ALSO NEW from @juliebrowndavis.bsky.social More than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters were sent to Southern California in January to fight four different wildfires. They just got a massive pay bump. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

NEW: In a win for big tech, Newsom vetoed a bill that would have put safeguards for minors who engage w/ AI chatbots The gov agreed that chatbots pose harm to youth but was concerned the law could “unintentionally” impose a total ban on the use of chatbots for youth www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Thanks so much Steve!

If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in Calif. are at risk of being sold over the next 5 years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite, Mount Shasta, Big Sur & Tahoe. via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

San Francisco's @DanielLurie said Monday the city is preparing for “more activity” this week after more than 150 people were arrested Sunday night during protests. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

🚨 GOOD JOURNALISM NEWS ALERT 🚨 @sfgate.com launched a National Parks bureau in Jan. 1. It's led to millions of readers and our site being one of America's fastest growing in back-to-back months. Instead of doing a 🧵 I wrote about who we hired + the wild numbers here: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Happening now: San Francisco Mayor @DanielLurie addressing Sunday night’s ICE protests that lead to the arrest of 60 people. “I understand why people are out on the streets,” Lurie said. He said he expects “more activity” this week in SF

Happening now: San Francisco Mayor @DanielLurie addressing Sunday night’s ICE protests that lead to the arrest of 60 people. “I understand why people are out on the streets,” Lurie said. He said he expects “more activity” this week in SF

Musk credited himself for the Republican victory last election, encouraged an impeachment of Trump, accused the president of being in the Jeffrey Epstein files and said an entirely new political party should be formed to represent the middle 80% of people. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Do you still want an electric car? California is taking a bet you do. New story from me today in @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

New from me in @sfgate.com, one big absence from the Calif. Democratic Party convention last weekend loomed large over the affair www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Appreciate the retweet from @maddow.msnbc.com on my recent story about how Calif. House Republicans peddled back on promises after voting for president Trump’s reconciliation bill

More updates coming out of Shasta County this week after the newly appointed out-of-town top elections official Clint Curtis abruptly fired his second-in-command. The move is adding agitation in a community worn out from years of election distrust. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

There are about 15 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, and some of the most vulnerable individuals are in Republican districts. Top-notch reporting by @anabelsfgate.bsky.social of @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

These 9 California Republican congressmembers have a lot of explaining to do after last week's vote on President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." Read my latest in @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

In @sfgate.com today I wrote about how Lake Tahoe Republican congressman Kevin Kiley is determined to reverse one of Newsom's signature gas-car ban, even though the legality of those efforts has been questioned. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

The election saga continues to unfold up in Shasta County, where the conservative majority Board of Supervisors officially appointed an out-of-state Florida-based lawyer to run its elections next year. Read more on the public uproar that has unfolded in @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Wrote about Bear's Lair, which has a storied history in Berkeley involving Robin Williams, Jerry Garcia and Aaron Rodgers' Bowl Cut that you likely don't know much about. That's because Cal has stood by and watched it die a long, slow, seemingly never-ending death 👇 www.sfgate.com/food/article...

In @sfgate today, more on the 37 year old Surgeon General nominee who along with her brother are in RFK Jr’s inner circle www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

He struck gold as the second engineer ever to join Stripe Inc., the multibillion dollar payment services platform based in San Francisco. Now he's using those millions to try to unseat Nancy Pelosi. via @anabelsfgate.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Last month I followed around @saikatc.bsky.social, the modest tech millionaire and progressive challenging San Francisco’s Rep. Nancy Pelosi next year. My profile on him is out today in @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

After a citywide election led to the passage of Prop. K, a measure to close the 2-mile stretch of the Upper Great Highway, it exposed a divide among San Franciscans. For @sfgate.com I wrote about a small and seemingly growing group of residents having a change of heart www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Some Californians ‘irritated’ about Kamala Harris running for governor. Others say they're 'joyful' too. Today in @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/politics/art...