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Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

July 19, 2019

California was lucky. Again. Opinion Matt Levin CALmatters The major earthquakes that rattled the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest earlier this month — a magnitude 6.4 temblor on July 4th followed a few days later by a whopping 7.1 quake ...

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

CALmatters

July 19, 2019

California, a state with the nation’s highest poverty rate, consistently ranks near the bottom when it comes to enrolling low-income people in CalFresh, the state’s name for the federal food stamp program. ...

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

CALmatters

July 19, 2019

This may come as surprise to the president, the national media and more than a few Californians, but there are plenty of Trump supporters in the “Resistance State.” And since the beginning of the year, they’ve ...

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See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

While California Sen. Kamala Harris has harvested more than $7.5 million here this year in her bid for the presidency, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, outraised her in her own state in the year’s second quarter. Ben Christopher CALmatters ...

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In California, We Long Ago Ended ‘War on Coal’

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

In a series of demagogic tweets, President Donald Trump recently attacked Obama-era “clean power plan” policies as a “war on coal” and a danger to U.S. energy independence. Opinion Jan Smutny-Jones ...

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40 Years of Lies Stigmatizing ‘Teenage Pregnancy’ Are Enough

CALmatters

July 18, 2019

In 1960, one in 10 California women ages 15-19 gave birth. Opinion Mike Males Special to CALmatters By 1975, just 5% did. What caused that phenomenal drop? Not abortion. The teen birth d...

Pumpsie Green, 1st Black Player on Boston Red Sox, Dies

AP News

July 18, 2019

BOSTON — Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah "Pumpsie" Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85. "Pumpsie Green occupies a special place in our history. He was, by his own admission, a reluctant pionee...

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Nevada: Feds Should Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site

AP News

July 18, 2019

LAS VEGAS — Nevada's governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying th...

California Shouldn’t Ignore Hydropower in Climate Change Fight

CALmatters

July 17, 2019

Is the cleanest, greenest electricity in the world green enough for California? Opinion Adam Gray Special to CALmatters For years, the people of the northern San Joaquin Valley have been tryin...

Black Mother in Labor Told Not to Scream. Can California Fix Maternity Care Racism?

CALmatters

July 16, 2019

Bettye Jean Ford was in her second trimester when the pressure she had been feeling in her abdomen for weeks turned to excruciating pain. She rushed to a Los Angeles emergency room, where she was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and sent home with anti...

'Mayor Pete' Adds a Meet-and-Greet to Fresno Stop

District Probe Faults Slatic in Clash With Army Recruiter

Slatic Defiant as Investigations into Trustee Come to Light

Slatic’s Behavior Is ‘Not Acceptable,’ Says Board President

Fact Check: Trump's Falsehoods on Electoral College, Border Wall

Police Aren’t the Only Ones Who Can Make Communities Safer

Poll: Many Feeling Vulnerable Despite Economic Gains

Trump Said Water Wars ‘Easy’ to Fix. What Do Farmers Say Now?

4DX Tech Turns Movies into Aromatic Thrill Ride — for a Price

Pumpsie Green, 1st Black Player on Boston Red Sox, Dies

Fans Descend on San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con

‘Game of Thrones’ Reigns With Record 32 Emmy Nominations

California Might Finally Put a Lid on High-Interest Lenders

Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

Preschool Teachers Ask Why ‘Cashiers at McDonalds’ Get Better Pay

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Kamala Harris Gets Personal, Delivers Stunning Blow to Biden

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

Trump Blasts 4 Congresswomen; Crowd Roars, ‘Send Her Back!’

Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

In California, We Long Ago Ended ‘War on Coal’

40 Years of Lies Stigmatizing ‘Teenage Pregnancy’ Are Enough

Pumpsie Green, 1st Black Player on Boston Red Sox, Dies

Nevada: Feds Should Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site

California Shouldn’t Ignore Hydropower in Climate Change Fight

Black Mother in Labor Told Not to Scream. Can California Fix Maternity Care Racism?

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