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Progressive Icon and Ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee Wins Race for Mayor of Oakland

SAN FRANCISCO — Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Fran...

Progressive Icon and Ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee Wins Race for Mayor of Oakland

SAN FRANCISCO — Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Fran...

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Bakersfield Push to Restore Kern River Seeks to Revitalize City

To improve Bakersfield’s image and quality of life, a group of residents is working to restore water to the city’s long‑dry Kern River, the ...

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What Happens After a Homeless Person Is Arrested for Camping? Often, Not Much

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Wickey Two Hands sat at the defense table on a recent Thur...

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LA’s Schools Chief Knows What It’s Like to Be Undocumented

LOS ANGELES — When federal agents arrived at two Los Angeles elementary schools last week to conduct welfare checks on students who the agen...

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The logo for Valero Energy Corporation is shown at a Valero gas station in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 2, 2016. (REUTERS File)

Valero Books $1.1 Billion Impairment, May Idle California Refinery

(Reuters) – Valero Energy Corp said on Wednesday it was taking a $1.1 billion pre-tax impairment related to its California refineries ...

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Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down Again. Will CA’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Alastair Bland CalMatters Facing the continued colla...

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What To Know About California Reparations: Is State’s Apology the Beginning or the End?

Some five years after the police murder of George Floyd, shifting political winds at both the state and national level raise the question of...

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Butler, Curry Lead Warriors Past Grizzlies to Secure Seventh Seed in West Playoffs

SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry threw their arms around each other and embraced. Playoff Jimmy in all his brilliance on the b...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California waits for President Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. Newsom and the state’s attorney general plan to sue President Trump on Wednesday to try to stop his flurry of tariffs, accusing the president of taking unlawful action to escalate a global trade war that has caused “immediate and irreparable harm” to the state’s economy. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

California Is Preparing to Take Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs

California’s governor and attorney general plan to sue President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to stop his flurry of tariffs, accusing th...

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7 Takeaways: How the DMV Allows Dangerous Drivers to Stay on the Road

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Ervin Wyatt’s history behind the wheel spreads across two ...

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Progressive Icon and Ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee Wins Race for Mayor of Oakland

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