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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As the empire falls, Democrats fiddle
July 4, 2024
Trump now has the power to be king. Biden came out of the debate seeming unfit for the job. Here’s how to make sense of this fraught moment for American democracy.
July 2, 2024
Connie Dahl’s sons were 3 and 8 when their mother was taken away in handcuffs, accused of a brutal murder. On Friday, a California judge declared her innocent — 39 years after the killing.
June 28, 2024
Nearly two decades after a woman falsely confessed to a shocking murder, her sons finally see her exonerated from a wrongful conviction that derailed their lives.
June 28, 2024
In their first televised debate, Biden and Trump called each other criminals and liars.
June 27, 2024
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against conspiracy theories and those who want the freedom to spread them. But don’t get excited. It won’t stop the spread of propaganda.
June 27, 2024
Much is being made about Thursday’s debate between President Biden and Donald Trump, but there’s really only one thing that matters: Biden not messing up.
June 25, 2024
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting access to a common drug used in abortions, the far right will continue its assault on women.
June 13, 2024
Why do Democrats want to kill their own bills? California legislators (and lots of big-money backers) are in a brutal fight over how the state should handle the separate but related crises of homelessness, addiction and theft.
June 13, 2024
Biden is said to be considering an executive action that would give temporary legal status and work permits to migrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
June 11, 2024