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Valley’s Violent Crime Rate Is CA’s Highest. Fresno Bucks the Trend.

California’s violent crime rate edged up in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend, while property crime declined in most counties, accordin...
California's violent crime rate rose by 1.7% in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend, while property crime declined in most counties. (Shutterstock)

Valley’s Violent Crime Rate Is CA’s Highest. Fresno Bucks the Trend.

California’s violent crime rate edged up in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend, while property crime declined in most counties, accordin...

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Flawed Emergency Alert Systems Lagged When Residents Needed Them Most During Los Angeles Wildfires

LOS ANGELES — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

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What California Can Learn From Texas on Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster

Can California learn from other states about housing recovery after a natural disaster? Sameea Kamal CalMatters That’s the idea beh...

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California Shoots Down Trump’s Claim That US Military ‘Turned on the Water’

California water officials on Tuesday denied President Trump’s social media claim late Monday that the U.S. military acting under emer...

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Trump Wants to Break California’s Sanctuary State Law: 5 Things to Know

Back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is once again trying to break a policy California Democrats adopted during his first term to...

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California Considers Letting Victims of Natural Disasters Sue Oil Companies for Damages

SACRAMENTO — Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change-related disasters in California under legislation in...

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Google to Change Map Names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali When US Updates Them Based on Trump Order

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The co...

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Trump’s Conditions on LA Fire Aid Put CA Republicans in a Vise

As swaths of Southern California burn, the state’s Republican members of Congress find themselves facing a dilemma. Yue Stella Yu CalMatt...

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A fire hydrant that only has a 2.5 inch outlet, instead of the normal 4-inch outlet with higher water volume, in Palisades, Calif. on January 25, 2025. The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Donald Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Donald Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role ...

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This aerial image provided by KABC-TV shows a mud-covered road, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Topanga, Calif. (KABC-TV via AP)

Rain in Southern California Creates Mudflows but Helps Firefighters

LOS ANGELES — More rain fell Monday on parts of Southern California after causing mudflows over the weekend, helping firefighters but boosti...

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Soldiers at the Army’s jungle training school on Oahu, in Hawaii, practice tactical movements in the pouring rain, Nov. 28, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
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The Federal Reserve building in Washington, Nov 3, 2024. The Federal Reserve is set to stand pat at its first gathering of 2025, pressing pause on interest rate cuts as policymakers take stock of how the world’s largest economy is faring. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times)
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