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. Follow her on Bluesky @anitachabria.bsky.social and on X @anitachabria.
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Chabria: Rep. Garcia returns from El Salvador with a sliver of hope for deported gay hairdresser
Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia traveled to El Salvador with three colleagues this week, looking for answers and proof of life.
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Chabria: Newsom called the Abrego Garcia deportation fight a ‘distraction.’ Then came the pushback
Gov. Newsom warned that the wrongful deportation case of Abrego Garcia was a “distraction.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who flew to El Salvador to see Garcia, shot back that due process isn’t a distraction. Who’s right?
America has an epidemic of violence against women. First partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and a working group of legislators, legal experts, health professionals and advocates want California to lead on change.
A dozen people were charged with felonies in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest at Stanford that university officials said resulted in $250,000 in damage.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.
In a rare ruling that reins in gun rights, the Supreme Court has figured out that a gun is a gun, whether you buy it ready-made or build it from a kit.
Two L.A. Times columnists debate the merits, and demerits, of the California’s governor podcasting side gig. He’s certainly attracted national attention — much of it critical.
Protests against the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by Elon Musk, have increasingly turned toward his corporation, Tesla.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new podcast that has him fawning over right-wing guests. It’s been slammed by Democrats, but it is a smart way to run for president?
The Trump administration is attacking U.S. universities, under the guise of battling antisemitism.