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Are you ready for some baseball?
Newsom pitches starting baseball season in June. Reports warns against giving governor too much power. Medi-Cal cuts expected in budget.
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Is California’s lockdown working?
California remains in limbo as coronavirus cases rise, deaths fail to budge. Budget cuts mostly spare homelessness programs. Concern over released inmates grows.
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Education, health, welfare on chopping block
Revised budget includes big cuts to education, health care. School districts to make own decisions on reopening. CSU student fees scrutinized by auditor.
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How bad are things? We’ll know more today
Newsom set to unveil revised budget. Feds deny approval for N95 masks from Chinese firm. How much state unemployment fund lost from Uber, Lyft.
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Why CA will likely let Elon Musk off scot-free
Tesla's Musk likely to get away with flouting shutdown order. Are the right people getting coronavirus tests? Seven counties get OK to reopen dine-in restaurants.
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Is the worst yet to come in CA?
Newsom seeks to balance competing desires as SF lawyer targets him with lawsuits. Banks flagged mask deal that went up in flames.
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Lawmakers want answers on Newsom’s mask deals
Lawmakers want answers on CA mask deals gone awry. California becomes first state to choose all-mail voting for November. How big is state's budget hole?
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With $54.3 billion deficit, cuts ahead
Huge budget deficit, unemployment numbers expected as California takes tentative steps toward trying to reopen its economy.
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Labor wins big on COVID workers’ comp
Essential workers who contract covid-19 get workers comp protection. Company behind collapsed mask deal under investigation. Hospitals are struggling.
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CA sends $457 mil for masks, then cancels
State claws back money from mask deal that went awry. Uber and Lyft sued by state, cities. State Supreme Court hears pension reform case.