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California’s climate change irony
The gap between California climate change policy and daily reality becomes clear as state regulators expand Aliso Canyon during U.N. summit.
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California legislators are flying around the globe
It’s jet-setting season, baby! More California lawmakers are scheduled to travel to Glasgow today for the United Nations climate change conference. Though Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, the leader of California’s delegation, is set to head home today, some state legislators and high-ranking members of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration will stay in Scotland through next week. […]
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Inside Eleni Kounalakis’ whirlwind UN trip
What a week it’s been for Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis. On Tuesday, she took the stage for two panels at the United Nations climate change conference alongside President Joe Biden’s national climate advisor, governors and business executives — just four days after Gov. Gavin Newsom abruptly cancelled his trip to Glasgow, Scotland and announced that […]
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PG&E under federal investigation
California lawmakers and 500 more from around the nation want the federal government to do more to address climate change. The federal government wants to know whether PG&E was responsible for causing the Dixie Fire, the second-largest blaze in California history. The legislators’ letter to President Joe Biden and PG&E’s regulatory filing announcing the Oct. […]
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State renews $1.7 billion contract with troubled COVID lab
California renewed a huge contract for a COVID-19 testing lab so plagued with problems that state health officials warned it could lose its license.
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Why I won’t be joining Newsom in Scotland
CalMatters made it a priority to cover the UN climate change conference in Scotland, but the governor's office delayed critical information.
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California prepares to vaccinate kids, give more boosters
Welcome to California’s vaccine rollout, part two: the booster and kids edition. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday received a booster shot of the Moderna vaccine, about seven months after getting the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The move reflects the “mix-and-match” strategy approved late last week by federal regulators and a group of Western public […]
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Newsom’s challenge in Glasgow: Can he find climate-business balance?
One of the biggest challenges that Gov. Gavin Newsom will face when he travels to Scotland next week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference: Proving to the rest of the world that California is improving its environmental climate without damaging its business climate. The tensions and synergies between the two were evident Tuesday, when […]
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Key California EDD fixes are a long way off
California's unemployment department is making progress on key reforms, but some of the most transformational changes are still years away.
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Bomb cyclone tears through California
Rain is descending on California as a bomb cyclone and atmospheric river hit the state, enough to end fire season but not the drought.