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'We got really lucky': Why California escaped another destructive fire season in 2022

Despite months of warnings fueled by extreme heat and drought-desiccated conditions, California's deadly fire season ended with remarkably little area burned, with just 362,403 acres scorched in 2022, compared with more than 2.5 million acres the year before.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom upbeat after meeting with local leaders on homelessness, but funding remains unclear

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said a meeting with local leaders on efforts to reduce homelessness exceeded his expectations. Yet the status of the $1 billion in state funding he halted two weeks ago remained unclear.

Tribune News Service

'Three threats at once': California urges caution amid spread of RSV, COVID, flu

LOS ANGELES — California officials are urging preventive measures to thwart the spread of respiratory illnesses and alleviate a health system already contending with the triple threat of COVID-19, influenza and RSV.

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US to Hold 2023 Asia-Pacific Summit in San Francisco

Asia-Pacific leaders will gather in November 2023 in San Francisco, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday, offering a potential opportunity for a rare US visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Harris, who is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, announced the week beginning November 12, 2023 for the Asia-Pacific…

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CA's Newsom to release $1B for homelessness, with conditions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month

The Independent UK

Monterey Bay desalination project is approved despite environmental injustice concerns

SALINAS, Calif. — In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community.

Los Angeles Times

California recovers pandemic job losses amid economic woes

California has officially recovered all of the 2.7 million jobs it lost at the start of the pandemic

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California Democratic candidates have spent $115.4 million more than Republicans

In California, state-level candidates have spent $378.9 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Oct. 22, 2022. Democratic candidates have spent $233.5 million and Republican candidates have spent $118.1 million.

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Police release suspect accused of ploughing vehicle into 25 LA sheriff recruits

Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 22, was released as investigators continue to probe incident

The Independent UK

Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger

Wildfires affect large areas of the Earth’s surface and many of their effects occur at an alarming speed. The fires that consumed half of Australia’s Kangaroo Island in 2019 left a trail of animal corpses in their wake. In 2021, wildfires burned over 2.5 million acres of land in California.

The Conversation

From the air, scientists map 'fast paths' for recharging California's groundwater

Thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age, rivers flowed from giant glaciers in the Sierra Nevada down to the Central Valley, carving into rock and gouging channels at a time when the sea level was about 400 feet lower. When the glaciers retreated, meltwater coursed down and buried…

Los Angeles Times

Seahawks: Pro Football Focus grades through their first 10 games

Now, let's take a look at the individual Pro Football Focus grades for everyone on the team.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Democrat Katie Porter wins re-election in California’s 47th District

The former protege of Elizabeth Warren who often goes viral for her aggressive questioning of executives will serve a third term

The Independent UK

California stockpiled uninsured fines

Those without health insurance were fined. The state was supposed to distribute the revenue to people without care

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The Orange County Register

Editorial: California’s eternal poverty problem demands more than government checks

Fewer people were in poverty in California in 2021 than in 2019. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this was due only to government relief payments, not to an improving economy or more job opportunities.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Being mayor is different from being a legislator. But Bass has shined in every political job

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Back when she was a legislative leader, one rare quality that impressed me about Karen Bass was her candor in admitting ignorance about a complex subject.

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Representation matters. But a Mayor Karen Bass means more for Black women in LA

Watching Karen Bass be given her flowers for becoming the first woman and only the second Black person to be elected mayor of Los Angeles, I can't help but think of how much has changed in California over the past two years.

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The Australian’s editor Chris Dore lost his job after attending News Corp event in California

Exclusive: Key Murdoch editor attended Wall Street Journal Tech Live event at Laguna Beach last month along with top News Corp executives

Los Angeles Times

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter holds on to seat in tightly fought Orange County race

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Katie Porter of California, a rising star in the Democratic Party, fended off a challenge from Republican Scott Baugh, a former state lawmaker, to secure her third term in Congress.

Los Angeles Times

In ‘momentous’ act, regulators approve demolition of four Klamath River dams

In a milestone decision, federal regulators on Thursday signed off on plans to demolish four aging dams along the Klamath River, paving the way for hundreds of miles of native fish habitat along the California-Oregon border to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.

Tribune News Service

Tech layoffs: San Jose streaming giant Roku plans to cut hundreds of jobs

SAN JOSE, California — Roku, a San Jose streaming giant, has disclosed plans to jettison hundreds of employees, in a new disclosure that widens the increasingly painful job cuts that have jolted the Bay Area’s tech sector.

Tribune News Service

States take key role in fighting fake online reviews

With studies showing that at least three-quarters of online shoppers check product and service reviews before they buy, the evaluations have become more important than ever in global commerce. But fake reviews upend the system.

RideApart

Sondors Begins Metacycle Deliveries To U.S. Customers

Malibu, California-based electric mobility brand Sondors delivers the first units of its Metacycle electric motorcycle to U.S. customers.

Al Jazeera

US to demolish four dams in river restoration effort

Decision by regulators comes after years of advocacy by Native American tribes and environmentalists.

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