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California Awards $20M Grant To Electric Motorcycle Startup Ryvid

Irvine, California-based electric motorcycle startup Ryvid receives a $20M grant from the California Competes Tax Credit program.

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Terrell Owens says man he punched at CVS threatened him, fan

Retired NFL star Terrell Owens said a fight caught on camera in which he punched a man in a CVS parking lot was the result of an “aggressor” threatening him and a fan he was talking to at the California store

The Independent UK

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #39

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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GOP rebels threaten McCarthy speaker bid

Rep. Andy Biggs says there are about 20 "pretty hard nos" in the Republican Party against McCarthy

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House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress’ first Black party leader

WASHINGTON — House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar of California as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Los Angeles Times

Virginia cop posed as teen to groom, extort California girl

A Virginia sheriff’s deputy posed as a 17-year-old online to groom and sexually extort a teenage girl in California before he killed her mother and grandparents and set fire to their home

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Lieu elected vice chair of House Democratic Caucus - Roll Call

House Democrats on Wednesday elected California Rep. Ted Lieu to be vice chair of the party caucus next year.

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California gave drivers a new option for gender on their IDs. Here’s how many took it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years after California began issuing nonbinary IDs, fewer than 16,000 people have asked the state for a little piece of plastic with their gender marked by an X rather than an F or M.

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Black and Latino residents burned out of Palm Springs seek city reparations

LOS ANGELES — Pearl Devers was too young to understand why her mother was bundling her and her brothers up and fleeing their family home on tribal land in Palm Springs, California.

Los Angeles Times

Nearly 20% of California water agencies could see shortages if drought persists, state report shows

LOS ANGELES — Most of California’s urban water agencies believe they have enough supplies to last through another seven months of drought, but nearly 20% of them — including many in Southern California — say they could be facing significant shortages, according to a new state report.

Los Angeles Times

Layoffs mount: Twitter, tech, biotech firms chop 900-plus Bay Area jobs

SAN JOSE, California — Twitter and other companies have unveiled plans to chop more than 900 Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of tech and biotech layoffs that could jolt the region’s increasingly wobbly economy.

Tribune News Service

Despite losing school board races, California conservatives confident in new playbook

For conservatives running for school boards in California, any dream of a "red wave" proved to be a dud as Republican candidates, including a member of an extremist right-wing group, lost in most races across the state.

Los Angeles Times

'I found out my friend was a murderer - and I was next on his list'

Nedra Calloway, from California, claims to have found out that she was next on convicted murderer Kevin Sterling Jones' hit list from recordings shared with the police by an informant

Daily Mirror

Indigenous language education in schools

An indigenous language has 16 advanced speakers — teaching it is a step towards greater cultural diversity

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California hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn't do it

LOS ANGELES — To help patients who are financially strapped, California lawmakers decided to stiffen state requirements for hospitals to offer free or discounted care.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: California still violates the Constitution on bail

The purpose of bail is to get people out of jail.

The Guardian - US

Weinstein trial: prosecutor says ‘hotels were his trap’ in closing arguments

Six-week Los Angeles trial wrapping up after graphic testimony from four women accusing ex-producer of rape and sexual assault

Tribune News Service

Should California tax oil profits? Gas spike hearing sets stage for contentious debate

SACRAMENTO, California — Consumer advocates and oil industry representatives launched opening salvos Tuesday in a bitter debate over whether oil companies are “price gouging” drivers or are themselves actually the victim of California’s green policies squeezing out fossil fuel industries.

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Vet's lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossed

A lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic and neurological damage in U.S. servicemembers has been thrown out

Ballotpedia

Closest and widest vote margins for state ballot measure elections in California

There were 23 state ballot measures decided by less than a percentage point in California between 1910 and 2022. The ballot measure with the closest vote margin percentage during that period was Proposition 74, which was defeated with a vote margin of 50.01% ‘No’ to 49.99% ‘Yes’ in 1988. The…

Los Angeles Times

US government pledges $250 million to help ailing Salton Sea

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration has announced a plan to provide $250 million to accelerate environmental projects around the shrinking Salton Sea, helping to revitalize its ecosystems and control hazardous dust in a deal that will clear the way for California to take less water from the drought-ravaged Colorado…

Los Angeles Times

This Inglewood carwash paid workers $7 an hour, state officials say. The penalty: Over $900,000

In the latest crackdown against wage theft in Southern California, state officials said Tuesday they would penalize an Inglewood carwash operator more than $900,000 for paying workers far below the minimum wage and denying them overtime and rest breaks.

Tribune News Service

Democrats compete to do ‘unglamorous’ work in House leadership posts

WASHINGTON — With promises to do “hard, unglamorous” work, help colleagues connect with constituents and navigate an ever changing media landscape, House Democrats are competing for open posts in the party’s leadership.

Los Angeles Times

Meghan Markle shuts it down: There will be no ‘Real Housewives of Montecito’ for her

Waiting to watch Meghan Markle flip a table? Well, keep waiting, because the Duchess of Sussex says there’s no way she will be part of the “Real Housewives” franchise. Not even if it comes to her star-studded California hometown of Montecito.

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Democrats compete to do ‘unglamorous’ work in House leadership posts - Roll Call

With top jobs settled, Democrats are vying for roles in the next Congress that include party messaging and managing the caucus.

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