California has one ballot-counting trouble spot. It’s the one run by an election denier

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the end, it wasn’t shady bogeymen stuffing ballot boxes or federal agents who caused disruptions on election night in the rural Northern California Republican stronghold of Shasta County.  It was the seeming incompetence of Clint Curtis, the county’s election-denying elections chief who’s […]

Xavier Becerra is California’s next governor: Five things to know

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra will take the reins during a delicate time for California.  He faces the prospect of deeper federal healthcare cuts, skyrocketing wildfire costs and a persistent cost-of-living crisis. But many of the specifics of his policies are still unknown after…