While still barred from voting on higher-profile races, 16- and 17-year-olds living in Oakland and Berkeley will be able to cast ballots in upcoming school board elections.

Progressive Democrats in control of the Legislature’s public safety committees have, for the most part, refused to pass laws that would increase criminal penalties, citing a historically biased criminal justice system that has put disproportionately more Black and brown people behind bars.

Around 500 delegates from California will be on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, throwing their support behind a fellow Californian, Kamala Harris.

Rep. Adam B. Schiff has expanded his lead over retired Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey in the U.S. Senate race in California, according to a new poll.

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks a speech former President Donald Trump delivered at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday. "There were a bunch of claims that I think a lot of people would question,

Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik has been to Democratic National Conventions in the past, but this year just feels different. “I’ve been waiting for this,” the California Democratic Party regional director told the Washington Examiner.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will be among those traveling to Chicago. His schedule for the convention has not yet been made public.

The DNC will put Democratic leaders on display during prime time Monday through Thursday. ABC10 asked California delegates what they hope to hear.

Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan will launch a new campaign to support Proposition 36, the ballot initiative that will ask California voters to increase penalties for theft and drug crimes.

Harris was not involved in pushing Prop 47, the 2014 ballot initiative that reduced penalties for some theft and drug crimes.

The battle over California ballot propositions is going to the courts and dividing the state Republican Party.