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MIchael R. Blood

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Steve Garvey
Politics‘Once a Dodger, always a dodger’: Orange County Democrat rips Steve Garvey for refusing to say if he’ll vote for Trump a third time
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2024
Laphonza Butler
PoliticsCalifornia Sen. Laphonza Butler decides not to run for full term in 2024
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2023
Steve Garvey
PoliticsCalifornia Senate race gets some Republican star power with former baseball MVP Steve Garvey joining the race
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressOctober 10, 2023
Democrat insider Laphonza Butler sworn in as third ever Black female senator, to replace late California Sen. Feinstein
PoliticsDemocrat insider Laphonza Butler sworn in as third ever Black female senator, to replace late California Sen. Feinstein
By Mary Clare Jalonick, MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressOctober 4, 2023
Laphonza Butler
PoliticsGavin Newsom names Laphonza Butler to Dianne Feinstein’s open Senate seat, fulfilling pledge to appoint a Black woman
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressOctober 2, 2023
Dianne Feinstein
PoliticsDianne Feinstein, oldest sitting senator, elected in 1992’s ‘Year of the Woman,’ dies at 90
By MIchael R. Blood, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Michael Balsamo and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023
woman with curly hair smiling
Politics‘The California dream is dying,’ says former Google and Facebook exec who’s running to replace Dianne Feinstein
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJune 29, 2023
Gavin Newsom/Ron DeSantis
PoliticsGavin Newsom rips into his right-wing alter ego, Ron DeSantis: ‘He is a weak candidate, and he is undisciplined and will be crushed by Donald Trump’
By Steve Peoples, MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJune 20, 2023
A boat motors by as the Bidwell Bar Bridge is surrounded by fire in Lake Oroville during the Bear fire in Oroville, California
FinanceCalifornia’s insurance market wobbles as two major companies pull back over wildfire risks and construction costs
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJune 6, 2023
Marijuana growers are between a rock and a hard place as they face oversupply and interstate commerce woes: ‘I’m tired of running a failing business’
LifestyleMarijuana growers are between a rock and a hard place as they face oversupply and interstate commerce woes: ‘I’m tired of running a failing business’
By Gene Johnson, Andrew Selsky, MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressApril 19, 2023
Karen Bass
PoliticsLA’s homeless crisis is so bad that the new mayor wants to spend a record $1.3 billion on fighting ‘the myth that people do not want to come inside’
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressApril 18, 2023
Dianne Feinstein
PoliticsAs mutinous House Democrats call for the oldest member of Congress to resign, she asks to be taken off a committee, temporarily
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressApril 13, 2023
Gavin Newsom
HealthCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom targets ‘market disruption’ with 10-year deal to make cheap insulin
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2023
Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress, won’t run again for Senate in 2024 after a groundbreaking six-decade career
PoliticsDianne Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress, won’t run again for Senate in 2024 after a groundbreaking six-decade career
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressFebruary 14, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is the second governor in U.S. history to defeat a recall
PoliticsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is the second governor in U.S. history to defeat a recall
By Kathleen Ronayne, MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressSeptember 15, 2021
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Asia
Pentagon accuses Alibaba, Baidu and BYD, three of China's biggest companies, of supporting the Chinese militaryplaceholder alt text
By Kate O'Keeffe and BloombergJune 8, 2026
Energy
Analysts expected oil to surge above $200 but China has quietly kept prices half of that—and can’t for much longerplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergJune 10, 2026
Success
Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him thereplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJune 8, 2026
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