Republican Steve Hilton is consolidating GOP support, decreasing the likelihood of a Democratic lockout, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its partners.

Half of California’s registered voters say they would back a ballot initiative — championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — that would implement a one-time tax on ...

Voters are likelier than not to support the measure. But it’s not overwhelming, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its partners.

In an age of unprecedented wealth, an astonishing share of what the city builds today looks and feels utterly soulless. We ...

Two in three California voters agree American democracy is under attack. Trump and his allies are only increasing their threats, looking for new ways to silence voters’ voices b ...

Stanford received a letter grade of ‘B’ in the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card, released Tuesday. The grade is an improvement on the ‘C’ the University received ...

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system was once so successful, it could rely mostly on riders to sustain itself. But the pandemic dealt BART an unusually heavy blow.

Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

Jury selection in a California misdemeanor case is shining a harsh light on how hard it is to seat Black jurors in Alameda ...

Public and private universities will be required to disclose the names of their foreign donors, according to the Department of Education. As it stands, the Higher Education Act requires universities ...

In an age of unprecedented wealth, an astonishing share of what the city builds today looks and feels utterly soulless. We can change that.