Backpage.com lawyers want executives’ pimping charges tossed

In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo from left, Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer, former owner James Larkin, COO Andrew Padilla, and former owner Michael Lacey, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing into Backpage.com's alleged facilitation of online ... (more)

Anti-Trump protesters set to flood Washington

A limousine burns during a protest in reaction to the inauguration of US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC on January 20, 2017. Photo: AFP Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups are set to converge on Washington Saturday to send a defiant message to America's new president, Donald Trump.

Women march to fight ‘a values battle’

The 54-year-old for decades has been on the forefront - and background - of political movements in Calaveras County, California and the U.S. So it was a given that she'd play a role in a recent women's movement that has attracted thousands of people to come together after the presidential election. Boblet is one of the organizers of Women's March in Sacramento, one of the several rallies planned across the country on Saturday.

Questions may outnumber answers in Gov. Browna s spending plan

SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown will release his projections for state spending today, but the annual road to a state budget just may face a detour or two this year thanks to a new regime in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump arrives in the White House on Jan. 20 to establish his spending priorities, many of which are expected to be at odds with California's.

Kanye walks off stage three songs into gig after rant slamming Beyonce

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Democratic congressman Ami Bera wins close re-election race

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ami Bera won his bid for a third term to represent a Sacramento-area district that national Republican leaders had targeted. Bera faced a tough challenge from Republican Scott Jones, the Sacramento County sheriff who raised his profile by criticizing President Barack Obama's immigration policies.

Politicization of tax returns distracts from substantive policy debates

This election cycle, where emotions and tensions are particularly high, almost everything is hyperpoliticized and used by candidates, their backers and even media as weapons meant to discredit. In virtually every race this election cycle, from the presidential race to contests for the United States Senate to local races, personal attacks and demagoguery are the focal points of various campaigns instead of substantive debates about policy.

Family of black man shot 14 times by police wants charges

Attorney John Burris, center, comforts Robert and Deborah Mann, family members of Joseph Mann, who was killed by Sacramento Police in July, after a news conference Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. The Mann family is demanding that the officers involved in shooting of Joseph Mann, 50, be charged with murder and that the U.S. Department of Justice open a civil rights investigation of the Sacramento Police Department.

Who won, who lost in legislative session

SACRAMENTO >> California has a long tradition of adopting bold, far-reaching policies that other states scramble to follow, and the work lawmakers accomplished during the two-year legislative session that ended early Thursday is sure to add to that list. While Democrats acknowledged falling short in their quests to fix the state's crumbling roads and tackle an affordable housing crisis that has crippled the Bay Area, they still strengthened a commitment to fight climate change, boosted the minimum wage to $15 an hour and tightened rules for gun owners following two high-profile mass shootings.

California clash between right-wing group, counter-protesters leaves 6 stabbed

Sean Moore, 23, of Sacramento waits for medics with a friends after being stabbed by protesters at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California, on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey says a rally by KKK and other right-wing extremists groups turned violent Sunday when they were met by counterprotesters.

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Amilia Glikman, 39, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief counsel at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, where she has been assistant chief counsel since 2015 and served as an attorney from 2012 to 2015. She served as an attorney at the Sacramento County Superior Court from 2010 to 2012 and was an associate at Downey Brand LLP from 2002 to 2010.

AP News Guide: Candidates and issues in California’s primary

People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif.