Rob Bonta
California attorney general hasn’t said yet if he’ll run for governor in 2026, but he’s raised $2 million since July — more than the top four candidates: Tony Thurmond, Betty Yee, Toni Atkins and Eleni Kounalakis.
Serranus Hastings
Judge rules the state did not violate the law when it removed the name of the former attorney general, who died in 1893, from UC’s law school in San Francisco, rejecting a lawsuit from his descendants.
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Oakland
OaklandGov. Gavin Newsom sends 120 CHP officers, and prosecutors, to help fight retail crime, auto theft and other problems in the East Bay city. But it’s a big task: Violent crime in Oakland rose 21% from 2022 to 2023.