California federal judge overturns assault weapons ban
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Newsom recall officially triggered as verified signature threshold met
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The campaign to recall the Calfornia governor collected more than 1.6 million signatures. The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has received the necessary number of verified signatures to trigger a recall election later this year. The California Secretary of State … Read More
9 ways Joe Biden and Kamala Harris aim to make the U.S. like California
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Many of the major policies that former Vice President Joe Biden is proposing are already in place in California to some degree. Credit: Illustration by Dan Hubig for CalMatters – California has become a laboratory for progressive policies CALIFORNIA, USA … Read More
Supreme Court gives temporary win to California churches over coronavirus restrictions
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Ruling comes after the court blocked caps on religious service attendance in New York. The Supreme Court gave a positive sign to a California church fighting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on the number of people allowed at houses of worship due to the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More
Up in smoke: Wildfires burn a hole in the economic pocketbook
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Photo by: Noah Berger FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, a staircase remains at the Restaurant at Meadowood, which burned in the Glass Fire, in St. Helena, Calif. Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country draws millions … Read More
BREAKING: Court Declares Gov. Newsom’s Abuse of Power Unconstitutional
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Judge issues injunction restraining the Gov. from any more unconstitutional orders. Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher. (Photo: Katy Grimes for California Globe) California Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher sued to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “one-man rule,” as California Globe … Read More
Insurance companies abandoning California at a faster rate, as wildfires wreak havoc
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Facing major losses after the 2018 Camp Fire, insurance companies dropped Californians in wildfire-prone Sierra foothills communities at an accelerating rate last year. Carriers sent non-renewal notices to 42,088 homeowners in the foothill counties in 2019, compared to 23,925 the … Read More
California Housing Policy Is Making Wildfires Worse
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A Cathedral City firefighter hoses a burning structure at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort in St. Helena, California, on September 28, 2020.JANE TYSKA / DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA / EAST BAY TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke … Read More
California Is Ready to Pull the Plug on Gas Vehicles
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At least 15 other countries have already made similar commitments, including Germany, France and Norway. In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. … Read More
Pelosi on wildfires in California and West: ‘Mother Earth is angry’
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“The climate crisis is real and has an impact,” the San Francisco Democrat says. There’s a message in the raging wildfires that have scorched her home state of California as well as neighboring states, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Mother Earth is angry,” the … Read More