Craig Missakian

Southern California lawyer who worked on the Republican-led House committee that investigated the 2012 Benghazi attack is named by Trump DOJ as new US attorney for the Northern District of California.

Joel Engardio

San Francisco supervisor is in the hot seat as opponents mad about traffic congestion say they have enough signatures to qualify a recall election over his support of turning the Great Highway into a park.

General Motors

Auto giant lobbies Congress hard to overturn California rules banning the sale of gasoline vehicles by 2035 — and succeeds. But lawsuits loom and the next Democratic president could reverse course.