Ashley Zavala
@ZavalaA
California Capitol Correspondent @kcranews | President @SacPressClub | VP @CCACalifornia | Instagram: @zavalaa
Won my first ever Emmy this weekend, for the secrecy (still) surrounding California’s expensive Capitol Annex Project. KCRA overall took home the most of any station from @EmmySFTV with 27 total. We also won the ultimate award for Overall Excellence. I love my team @kcranews
NEW: California AG Rob Bonta says action is coming against online fantasy sports platforms that continue to operate in the state. He spoke publicly for the first time about this since he released his legal opinion deeming them illegal in California. kcra.com/article/califo…
EXCLUSIVE: "I can't think of a more misinformed opinion!" @USBPChiefELC Gregory K. Bovino responds to @MayorMcCarty's criticism of this week's Sacramento raid. @KevinMcCartyCA says the raids are "immoral and inhumane" & Home Depot parking lots shouldn't be targeted. Bovino…
FireAid is an independent organization not affiliated with the state or the Governor. The Governor and state had no role in the FireAid concerts, or the organization’s decisions to distribute FireAid funds.
I know that @GavinNewsom spends a lot of time on here, as well as podcasting. So I’m sure he’ll see this. Perhaps he can also share with @KarenBassLA Um, can yall explain why money from the California FireAid Concert went to “California Native Vote Project?” That’s a supposed…
‘We’re not leaving California’: In-N-Out says HQ isn’t changing with owner's move to Tennessee | Click on the image to read the full story kcra.com/article/in-n-o…
Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:
In a matter of weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to release a report on what his administration did right and wrong during COVID-19. His office tells me it’ll be about 1,000 pages long. kcra.com/article/newsom…
News —Speaker Mike Johnson shuts the door on a House vote before August recess on a resolution calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. “No,” he told me when asked if there’d be a vote before recess. Says wants to give administration “space” to deal with issue
CALeg rejected 7 attempts to change sanctuary state law since 2017, including earlier this year when @CASenReps tried to require officers cooperate w/ ICE on serious& violent offenders. Don’t expect CA Dems or Trump admin to budge now in the fight over it kcra.com/article/truce-…
As raids continue across California, a truce is unlikely between state leaders and the Trump admin over CA’s Sanctuary State Law and immigration. Both sides signaled this to me today. Police groups warn political posturing will undermine public safety: kcra.com/article/truce-…
Phillies debut the “Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Wait for it…
“I think it’s something I’ve always had," Ashley Zavala, Capitol correspondent @kcranews, says about her younger self. "Seeing things that I don’t find necessarily fair or things that should be questioned, and just calling it out.” (By @newsbabe1530) comstocksmag.com/article/young-…
BREAKING: Border Patrol tells me record checks reveal the illegal aliens they arrested at a Sacramento Home Depot today include: - Mexican aggravated felon w/ prior fentanyl trafficking conviction & 67 jail bookings in CA since 1986. - Previously deported Guatemalan aggravated…
The Texas governor’s office charged The Texas Newsroom (@kut) $244.64 up front to request Greg Abbott’s emails with Elon Musk. After it cashed the check, the governor’s office told the newsroom it believed all the records were confidential. propublica.org/article/texas-…
Seeing questions about the LA federal judge order last week and what impact it has on this Sacramento immigration operation? The answer is zero. Judge Frimpong’s order applies to the Central District of CA (7 SoCal Counties). Sacramento is in the Eastern District of CA, where…
EXCLUSIVE: We joined Border Patrol as they carried out immigration enforcement in Sacramento this morning. Suspected illegal immigrants scattered as soon as agents pulled into a Home Depot, leading to foot pursuits. BP tells us they surveilled the location & ran plates for two…
BREAKING: Remember this story I covered in April? Governor Newsom’s office kept their word. I’m told by multiple ICE & DHS sources that upon his early release from prison last night, the California prison system honored an ICE detainer and transferred him to ICE custody. Oscar…
EXCLUSIVE: The families of two teens killed by an illegal alien who crashed into them while drunk, high, & speeding at 100 mph in OC in 2021 have been told by the state of CA that their killer will be released from prison early in July, just 3.5 years into a 10-year sentence for…
Video of everything mentioned above! x.com/billmelugin_/s…
EXCLUSIVE: We joined Border Patrol as they carried out immigration enforcement in Sacramento this morning. Suspected illegal immigrants scattered as soon as agents pulled into a Home Depot, leading to foot pursuits. BP tells us they surveilled the location & ran plates for two…