The indictment of Donald Trump — the second by federal prosecutors and third overall against the former president — alleges that Trump pursued discounting legitimate votes and subverting the 2020 presidential election results through three criminal conspiracies.
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Will Santa Cruz County be open to what RFK Jr. is selling?
Anti-vax crackpot with an antisemitism problem or an antidote to a Democratic establishment intent on power and under the sway of Big Pharma and other moneyed interests? His position as a member of a grand political family gives Robert F. Kennedy Jr. instant name recognition, but whether a Santa Cruz County that has a history of supporting insurgent candidacies will back him in his challenge to President Joe Biden is an open question.
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Adam Schiff dominates rivals in fundraising for California’s U.S. Senate race
Adam Schiff raised more than $8 million in recent months for his bid to succeed Dianne Feinstein. But fellow Democratic representative Katie Porter tops him in a new poll, and Barbara Lee remains in the fight.
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Central Coast communities hope to benefit from Rivas’ rise to Assembly speaker. Will he deliver?
Robert Rivas, whose California Assembly District 29 stretches from the southern tip of the Salinas Valley up into Watsonville, Freedom and Corralitos, welcomed exponentially more responsibility and power onto his plate when he was sworn in Friday as Assembly speaker. Political leaders in Santa Cruz County hope Rivas’ ascension will help elevate the profile of a region that has often been overlooked and prioritize Central Coast’s varied challenges, from coastal resilience to farmworker resources.
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Santa Cruz County leaders gather in Sacramento as Rivas sworn in as Assembly speaker after bitter battle
Robert Rivas, whose district includes stretches into Watsonville, Freedom and Corralitos, drew a powerhouse lineup to his swearing in, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, along with a host of Santa Cruz County political leaders such as District 28’s Gail Pellerin, Supervisors Bruce McPherson and Zach Friend and Sen. John Laird.
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What you need to know on the California budget deal
After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom and top Democrats in the Legislature say they have a budget deal. Legislators will start voting today on bills related to the agreement, which sets spending and policy across a wide range of issues affecting Californians.
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Here’s what celebrations of Juneteenth shouldn’t be missing
It’s impossible to celebrate a national holiday that marks the emancipation of Black people in 1865, writes academic and author Kellie Carter Jackson, without considering the role of education in freedom, which the GOP continues to attack today.
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Weary parents, young children bused from Texas to L.A. in latest ‘political stunt’
The third group of migrants sent to California in transportation chartered by state governments in Texas and Florida arrived Wednesday, bringing along with it continued controversy.
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Bruce McPherson will not seek reelection to Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors in 2024
Friday’s announcement that Bruce McPherson — whose Fifth District includes the San Lorenzo Valley, much of Scotts Valley and part of Santa Cruz — won’t pursue another term on the county board of supervisors cracks open the 2024 field in an already competitive race for county power in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Police flex political power at the California Capitol
Despite progress made in recent years to change policing practices in California, law enforcement still has the political clout to block bills it doesn’t like.