California Democrats condemn immigration arrest at San Francisco airport - AP News

Enhanced role for immigration officers at US airports as shutdown frustrates travels and screeners - AP News

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California hits all-time U.S. high for winter heat - San Francisco Chronicle

"We're making people hurt": Democrats adopt new tactic to win DHS shutdown fight

<p>House Democrats are launching a Hail Mary push to effectively end the Department of Homeland Security's <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/huntsville/2026/03/11/dhs-shutdown-funding-deal-katie-britt-alabama" target="_blank">now month-long shutdown</a> by funding all of its sub-agencies except ICE and Customs and Border Protection.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats are feeling the heat as <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/12/tsa-dhs-shutdown-airports-donations" target="_blank">federal workers miss paychecks</a> and DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/17/spring-break-under-siege-democrats-reckless-dhs-shutdown-forcing-tsa-officers-work" target="_blank">warns of airport closures</a>. They hope their planned discharge petition will, at the very least, deflect blame onto Republicans.</p><hr><ul><li>Many lawmakers also question whether keeping the agency shut down is meaningfully incentivizing the White House to negotiate in good faith on immigration enf...

Republicans lead Democrats in crowded California governor primary, poll shows

A new Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll shows two Republican candidates leading in the California gubernatorial primary election. Political strategists Erin Maguire and Hannah Muldavin join with analysis.

Can culling your garden slow a wildfire? A California city pins its hopes on a contested plan

<p>Berkeley is adopting the ‘Zone 0’ regulation, which mandates first 5ft around the home in high-risk areas should be clear of combustible material</p><p>Michel Thouati went through the five stages of grief before he ripped his beloved fig tree from the earth. There was a persimmon and an elderberry too, nestled close to his hillside<strong> </strong>home in Berkeley,California, and they all had to go.</p><p>The plants thriving on his small property had become overshadowed by the dangers growing with them: an emerging body of research had found landscaping can help fuel the disastrous fires sweeping out of the wildland and into neighborhoods like his. Tucked into the ridges overlooking California’s San Francisco Bay and against an expansive nature area, the house Thouati and his wife have owned for 30-some years sits in <a href="https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones">one of the highest wildfire-threat areas in ...

California sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in defiance of state officials over election count dispute - New York Post

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