Governors from California to Georgia are rolling out immediate affordability fixes — $11 CalRx insulin, gas‑tax pauses and child‑care plans — while Washington stalls.

Santa Clara County officials say they will sue after crews began work at a 25‑acre property near Gilroy that federal records link to a planned ICE detention facility. Community leaders and county counsel pledged a legal fight at a Thursday news conference.

California is rolling out more than $1 billion in point‑of‑sale rebates to help fleets buy electric trucks, with dealers able to apply discounts starting June 26.

Grok, Elon Musk’s chatbot, published a full slate of California primary picks while other major chatbots declined to pick winners. The recommendations sharpen questions about bias, moderation and who should advise voters.

A new Emerson poll puts Xavier Becerra on top as Steve Hilton tightens the GOP lane and Tom Steyer trails closely. With ballots mailed and early voting starting May 23, undecided voters could decide who advances.

PayPal will forgo roughly $30 million in fees and launch a race-neutral Small Business Initiative to resolve a DOJ fair-lending probe into its 2020 Economic Opportunity Fund.

A South Bay couple says ICE detained the husband and questioned his pregnant wife days after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Lawyers and data point to a wider enforcement spike against Iranian nationals.

Butte County will mail two color‑coded ballot packets for June 2: a special primary to fill the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa's seat and the statewide primary under Prop 50. Here’s what to check.

AB 2700 would ask the CPUC to recommend a 30% cut in per‑kWh rates by 2028 and to identify unpaid restitution for wildfire victims of pre‑2019 fires. Survivors joined lawmakers in Sacramento as the bill moved to Appropriations.

Former Half Moon Bay mayor Joaquin Jimenez is challenging incumbent Ray Mueller in San Mateo County’s District 3 race; coastside housing, water and the Corpus removal are front‑and‑center. The June 2 primary could settle the seat.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed Sarah Madland as the permanent general manager of San Francisco Recreation and Parks; she starts immediately and will oversee a packed 2026 project calendar.

California funded a UC Berkeley database of police misconduct files — but the public portal appears to lack cases from the past two years, raising fresh transparency concerns.

With the June 2 primary looming, some Democrats are urging voters to hold ballots until the last minute to avoid a split vote — a move officials warn could clog counts.