California

AIPAC-backed Democrat loses California House special election to Aisha Wahab

Wahab and Hernandez will again face each other in November. The winner of that election will hold the congressional seat for a full two-year term.

U.S. House candidate, California state Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the media during an election-night watch party at Firefighters Local 1909 on August 18, 2026 in Hayward, California
Aisha Wahab speaks during the Bay Area Abortion Rights Coalition commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at City Hall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 25, 2023.

California special election becomes battleground over AIPAC's influence in Democratic Party

Santa Clara, California.

Jewish, Hindu, Zoroastrian parents sue California school district over mosque field trip

Yoseph Haddad preparing to debate anti-Zionists on the Digital Social Hour, August 10, 2026

Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad gets into scuffle with California House candidate


California man admits sending fake ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ.com reported receiving an email from someone claiming to know the identities of the abductors and to have video of the "main guy" involved in her kidnapping.

A closer view of the FBI building on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2026.

Leslie Wexner helped shape these Jewish leaders, now they want a reckoning over his Epstein ties

Debbie Findling is leading what may be the largest organized accountability effort to emerge so far in the Jewish community’s reckoning with Wexner’s ties to Epstein.

Jan Reicher (left) and Debbie Findling, former Wexner Graduate fellows who are giving the amount they paid for fellowship tuition and encouraging former fellows to pay similar amounts to organizations supporting victims of sexual assault and human trafficking, pose for a photograph, May 14, 2026.

San Francisco Trans March downplays harassment of LGBTQ Jewish politician Scott Wiener

In the filmed confrontation at the Friday march, most of Wiener’s hecklers referred to Israel and Gaza, causing him to leave the event rather than attend a scheduled Pride Shabbat.

Scott Wiener makes his way down Market street during the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

One killed, one wounded in shooting at site of California World Cup fan zone

There were no World Cup games being screened at the time of the shooting, with the only match of the day in the tournament finishing around 2 p.m. local time.

FOOTBALL FANS gather to watch USA and Paraguay at San Pedro Square for a FIFA World Cup watch party on June 12, 2026 in San Jose, California.

California state senator harassed at pride parade, fellow democrats call out antisemitic hate

Wiener was surrounded by people who made statements about his “Israeli handlers, among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements,” Wiener said. 

Senator Scott Wiener at San Francisco Pride June 29, 2026

California advances two bills recognizing Jewish ethnicity, protecting community

If passed, both bills could be enacted into law by the end of August.

The Capitol building in Sacramento, California.

A personal injury guide for Israeli-Americans in California: Auto accidents and insurance

“When members of this community are injured in California, the legal landscape has some specific features worth understanding.”

Two Israelis die in Malibu car crash, ZAKA working to identify victims

Two Israelis in their 40's were killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Malibu.

A ZAKA ambulance and El Al aircraft are seen at an airport in New Zealand, February 23, 2025

San Diego man charged with funneling 'charitable donations' to Hamas terrorists

The accused has been a long-time public supporter of the terrorist organization, and is alleged to have funneled $600,00 through Hamas charities and cryptocurrency transfers directly to its members.

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Raisin industry heir Bruce Lion charged in antisemitic harassment case in LA

Bruce Lion, heir to a San Joaquin Valley raisin family, has been charged with felony threats and bias motivated offenses after allegedly targeting his Jewish neighbor in Los Angeles.

California seedless raisins are seen June 9, 2005 in Des Plaines, Illinois.