Kevin Rector

Rep. Eric Swalwell sued housing finance agency chief Bill Pulte, accusing him of misusing government databases to baselessly target Trump opponents.

A Spanish museum is challenging California's new law designed to help a family seeking to reclaim a famous painting taken during World War II, leading the state attorney general to intervene.

A flood advisory remained in effect across the L.A. region as 'intense bursts' of rain were expected to continue through Sunday morning, extending the area's weekend soaking from a large atmospheric river storm.

A Democrat is elected governor of Virginia. Voters also cast ballots in high-stakes elections in New York and New Jersey.

Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has felt wildly uncertain of late.

The U.S. Justice Department said it was asked to monitor polling sites in California in November by state GOP officials.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Friday that a planned increase in federal immigration enforcement was on pause throughout the Bay Area, not just in San Francisco.

The president called off a planned 'surge' of federal forces to San Francisco, but East Bay officials said they were still preparing for immigration action.

President Trump's suggestion that he will soon send federal forces into San Francisco was met with outrage and eye-rolls from local residents and leaders, who called it unnecessary.