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Trump Wants to Deport Immigrants Accused of Crimes. CA Sheriffs Could Make It Easy

California sheriffs once again find themselves navigating a difficult political calculus on immigration as President Donald Trump begins his...

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California Abandons Diesel Truck Ban and 3 Other Clean-Air Rules Before Trump Is Sworn In

California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the inc...

/ 5 days ago

New California Bill Would Block Trans Females From Playing in Girls’ Sports

Days before a Kentucky judge blocked federal rules protecting LGBTQ students last week, California Assemblymember Kate Sanchez proposed simi...

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As LA Burns, Corruption Probe Leaves State Senate’s Insurance Committee Chair Vacant

As fires rage through Southern California and exacerbate the state’s insurance crisis, the California Senate has no one in charge of its Ins...

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LA Fires Underscore How Much CA Has to Lose if Trump Withholds Disaster Aid

As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ryan ...

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CA Infernos In January? Why Wildfire Season Is Longer and More Devastating

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fir...

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New Homelessness Data: How Does California Compare to the Rest of the Country?

California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here than in most of the res...

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California Businesses Sue State Over New Workplace Law

California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work. Jea...

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If CA Wants to Lead on AI, It Can’t Let 3 Companies Hog the Infrastructure

When California state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced the nation’s most ambitious AI safety bill last year, it became a flashpoint in the...

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Chris Lodgson, Coalition for a Just and Equitable California

‘People Are Still Mad’: Will California Pass Reparations Bills?

After two reparations bills stalled in the final day of session last year, reparation advocates are campaigning today at the state Capitol t...

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A fatal crash on State Route 41 near Road 209 claimed one life and injured another on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (CHP)

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Madera County Crash Claims One Life, Hospitalizes Other Driver

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Bears Hire Lions’ Offensive Guru Ben Johnson as Their Head Coach

Photo of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, accompanied by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right

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Senate Confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Giving Trump the First Member of His Cabinet

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Musk Is Likely to Get a West Wing Office for His Cost-Cutting Project

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Town Hall Speaker Will Reveal How Zipline Drone Delivery Is Saving Lives

The inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump plays live on screens in the lobby of a building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Canada Relieved Trump Doesn’t Impose Tariffs on the Major US Trading Partner on First Day

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