Ro Khanna
South Bay congressman gains national attention and a few Republican partners as he leads House effort to force a vote requiring the Trump administration to release convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s files.
Doug Burgum
U.S. interior secretary, a Stanford MBA and ex-Microsoft executive, appears in San Francisco to “study” Trump’s idea of reopening crumbling Alcatraz as a prison, a far-fetched publicity stunt.
Heath Flora
Stanislaus County assemblyman, a volunteer firefighter, wins vote to become new Republican Assembly leader in Sacramento. But the GOP there has little power. Democrats outnumber them 41-19.