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Where California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Stand on Climate and Taking Big Oil Money

While frontrunners Steyer and Becerra slug it out, they’re clashing over their commitment to clean energy.

Capital & Main · May 22

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #206

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

Ballotpedia · May 20

California governor poll raises prospect of two Republicans contesting runoff

Survey puts Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco ahead with Democratic vote split between large field of candidates

The Guardian - US · Mar 24

‘This is heartless’: ICE faces online backlash after deaf 6-year-old deported to Colombia without assistive devices

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing intense online backlash after a six-year-old deaf boy and his family were deported to Colombia following a routine immigration check-in in San Francisco.

The Times of India · Mar 7

California Democrats defy call from party to abandon crowded race: ‘Voters choose the next governor’

State party chair had urged candidates with no ‘viable path’ to victory to drop out to ensure Democratic win in November

The Guardian - US · Mar 4

California dreaming: who is running to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor?

A total of 150 candidates have submitted paperwork, but here are the frontrunners for the election

The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2025

California bill requires schools to alert families of immigration agents on campuses

Bill says state and community colleges must have ‘early warning systems in place’ amid Trump’s deportation push

The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2025

California education chief Tony Thurmond says he is running for governor in 2026

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is running for governor in 2026

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and LGBTQ topics

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the new measure "long overdue," saying that the banning binge of diversity materials has to come to an end.

WEKU · Sep 26, 2023

California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches' lands

California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023