Tom Steyer
After he provides $12 million to Sure on Prop 50 and a video reveals frontrunner Katie Porter cursing her employees, buzz grows that the Bay Space billionaire and former Dem presidential candidate might run for governor.
Betty Yee
Democratic gubernatorial candidate attracts criticism for suggesting in an interview on transgender points that women and men compete in opposition to one another in observe occasions just like the 100 meters on the 2028 LA Olympics.
USGS
Half of its workers are furloughed. However the US Geological Survey receives PR serendipity as a 3.1 earthquake shakes the East Bay solely 45 minutes earlier than a serious statewide drill is held to lift quake consciousness.