Susan Monarez
Former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is hired by Gov. Gavin Newsom to counter Trump messages on vaccines and other public health issues.
Eduardo Martinez
Richmond mayor faces calls to resign after posting anti-semitic conspiracies on his LinkedIn page claiming the Dec. 14 murder of 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia was a “false flag” attack.
East Bay congressman has missed every House vote since announcing his campaign for governor, the Sacramento Bee reports. But a new poll shows he has passed Katie Porter as the Democratic front-runner.