Opinion: Southern Californians shaped the nation’s biggest political problems. We can solve them too

Pocketbook issues of this year's presidential election date back to the rush to own homes along the coast and the rise of Pacific shipping through San Pedro Bay. Read More

California Politics

The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will seek the Democratic nomination for president is inspiring a wave of false claims about her eligibility and her background. Read More

National Politics

Painting San Francisco and California as a dystopian nightmare of homelessness and crime and using Kate Steinle’s killing as a rallying cry to “build that wall,” helped propel Trump to the ... Read More

Divine Nine flexes political muscle as VP Kamala Harris runs for president

With vice president Kamala Harris taking the reins as the presumptive Democratic nominee, political observers are paying close attention to whether she can energize the Black vote this fall in her ... Read More

Prosecutor, DA, Attorney General, Senator: Kamala Harris’ Record in California Politics

Is she on track to be the first Democratic president from California? Here are nine ways that California shaped Kamala Harris and that Harris has shaped California. Read More

Palos Verdes Democrats’ political picnic rolls with huge Biden news (and a quake, too)

The chief topic for their event, Sunday evening at  St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Rolling Hills Estates, would be jolted by the mammoth news of Biden’s departure from the race ... Read More

What California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said about a possible presidential bid

Some have mentioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a possible choice for president, though Newsom has said in the past he would not run against Harris. Read More

Harris is awful. But left's love of identity politics means Democrats are stuck with her.

Kamala Harris has done nothing to show she is ready to be president, and the prospect of her serving as commander in chief is downright scary. Read More

Nevada women in politics share conflicting views about Kamala Harris for president

Washoe Commissioner Alexis Hill, a longtime fan of Kamala Harris, is excited she's the frontrunner. Republican Sigal Chattah calls Harris flawed. Read More

Biden aims to cement his legacy: From the Politics Desk

President Joe Biden is seeking to cement his legacy after ending his 2024 re-election bid and endorsing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Read More

Politics Monday

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what Vance brings to Trump’s campaign NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political ... Today join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news ... Read More

LA Times Today: Trump shooting is a historic moment echoing past political violence in America

the Trump rally shooting comes amid growing concern over the rise of political violence in America. Doctor Garen Wintemute is a professor of emergency medicine who runs the violence prevention ... Read More