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Home State Advantage: What a Vice President Kamala Harris Means for California

Goodbye, state of resistance. Hello, state of influence. California’s status has shifted dramatically with the inauguration of Joe Biden as the next president. The reasons are both political — deep blue California will have more inroads to a White House controlled by Democrats — and personal: For just the second...

From Valley Farms to the Capitol: Ramirez Is Key Part of Biden’s Team

Angela Ramirez's path to the Biden administration weaved through the Central Valley. It's where she learned the value of hard work. Although she was born and raised in the Sacramento area, Ramirez's parents are from the Central Valley and graduated from Fresno State — her father, Frank, is from Orosi...

Five Things to Know About California’s New US Senator, Alex Padilla

After Joe Biden picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in August, the parlor game of choice for California’s most politically plugged-in was: Who will Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to fill her vacant Senate seat? Alex Padilla — California’s secretary of state, a Democrat from Pacoima, loyal...

California Pins Vaccine Hopes on Biden Administration

SACRAMENTO — California officials are pinning their hopes on President-elect Joe Biden as they struggle to obtain coronavirus vaccines to curb a coronavirus surge that has packed hospitals and morgues. Doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been arriving haphazardly as they make their way from the federal government through the state...

Bill McEwen: Five Steps to Heal America Under Biden

Our nation's capital looks like a far-away authoritarian land with 25,000 National Guard soldiers and thousands of police officers deployed to keep Joe Biden safe for his presidential inauguration on Wednesday. America hasn't been this divided since the Civil War, and the immediate future is filled with huge challenges that...

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