OPINION: Kevin Bolling, Merced-Sun-Star
California likes to think of itself as the state where the future arrives first. What happens in California often shapes the rest of the nation. So why does the Golden State still allow child marriage?
Lillian Ashworth, The Mercury News
Morgan Hill Times
Community Solutions—which provides critical human services for individuals and families who have experienced trauma and are living at risk of financial emotional or physical instability or harm in South Valley—was named a 2026 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin.
Anne Gelhaus, Bay Area News Group
Jenny Huh, ABC 10 News
Blake Jones, Marissa Guerra Echeverria, Lindsey Holden I Politico
SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats exhaled on Monday after the Supreme Court allowed states to continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day, declining to upend the slow vote-counting process in the nation’s most populous state.
San Diego Jewish World
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymembers Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) and Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) have introduced legislation to ensure that California's official state publications are no longer used to promote hate speech or targeted attacks.