After vandalism reports involving graffiti at a few mosques in Texas and California, Muslim leaders there have stepped up existing efforts to keep their sacred spaces and community members safe.

Eight years after the 2017 Nuns-Tubbs wildfires, killing more than 20 people, Sonoma County Emergency Management Dep. Director Sam Wallis said there are similarities, and takeaways, for Texas.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its congressional maps ahead of 2026 to ‘put a stake in the heart’ of Trump’s Texas redistricting plan.

Warning of a “five-alarm fire for democracy,” Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday suggested the possibility of California redrawing its congressional districts in response to actions in Texas.

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference about redistricting at the Governor’s Mansion in downtown Sacramento on Friday, July 25, 2025, after meeting with Texas lawmakers about Republican plans to redraw districts in that state. DANIEL HEUER [email protected]

U.S. Marshals agents in Waco arrested Cristino Rocha on Tuesday and he was booked into McLennan County jail the same day

Conservative influencer Blaire White is ditching Texas to head back to her home state of California after fleeing the Golden State in 2021.

At the first of at least seven hearings, members of the public aired grievances about the unusual mid-decade redistricting effort.