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‘Don’t Think Science Knows,’ Trump Says in Sacramento About Climate Change

SACRAMENTO — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos and renewed his unfounded claim that poor forest management is mostly to blame. The fires are threatening...

California Aims To Phase Out State-Operated Youth Prisons

SACRAMENTO — After years of fruitless debate, California now is on the verge of phasing out its state-operated juvenile prison system, a move hailed by reform advocates and criticized by counties that would assume responsibility for some of the state's most violent criminal youth. The bill state lawmakers sent to...

New California Law Helps Former Inmate Firefighters Get Jobs

SACRAMENTO — California's inmate firefighters will have a shot at becoming professional firefighters once they complete their sentences, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Friday. The new law will allow state and county inmates who train as firefighters to seek to erase the criminal records that...

Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB145 Isn’t a ‘Pedophile Bill.’ Here Are the Facts.

THE CLAIM: California just passed Senate Bill 145, a bill that would end felonies for child rape and legalize pedophilia in the state. THE FACTS: SB 145, which has passed the California Legislature and awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature, would not legalize pedophilia. The bill is intended to reform the state’s sex...

More California Counties See Their COVID Restrictions Eased

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom relaxed coronavirus restrictions in five more counties on Tuesday, clearing the way for restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and churches to resume indoor activities with fewer people and other modifications. The change applies to Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Amador, Orange and Placer counties. Newsom says seven...

Clovis Rally Will Make This Demand: ‘Reopen California Schools’

Parents who want schools to open for face-to-face instruction will rally Tuesday afternoon in Clovis and other sites across California in events organized by the Reopen California Schools Facebook group. The local rally will be on Clovis Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday....

‘Open Schools’ Rally Brings Crowd of Parents, Kids to Northwest Fresno Corner

Parents who want their kids back in school took to a busy northwest Fresno street corner Thursday afternoon to protest their lack of choice over the ongoing school closures in Fresno County. About 100 moms and dads, grandparents, and kids wielded homemade signs with slogans such as "Teachers are Essential"...

Restaurant, Bar Owners Have Message for Newsom: ‘Don’t Hold Us Hostage’

Restaurant and bar owners came together Thursday afternoon for a rally drawing attention to their struggles due to the ongoing pandemic. Owners said they're close to their breaking points after being closed for five months. One local bar owner said she had enough money to get by the next three...

As Concerns Over Unemployment Fraud Grow, Patterson Points to Auditor’s Warning

Fresno resident Amy Brooks said she was denied unemployment benefits months ago. But she has recently received 24 pieces of mail from the state's Employment Development Department. The letters all have her address but list a different name and Social Security number. At least three contain debit cards. “There’s no...

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