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By the numbers: Migrants, online Black Friday taxes and the CA GOP

Troops and migrants at the California border, online sales taxes soon to be collected, California's dwindling Republican Party, artificial intelligence, scamming seniors and suspect supplements.

By Dan Morain • November 28, 2018

An elephant sitting in a hammock on the beach and look at sea.

Elections

Whiter, poorer, Trumpier: the new Republican California

The midterm elections whittled away all the purple sections of the state now represented by the GOP, leaving only the bleeding-red core.

By Ben Christopher • November 27, 2018

ARADISE, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 19: Kathryn Stewart, of Walnut Creek, Calif., works with her cadaver dog Zabra to search for human remains in a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Newsletters

Fire lines, women in office and families

Wildfire helpers, Paradise Thanksgiving, Camp Fire forensics, a record election for women, California family leave law, Brown's clemency, the Tigar family.

By Dan Morain • November 21, 2018

Commentary

The ‘Trump effect’ worked well for Democrats

President Donald Trump said he wanted this month's election to be a referendum on him and in California, it certainly was, leading to a massive Democratic sweep.

By Dan Walters • November 21, 2018

President Donald Trump points at the crowd during a rally.

Elections

How President Trump helped Democrats flip California House seats

Dislike of President Trump motivated many Californians to vote for Democrats and helped the party flip six seats in the U.S. House.

By Laurel Rosenhall • November 19, 2018

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 16: Ozzie Zinner, left, and his brothers Reuben, 12, and Frank, 10, wear dusk masks as they walk in Montclair Village in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. The kids didn't go to school because all schools were closed due to the bad air caused by the fatal Camp Fire that started over a week ago in Paradise, Calif. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Newsletters

Thurmond wins, Brown goes high, and a water proposal

California waits for rain, Camp Fire is worst disaster since Loma Prieta, a GOP consultant is blunt about California's blue wave, Thurmond beats Tuck, mayors call for redevelopment, and an impending water deal.

By Dan Morain • November 19, 2018

Smoke from nearby wildfires obscure the late afternoon sun in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California. Wildfires are becoming more common all over the west coast due to climate change. Photo by Velvetfish.

Newsletters

Mega-fire, guns, elections and honoring veterans

Veterans Day, California wildfires, Trump tweets, revelations on background checks in a new UC Davis gun study, most school bonds pass, most California housing measures fail, World War I marks its 100th anniversary and commentary on conservation.

By Dan Morain • November 12, 2018

Environment

Trump fans flames by blaming wildfires on California, threatening to withhold federal funds

President Trump's tweet today blaming California, not climate change, for the state's catastrophic wildfires and threatening to withhold federal funding provoked a bitter reaction from many Californians, including Gov.-Elect Newsom

By Julie Cart • November 10, 2018

Commentary

My turn: GM’s greenwashing could wreck CA’s electric vehicle progress

General Motors' zero-emission vehicle proposal is greenwashing. GM should support Obama administration fuel economy standards and condemn Trump's attack on state authority to expand ZEV programs.

By Guest Commentary • November 5, 2018

Elections

Majority Report: Logical conclusion edition

A photoshopped campaign ad, an endorsement from a racist Internet troll and a whole boatload of cash. How else would you expect the campaign for California's hot House races to end?

By Ben Christopher • November 2, 2018