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CA Lawmakers’ Safety Gets New Attention After Trump Shooting

Former President Donald Trump evaded serious injury, or death, by mere centimeters after a bullet struck his upper right ear during a campai...

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Separating Fact From Fiction About California Homelessness

Homelessness is one of the most prominent, hardest to solve — and most polarizing — problems California faces today. It’s an intensely...

/ 3 days ago

How California’s Bureaucracy Prevents Working-Class Transplants from Resuming Their Careers

Uprooting your life to a new state is never an easy experience. In my case, it was due to tragic circumstances. Norma Ponce Special to Cal...

/ 4 days ago

Gavin Newsom for President? These Are His Assets and Liabilities

In the nearly two weeks since President Joe Biden’s catastrophic performance in a televised debate, the Democratic freakout over whether he ...

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Supreme Court Stripped Federal Regulators of Power. Do California Rules Offer a Backstop?

Tucked between headline-grabbing opinions on presidential immunity, Jan. 6 rioters and homeless encampments, the U.S. Supreme Court closed o...

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California Boosts Spending to Help Students Earn Math and Science Degrees

Alina Kralya tinkers with a microcontroller for one of her computer science projects at American River College. Nearby, a group of other fir...

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California’s ‘Weak’ Job Market Propped Up by Public Money as Private Sector Sheds Jobs

Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has seen a big ...

/ 6 days ago

Hundreds of Deaths, Thousands of Injuries, Billions of Dollars: The Cost of Extreme Heat in California

A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the hottest temperature e...

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A UC Merced Medical Program Is Slowly Taking Shape. Why California Wants More Doctors There

A hospital closure in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley a year and a half ago underscored something that people in the region have long kn...

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Why Many Illegal Fireworks Could Be Gone in California Next July Fourth

For eight years, Mike Salazar has spent Fourth of July week selling fireworks in an empty parking lot in Vernon. His truck is covered floor ...

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New Village Green Park Opens in Loma Vista as Clovis Community Hub

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Dealing Blow to Biden’s Reelection Bid, Teamsters Union May Withhold Endorsement

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Appears to Confirm Delay in Aug. 8 Robotaxi Unveil Event to Make Design Change

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