Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall.
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The death of Dianne Feinstein and her replacement by Laphonza Butler fulfills a pledge Gavin Newsom made. But not without some issues along the way.
Oct. 4, 2023
Even as insurers flee California, lawmakers couldn’t hammer out a deal to fix the collapsing market. Inaction will only make disasters more expensive.
Sept. 14, 2023
Activists in San Francisco opened a pop-up safe injection site to protest federal, state and local roadblocks that value politics over lives.
Sept. 1, 2023
Paradise, Calif., was devastated by the Camp fire in 2018. Five years later, its residents have mixed feelings on the town that has risen from the ashes, and the lives they have rebuilt.
Aug. 20, 2023
Maui faced a housing shortage before a fire destroyed Lahaina. Though its tourist facade may be rebuilt, bringing back its thriving local community will be a challenge in an era of climate disasters.
Aug. 11, 2023
California politicians have asked Taylor Swift to cancel her L.A. tour dates this week in solidarity with striking hotel workers. It’s an impossible ask, but one the singer can’t ignore.
Aug. 3, 2023
Michelle Mitchenor’s fetus had fatal defects. Her journey to an abortion reflects on America’s conservative slide that has further stigmatized reproductive choices.
July 27, 2023
A bill that would increase penalties for those who traffic minors has been flattened to a false debate over whether legislatures support pedophiles over protecting kids. That false narrative hurts victims.
July 13, 2023
Jill Harrison’s daughter Ciara was murdered in 2019. Now Harrison is trying to help the man who killed her child, fighting for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to change San Quentin.
July 13, 2023
The largest study in decades of California’s homelessness crisis finds that older seniors priced out of housing are now a substantive share of those living on the streets.
June 20, 2023