California Donor Table

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — On Friday, Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee unveiled her transition team of business leaders, philanthropists, politicians and a Gen Z student — an early indicator of the coalition she is building to help navigate her first 100 days in office.

With Los Angeles reeling from immigration sweeps and unsettled by nightly clashes between protesters and police, Mayor Karen Bass was asked by a reporter: What did she have to say to President Trump?

On Thursday, Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles.