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The election of the first woman of color to lead the chamber came after weeks of speculation about challenges to Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire’s leadership. But the pair promised an amicable transition.

Insurance companies want to factor climate change in calculating wildfire coverage, but consumer watchdogs worry California homeowners will end up with higher premiums. Lawmakers from fire-damaged districts say they are open to change because their constituents are already losing coverage.

Las compañías de seguros quieren tener en cuenta el cambio climático al calcular la cobertura de incendios forestales, pero los organismos de control de los consumidores temen que los propietarios de viviendas de California terminen con primas más altas. Los legisladores de los distritos dañados por el fuego dicen que están abiertos a cambios porque sus electores ya están perdiendo cobertura.

Nueve de cada diez votantes registrados votaron en los condados de Sonoma y Marin en el norte de California, lo que los convierte en los condados con mayor participación del estado en las elecciones de noviembre de 2020. ¿Su competencia? Un recinto de Sun City Palm Desert, donde la participación alcanzó casi 96%.

Nine of ten registered voters cast ballots in Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California, making them the state’s highest turnout counties in the November 2020 election. Their competition? A Sun City Palm Desert precinct, where turnout reached almost 96%.

The damage to water systems can linger for years. The cost in just one small town: as much as $150 million.

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A Florida-based company accused of botching the clean-up after last year’s devastating fires in Santa Rosa has jumped into California politics, writing big checks to Gavin Newsom’s gubernatorial campaign and the California Democratic Party.