Politics
Latest line: A good week for Rob Bonta, a bad week for Serranus Hastings

The 2026 governor’s race begins to take shape as a famous Californian loses a case 131 years after his death

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA – JULY 4: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, left, and his wife, assemblywoman Mia Bonta participate during the Alameda’s Fourth of July parade on Park Street in Alameda, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
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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.

 

 

 

Oakland

Gov. 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.