The California Democratic Party Convention wrapped up in San Francisco this weekend with no candidate receiving the party’s endorsement in the race for governor. The lack of consensus is raising the alarm on a once highly improbable scenario that is stoking fear among Democrats. That the crowded field of Democratic candidates for governor will dilute the vote and lock the party out of the state’s top two primary paving the way for two Republicans to advance to the general election. Blake Jones is the coauthor of POLITICO’s California Playbook and he joined us to breakdown more about the gubernatorial race and what else we learned from this weekend’s convention.

Gray wolves are making their natural return to California after going locally extinct more than a century ago. The first wolf was detected in 2011, and their number has grown from a single pack in 2015 to at least nine confirmed statewide. But the resurgence is sparking a passionate debate about protecting the endangered predator while also reducing losses to livestock. Today Insight continues the conversation about striking the right balance with Axel Hunnicutt, State Gray Wolf Coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. We also get a conservationist’s perspective from Amaroq Weiss, Senior Wolf Advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Renee Watson is a New York Times-bestselling author, who was awarded the 2026 Newberry Award for Children’s Literature for her book “All the Blues in the Sky.” She’s also the featured author for the UC Davis School of Education’s annual Words take Wing events. She is speaking Tuesday, Feb. 24th at the Mondavi Center in Davis at 11 a.m. and at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria in Sacramento at 6 p.m. She joins us on Insight to talk about what it’s like to win such a prestigious award.