Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall. Follow her on Bluesky at anitachabria.bsky.social and on X at @anitachabria.
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California’s governor wants to redraw congressional lines to offset a Texas gerrymander. Is that snubbing voters who took the power from politicians? Or necessarily fighting fire with fire?
The president is known for his prolific posting of misinformation and disinformation. But an AI-generated video he posted this week of former President Obama being arrested is a new level of trouble.
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Chabria: What this formerly undocumented congressman understands about patriotism that Trump doesn’t
Garcia, who represents Long Beach, was recently was chosen by his Democratic peers for the minority party’s top job on the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The feud between billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump has flared to new heights. Any preschool teacher could have seen it coming.
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Chabria: Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump have a lot in common. California should pay attention
Trump and Mamdani are both charismatic leaders who have bucked their parties and tapped into the current political ethos that eschews traditional loyalties.
With a shaky ceasefire betwen Iran and Israel, many Americans are approaching the Fourth of July with a sense of trepidation, if not outright fear.
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Chabria: Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
As tens of thousands of immigrants are detained and held inside federal detention centers, the power of federal lawmakers such as Judy Chu to provide oversight and answers is even more critical — and threatened.
Federal authorities are increasingly hiding their identities, refusing to answer basic questions about their affiliations and deceiving the public to make arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Sen. Alex Padilla of “lunging” at her, justifying officers forcing him to the ground and handcuffing him. It’s part of a broader strategy by the Trump administration to stoke fear to justify violence.
Federal agents manhandled and cuffed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on Friday as he tried to ask questions of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. It’s starting to feel like being brown is a crime.