John Beam died after being shot at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where he was athletic director. A man was charged in connection with the shooting.

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The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.

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Voters will decide if California’s voting districts should be redrawn to help Democrats flip up to five House seats.

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A Southern California man charged with assault of a federal officer was asking agents to leave an area where school children wait for the bus, according to his lawyers.

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Zoe Rosenberg, a California animal rights activist, was found guilty of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four chickens from a poultry plant.

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