Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., leaves a lengthy closed-door meeting with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Speaker Pelosi is expected to appoint House impeachment managers and transmit the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Adam Schiff
L.A. congressman, a Stanford grad, is endorsed by Nancy Pelosi and 14 other California House Democrats for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat if she retires in 2024, a big fundraising and momentum boost.
Pat Bournes
Mechanical engineer from Santa Clara is arrested after FBI agents identify him as part of a pro-Trump mob that violently clashed with police trying to protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Big Oil
Amid high gas prices, ExxonMobil ($56 billion), Chevron ($35 billion), Shell ($40 billion) and others announce record profits. The backlash is increasing momentum for California to pass a new law capping oil profits.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group