SACRAMENTO — California Democrats voted in a new leader in the state Assembly on Thursday, selecting San Benito County Assemblyman Robert Rivas after a chaotic hours-long power struggle over one ...

SACRAMENTO — California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) announced new legislative leadership on Tuesday, a key decision in his first year as leader of the lower house that could ...

While California lists 463 sightings, Washington reports 724 possible sasquatch sightings, according to Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. Beyond the "Eureka" motto and the Bear Flag ...

Robert Rivas tells anyone who will listen that his rise from farmworker housing on the rural Central Coast to Assembly Speaker is wholly unexpected, the California Dream become reality.

After more than seven years and a protracted, fiery succession battle, California finally has a new Assembly speaker. Hollister Democrat Robert Rivas on Friday officially became the leader of the ...