October 22, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
Scott Wiener, a Democratic state legislator, says he can’t afford to keep deferring to Representative Nancy Pelosi.
Officials said immigration officers had fired shots after the man rammed a law enforcement vehicle. The immigrant and a deputy marshal were wounded in the shooting.
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Representative Robert Garcia and Senator Richard Blumenthal started an inquiry to examine reports of misconduct by immigration agents, focusing on the arrests of citizens.
Emboldened by the lapse in government funding and employee furloughs, some visitors are brazenly betting that they won’t get caught for breaking the law.
Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there.
The architect Jennifer Kell and Dominic Surprenant, a retired lawyer, hired the firm Lake Flato to design a home with multiple structures in Malibu, Calif.
The messages follow a pattern set by the Trump administration, but use notably milder language.
Such a move could increase the already high tension between the president and California officials
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