Dan Morain

California and Kavanaugh, a Dianne Feinstein profile, women's suffrage and California history, Proposition 12 and Orange County turnout.

A new Kevin de León profile,carpet recycling quandaries, California's new internet privacy law, Los Angeles housing, Proposition 2 and our CALmatters quiz.

A mattress recycling audit, net neutrality lawsuits, Pat Bates' challenger Marggie Castellanos runs an ad, school bonds on the November 2018 ballot, Proposition 10 in a minute, Dianne Feinstein, union and the Legislature.

California's school test scores, how the CURES opioid database happened, Jerry Brown's #MeToo bills, Orange County political money and teen pregnancy.

California's Coastal Act, a Silicon Valley billionaire, Jerry Brown's next Supreme Court justice, the gas tax costs Katie Porter a union endorsement, and #MeToo complaints persist for Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia .

Orange County Democrat Katie Porter, challenging GOP Rep. Mimi Walters in a hotly contested races, lost the laborers’ union endorsement over her opposition to California’s gas tax hike.

Gov. Jerry Brown, ending an unprecedented fourth term as California's leader, signs historic bills on net neutrality and women in boardrooms, along with new gun controls, changes in California's felony murder rule and police accountability. Plus, 5G wireless begins today.

California's stake in the Kavanaugh nomination, Gavin Newsom's lead over John Cox in polls and among donors, a predatory lending probe, climate change warrior farmers, a PPIC poll, housing starts and the governor signs bills.

Snakes, bitch slaps, climate and Valley Fever, teen pregnancy, dating violence, opioids, Trump or Obama, the L.A. Clippers arena, Hollister Ranch beach access, and education and Gov. Jerry Brown.