Newsom leaves Vatican with pope’s praise for refusing death penalty
VATICAN CITY — In an opulent hall in the Apostolic Palace framed in marble and adorned with Renaissance murals, Gov. Gavin Newsom waited in a line…
Disneyland character and parade performers in California vote to join labor union
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Toni Atkins prepares to be first woman to have held the top job in both the California state Senate and Assembly
The story that Toni Atkins tells feels less like anecdote than allegory, a glimpse of how as a legislator she confronts the problems of California…
Tony Hope Returns to California Political Scene–If Not California
Tony Hope, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1986 and is entertainer Bob Hope’s son, has gained a nomination to the state Republican Central Committee--possibly…
California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles, and dealers aren’t hustling drugs on the…
California teachers criticize Newsom’s budget proposal
SACRAMENTO — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his…
California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting | Housing News
Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of…
Lawsuit seeks to stop USPS plan to buy gas-powered trucks
Groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the…
California public health spending, boosted during COVID, on chopping block
When a doctor in Pasadena reported in October that a hospital patient was exhibiting classic symptoms of dengue fever, such as vomiting, a rash, and…
Hunter Biden's lawyers seek to delay California tax trial
Attorneys for Hunter Biden have asked a California judge to push the date for his upcoming tax trial to September or later. Source link
California Legislature issues official apology for slavery
SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly on Thursday voted to issue an official apology for the state’s role in slavery and the systemic racism that ensued, but…
Bill to regulate psychedelics fails in California Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Another attempt to make psychedelics legal in California has, once again, failed. Senate Bill 1012 by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) was the latest…
Single-payer healthcare meets its fate again in the face of California’s massive budget deficit
SACRAMENTO — The latest attempt to bring a single-payer healthcare system to California failed in the state Legislature on Thursday, undercut by its steep price tag…
Meet the comedians telling hilarious jokes about climate change
Lots of people enjoy laughing at billionaires — but it wasn’t just any billionaires who were the targets of Esteban Gast’s comedic jabs last week…
California water tunnel cost estimated at $20 billion
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced that the estimated cost of building a tunnel to transport water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has risen to…
A guide to stargazing adventures in Los Angeles and beyond
I’ll never forget my first stargazing experience in Southern California. It was during a spring camping trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, not long after…
An Orange County banker runs for Wisconsin Senate seat
Eric Hovde has, from the looks of it, a pretty swell life. The banking executive is a millionaire many times over. He owns an ocean-view…
Tell us: What’s the most extraordinary West Coast experience?
Our guide to the 101 best West Coast experiences brings you essential things to do in Baja, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. We think…
California university will heed student call to boycott Israel institutions | Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions News
Sonoma State University, a public school in northern California, has said that it will not enter partnerships with Israeli universities, heeding a call from pro-Palestine…
California legislators want to review controversial electric charge
A state Assembly committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would require a legislative review of a controversial new monthly fixed charge on electric…