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Former mayor of Sausalito Janelle Kellman (left) and former mayor of Novato Josh Fryday (right) are both Jewish candidates for lieutenant governor in the upcoming primary election on June 2. (Screenshots via Facebook/ Janelle Kellman, Josh Fryday)

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor

by Lea Loeb May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

Rabbi Nancy Wechsler (center-right) is retiring from Congregation Beth Shalom, a small Reform synagogue in Carmichael, just outside of Sacramento. (Courtesy)

Northern California

Sacramento area synagogue honors retiring Rabbi Nancy Wechsler

by Emma Goss May 26, 2026May 29, 2026

A composite of the candidates for Calif. Superintendent of Public Instruction, who appeared in a May 17 online forum put on by Jewish California. (Screenshots via Zoom/Jewish California)

Candidates for state superintendent split on defending K-12 antisemitism law in court

by Niva Ashkenazi May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

Yelena Asadov (right) and her grandmother, Musia Dimant, who received care from Angel Palliative Care and Hospice in 2020. (Valentina Sidorova)

‘Deeply connected’: First local hospice earns certification for Jewish care

by Lea Loeb May 18, 2026May 19, 2026

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman speaks during the opening plenary at the Jewish California Legislative Summit at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento on May 11, 2026. (Courtesy Jewish California)

Los Angeles DA calls judge’s ruling in Stanford protest case antisemitic

by Niva Ashkenazi May 15, 2026May 19, 2026

Screenshot from an ad for Kars4Kids. (YouTube)

Judge bars Kars4Kids from advertising in California, saying it misled donors about Orthodox mission

by Grace Gilson May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

(From left) Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay), Ella Schweizer, Debbie Michels and Jewish Silicon Valley CEO Daniel Klein meet during the Jewish California Legislative Summit in Sacramento, May 12, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)

A record 700 volunteers lobby all 120 California lawmakers on Jewish priorities

by Niva Ashkenazi May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen

Northern California

UPDATED: Judge kicks Santa Clara DA off Stanford anti-Israel protesters case

by Niva Ashkenazi May 7, 2026May 12, 2026

Dave Goldberg, right, with wife Sheryl Sandberg in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2013. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of late husband

by Grace Gilson May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

Fringe conservative political candidate Don Grundmann talking to reporters at a "Straight Pride" protest outside Planned Parenthood in Modesto, Aug. 24, 2019. (Gabe Stutman/J. Staff)

Antisemitic screed in California voter guide rattles state’s Jews

by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2026April 24, 2026