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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California will not run for governor in next year’s highly watched race to succeed Gov.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Spurts of goo oozed between Jeff Wingfield’s fingers as he methodically crushed a handful of golden mussels, popping ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Bernadette Reyes Bernadette Reyes is a senior staff attorney for the UCLA Voting Rights Project and has ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The odds are astronomically high that California voters will ratify Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s scheme to grab ...