift’s “Actually Romantic,” will fight in court against the president’s deployment of his state’s National Guard to Oregon. “After a federal court blocked his attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard, Donald Trump is deploying 300 California National Guard personnel…
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday that the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon, even though a federal judge put a halt to the president’s plan for deployment in that state. Newsom said that the state would file a lawsuit to block Trump’s action. In a statement, Newsom said,…
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, used Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks about “fat generals and admirals” in the U.S. military to troll President Donald Trump. Speaking to military leaders in Virginia on Tuesday, Hegseth said: “It’s tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formations, and see fat troops.” Hegseth went on…
By Cayla Mihalovich and Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media at Downey Memorial Christian Church after visiting Los Angeles communities affected by immigration raids, in Downey on July 16, 2025. Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom…