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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015: Laphonza Butler is the President of SEIU ULTCW â€“ the United Long Term Care Workers' Union, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2015. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Column: A solid Senate pick and a craven move by Gavin Newsom

Laphonza Butler will bring a fresh perspective to the Senate. But Gavin Newsom should have kept his pledge to name a caretaker to replace Dianne Feinstein.

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An unexpected check on Supreme Court’s sharp move right: Justice Kavanaugh

Oct. 2, 2023
Column: Biden and Trump want working-class votes. The economy may decide who gets them

Oct. 1, 2023

Newsom vetoes bill to give striking workers unemployment benefits

Sept. 30, 2023
In California, Republicans are divided over McCarthy’s deal to avoid government shutdown

Sept. 30, 2023
News Analysis: Kevin McCarthy avoided a government shutdown. But the fiasco shows he’s weaker than ever

Sept. 30, 2023
Sen. Feinstein’s decline and death renew discussion about term limits

Sept. 29, 2023
Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia is first defendant to take a plea deal

Sept. 29, 2023
Dianne Feinstein’s final day in the Senate

Sept. 29, 2023
With Feinstein’s death, what happens with her seat on Judiciary committee, other panels?

Sept. 29, 2023

L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price’s suspension motion still on hold

Sept. 30, 2023
How Dianne Feinstein helped preserve the California desert

Sept. 30, 2023
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death raises question of who replaces her

Sept. 29, 2023

California Politics

Sen. Dianne Feinstein to lie in state at San Francisco City Hall

Oct. 2, 2023
Column: Straight-talking Feinstein, maligned by far left and right, was California’s best

Oct. 2, 2023
Column: In Sen. Feinstein’s death, lessons for all of us about when to leave work behind

Oct. 2, 2023
Newsom taps Laphonza Butler for Feinstein’s Senate seat

Oct. 1, 2023
Newsom’s pick to replace Feinstein could run in the 2024 Senate election

Oct. 1, 2023

The United States of California, a series exploring the state’s vast impact on the nation

Electric cars, climate credit schemes, diverse boardrooms and legal weed: How California exports its ideas and policies across the U.S.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is escorted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), into the Senate side of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. Feinstein's return to Congress, bookends a more than two-month absence from the nation's capitol due to illness. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Column: Feinstein’s stubbornness kept her in office too long. But it also defined her success

It was selfish for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to stay in office. The other side to that stubbornness: ramrod determination and an unsinking resilience.

Sept. 29, 2023

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen as sundown in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court will decide if Texas and Florida can regulate social media to protect ‘conservative speech’

Sept. 29, 2023

SIMI VALLEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 27: GOP Presidential candidates Chris Christie, left, Doug Burgum, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron Desantis, Tim Scott and Mike Pence take the stage at the second GOP debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

GOP candidates outlined sweeping anti-trans agenda at presidential debate

Sept. 28, 2023

Three women in red, white and blue sit behind a table with baggies of jelly beans.

Up the road from GOP debate, Republican women wonder if one of their own can beat Trump

Sept. 28, 2023

SIMI VALLEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 27: GOP Presidential candidates Doug Burgum, left, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron Desantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott and Mike Pence meet the crowd before the start of the second GOP debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

5 takeaways from last night’s Republican presidential debate

Sept. 28, 2023

Policy, Issues and Agencies

Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’

Oct. 1, 2023
Opinion: California’s domestic workers are being exploited. Gavin Newsom can do something about it

Sept. 29, 2023
Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot, the White House says

Sept. 23, 2023
HBCUs brace for flood of applications after Supreme Court affirmative action decision

Sept. 22, 2023
Zelensky, in Washington, tries to convince Republicans to keep backing military aid for Ukraine

Sept. 21, 2023
U.S. to allow hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally

Sept. 21, 2023

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Sept. 29, 2023
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Sept. 28, 2023
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Sept. 27, 2023
Here’s why L.A. council members could get a one-time shot at a six-year term

Sept. 23, 2023

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Oct. 1, 2023
California

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Oct. 1, 2023
Opinion

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Oct. 1, 2023
California

California housekeepers won’t get work safety protections after another Newsom veto

Sept. 30, 2023
California

Column: Newsom’s cynical pitch: Hey, you there, Black woman. Can you keep Feinstein’s seat warm?

Oct. 1, 2023
World & Nation

Antiabortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024

Sept. 30, 2023
Opinion

Granderson: Courting workers in Michigan, Biden and Trump are waging two separate wars

Oct. 1, 2023
California

At Westwood ice cream shop, Trump assails New York judge and attorney general

Sept. 29, 2023
California

Trump attacks Pelosi and Newsom while rallying California Republicans

Sept. 29, 2023
Science & Medicine

Dianne Feinstein’s cause of death hasn’t been disclosed, but it likely wasn’t dementia

Sept. 29, 2023

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