Author: Joe Mathews

Has Loretta Sanchez given up? Given how much ground the U.S. Senate candidate has to make up on Attorney General Kamala Harris, what on earth

My fellow Californians, declare your independence. Skip your community’s local parade and fireworks show. And head to San Diego, where the truth will be self-evident:

Sure, the sit-in in the House of Representatives didn’t deliver the vote on gun control legislation that was the stated purpose of the demonstration. But

How did homelessness suddenly become such a hot issue across California? There are many reasons, few of which have anything to do with people who

I wrote recently about the bad habit of California candidates and officials of all types promising “one-stop shops” for various government services. No effective one-stop

At first glance, the setting for Hollywood’s newest gangland drama might be jarring: northern San Diego County, in the small city of Oceanside. But you

If California were a bank, what sort of bank would it be? Banc of California has a new and intriguing answer to that question: In