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Ron DeSantis’ talk of Florida as ‘refuge’ stokes red-versus-blue divide

News Analysis: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ pitch for his yet-to-be-announced presidential campaign leans into red-versus-blue rhetoric that is a softer, more palatable version of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a ‘national divorce’

The Independent UK

Mum hiker killed by falling tree in front of horrified son and Boy Scout troop

The group, which included the woman killed, her son, a number of Boy Scouts and parents, had been hiking in the Cupertino region of California, US, when tragedy struck

Daily Mirror

Karine Jean-Pierre holds White House press briefing after DeSantis’ California speech

Karine Jean-Pierre held a White House press briefing on Monday (6 March).

The Independent UK

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Review: At Rolling Loud California, Travis Scott makes a truncated return to the stage

LOS ANGELES — As comebacks go, it was dark, noisy — and brief.

Los Angeles Times

California has nearly 100 new housing laws. Are they fixing the affordability crisis?

Facing a massive affordable-housing crisis pushing Californians out of their hometowns and some onto the street, state legislators passed law after law to boost housing production. Now, Sacramento is asking itself the million-dollar question: Is it working?

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Why there aren’t enough eggs in California: Poultry expert Richard Blatchford

The cost of a dozen large eggs in California has soared, averaging about $4.50, up from $2.35 at this time last year. And the prices for any food that uses eggs as an ingredient, such as mayonnaise and baked goods, are also climbing.

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States struggle to find Colorado River cuts as Lake Mead shrinks

LAS VEGAS — Getting states to agree to use less water is hard. Doing so in a matter of months is near impossible.

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DeSantis inches closer to presidential run announcement with California speech – as it happened

Governor condemns other states’ Covid responses and celebrates Florida as a ‘citadel of freedom’ in speech

The Guardian - US

Justin Bieber makes surprise appearance at festival, days after cancelling world tour

The singer appeared to perform with Don Toliver during his set at Rolling Loud festival in California

The Independent UK

Commentary: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

A California Supreme Court decision last month reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A few weeks before that, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration confirmed that they had abandoned plans to require COVID-19 vaccination of schoolchildren, and legislation to similar…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How California came to treat UC Berkeley students’ ‘noise’ as a dire environmental threat

In an era of upheaval and protest at People’s Park and across the country, the University of California, Berkeley admitted its first significant wave of Chicano students in response to student pressure in 1969. Even then, the university had a housing shortage, prompting a successful effort to acquire a house…

Los Angeles Times

California’s ‘hardest to book’ campground isn’t in a famous park

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California has one campground among the nation’s 10 most difficult to book, according to a campsite-finding app — and it’s not in any of the famous parks.

Tribune News Service

Newlywed couple sue for $5million after being 'abandoned' on Hawaii snorkelling trip

Alexander Burckle and Elizabeth Webster, from California, US, had organised a trip with Maui Sail Company to go snorkelling off Lanai in Hawaii but were soon left fearing for their lives

Daily Mirror

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California’s Medicaid program was closed…

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Birmingham Post

Tech firm WANdisco confirms it is exploring plans to list in America

The Sheffield firm also has a base in California and says it has previously voiced plans for a dual listing

Axios

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives speech in California 1 year out from state GOP primary

DeSantis was greeted with cheers inside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library event and protests outside.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why Sirhan Sirhan did not deserve parole for killing my dad: Read Christopher Kennedy’s statement on RFK’s assassin’s latest attempt for freedom

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: Robert F. Kennedy’s killer was denied parole after his son, Christopher — who lives in the Chicago suburbs — spoke forcefully against it before the California Parole Board last week.

The Guardian - US

Couple accuse Hawaiian snorkeling tour company of abandoning them in ocean

California newlyweds claim they returned to boat after dive to find it sailing away

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Why California is still in a drought

Record-setting snow in LA doesn't mean the state has recovered from its historic drought yet

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With eye toward the future, Rep. Ro Khanna takes on the heartland from Silicon Valley

Ro Khanna was first elected as a whiz kid evangelist for Silicon Valley, the heart of his congressional district and home to Apple, Cisco and Intel’s headquarters. Today, though, the Californian's stumping for a different crowd.

Tribune News Service

‘It’s going to be devastating’: End of emergency food benefits expected to impact millions of Californians

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a pound of chicken: That may be all the groceries some Californians can buy each month with their CalFresh benefits now that emergency federal pandemic funds that boosted food benefits have ended.

The Independent UK

Californians await key decisions from reparations task force

California's reparations task force still has not made key decisions about what reparations may look like or how much Black Californians may be paid

Los Angeles Times

California to alter COVID rules in health care settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LOS ANGELES — With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers.

The Independent UK

Trapped Californians rescued from snow, helped by neighbors

Search crews have rescued Californians stranded for days in multiple feet of snow after back-to-back storms plastered the state’s mountain communities and trapped many in their homes

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lifeguard has pointed response to girl harassing sea lion; video

A young girl was caught on video tossing rocks and sand at a California sea lion last week in violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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