May 18, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom likely faces a recall election, something California introduced to U.S. politics more than a century ago.

June 15 will be a big day for California. That’s when the state will ease its mask mandate to allow fully vaccinated people to forgo face coverings in most places, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s health and human services secretary, said Monday. It’s also when California will lift capacity limits on businesses, permitting the state […]

Less than half of eligible people in 45 of the state’s 58 counties have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Marin and Alpine rank at the top with 69%, while Lassen, Mariposa and Kings are at the bottom with 25% or less.

California has no time to spare in developing new, clean energy resources before its last nuclear power plant closes in 2024-25.

With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought. Over-pumping of wells hasn’t stopped. But urban residents haven’t lapsed back into water-wasting lifestyles.

Menos de la mitad de las personas elegibles en 45 de los 58 condados del estado han sido completamente vacunados contra COVID-19. Marin y Alpine se ubican en la parte superior con un 69%, mientras que Lassen, Mariposa y Kings están en la parte inferior con un 25% o menos.

Con la mayor parte del estado afectado por una sequía extrema, algunas condiciones son mejores, otras peores, que la última sequía récord. El bombeo excesivo de los pozos no se ha detenido. Pero los residentes urbanos no han vuelto a caer en estilos de vida que desperdician agua.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of a $75.7 billion state budget surplus, but the Legislature's budget analyst says the true surplus is half that size.