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Emily Hoeven

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Emily Hoeven wrote the daily WhatMatters newsletter for three years at CalMatters . Her reporting, essays, and opinion columns have been published in San Francisco Weekly, the Deseret News, the San Francisco Business Times, the Flathead Beacon, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and the Mercury News. Emily graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English and French and studied English at the University of Cambridge, England as a Thouron Summer Prize fellow. She speaks French fluently and spent a year teaching English in Châteauroux, France.

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Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and Gov. Gray Davis joke with each other as Davis shows Schwarzenegger the governor's private office at the Capitol in Sacramento on Oct. 23, 2003. The two met for the first time since the election to go discuss the transition. Photo by . Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
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Gray Davis spills the beans on recall reforms
Recall updates: VP Kamala Harris cancels event to help Newsom, Kevin Faulconer appeals to working moms, state GOP sues over Newsom finances and intra-party sniping between Democrats Jacqueline McGowan and Kevin Paffrath.
By • August 27, 2021
Then-Gov. Gray Davis speaks at the Long Beach Democratic headquarters at a get-out-the vote rally on Oct. 31, 2002. Davis lost the 2003 recall election to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo by Stephen Carr, The Long Beach Press Telegram via AP Photo
Politics
Gray Davis: California recalls should be reformed, no matter Newsom’s fate
Lea este artículo en español. The only California governor to ever be recalled has some thoughts about how the process could be reformed.  But don’t expect Gray Davis to pity politicians facing an effort to oust them from office.  “When you run for office in California, you know the people have the first and last word […]
By • August 27, 2021
Sarah Cordiey, 68, gives Carlos Hernandez a haircut inside Spiros Barber Shop in Long Beach, on June 9, 2021. "I always ask if people have had their two shots [to be safe]," Cordiey, who is fully vaccinated, said. "I'm going to continue to wear masks, even after June 15." Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
WhatMatters
Vaccine mandates roil California workplaces
Democrat Kevin Paffrath spiced up the fourth recall debate, clashing with Republican Kevin Faulconer. But Faulconer aimed most of his fire at Larry Elder, the frontrunner who is skipping the debates.
By • August 26, 2021
People fill out forms before getting vaccinated at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles, July 26, 2021. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo
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Inside California’s confusing COVID numbers
What in the world is going on with California’s struggle against COVID-19? The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday published an article declaring that COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County appeared to be leveling off, only to update the story hours later to acknowledge an uptick in new patients. The Mercury News found that average daily […]
By • August 25, 2021

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