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Trump Challenges California on Transgender Parental Notification

The Trump administration Thursday asserted that California’s new law protecting transgender students from unwanted disclosures to their pare...
President Donald Trump speaks with Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving at the Los Angeles Airport, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The Trump administration will investigate whether a new California law banning parental notification requirements in schools violates federal policy. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Trump Challenges California on Transgender Parental Notification

The Trump administration Thursday asserted that California’s new law protecting transgender students from unwanted disclosures to their pare...

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Feds Revive Funding for the Tiny Delta Smelt Trump Hates

The federal government has reinstated funding for a UC Davis program that breeds endangered delta smelt, despite President Donald Trump’s on...

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Will This Bill Be the End of California’s Housing vs. Environment Wars?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For years California has been stuck in a recurring fight b...

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State Audit: CPUC Needs to Boost Oversight of Energy Efficiency Programs We’re Paying For

A recent report by the California State Auditor’s office says that the California Public Utilities Commission needs to do a better job...

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CA Bill Would Stop PG&E From Sticking Ratepayers With Ad and Lobbying Costs

A new California legislative bill would stop utility companies from passing political lobbying, advertising, and shareholder expenses onto e...

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New CA System Tells You When and Where Pesticides Are Applied

A new statewide notification system lets Californians know when and where pesticides will be applied. People who sign up for the California ...

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Rural CA Schools and Roads Lose Millions in Federal Funds After Latest Cuts

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For more than a century, Congress has given extra money to...

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Students at Washington Elementary School in Madera on Oct. 29, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Parents Can’t Figure out How California Schools Are Doing. Newsom’s Plan to Fix That Stalls

By Adam Echelman CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lea esta historia en Español In...

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The Tesla logo at a dealership in Sacramento on July 29, 2022. (CalMatters/Rahul Lal)

Tesla Gets Permit to Ferry Passengers in CA, a Stepping Stone to Driverless Taxis

By Malena Carollo CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tesla Inc. received permission...

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Wife of Slain California Fire Captain Is Arrested in Mexico on Suspicion of Murder

SAN DIEGO — A month after an official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was found slain at her home, the woman&...

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President Donald Trump departs the White House in Washington, March 21, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
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DEA officers stand at a press conference following the arraignment of two alleged Mexican cartel operatives at the Brooklyn Federal Court Building, in New York, on Feb. 28, 2025. The Trump administration is considering major changes in how the Justice Department operates, including by merging the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into one, according to an internal memo. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
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