President Donald Trump threatened to withhold "large scale" federal funding from California if a trans girl athlete was allowed to compete in state finals, contravening one of his executive orders.Trump said he would call Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to address the issue and would order local authorities to intervene and prevent the person from competing.

Transgender track athletes have come under intense scrutiny in recent months in both Jurupa Valley and Riverside, with anti-LGBTQ+ activists attacking them on social media and screaming opposition to...

“I couldn’t be any prouder regardless of all the noise,” AB Hernandez’s mother, Nereyda Hernandez, said. “She’s successful. She is first place, and it’s her third year. I couldn’t be any prouder.”