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PG&E makes its play, while President Trump goes after California
PG&E CEO to make pitch to legislators. UC Merced gives first-generation college students a path forward. UC labor battle may be headed to ballot.
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Politics
It’s personal: An Orange County GOP lawmaker breaks his silence on Trump immigration policy
Assemblyman Tyler Diep doesn’t carry many bills and rarely gives floor speeches. But he felt he had no choice but to stand-up to the Twitter president when the Trump administration proposed limiting immigrants ability to get green cards if they need public benefits.
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Synagogue shooting suspect slipped through cracks, a push to lower voting age, and California sues Trump. Again
How alleged synagogue shooter slipped through a crack. Assemblyman wants to lower voting age. California sues Trump again.
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Greenhouse gas emissions fall but not enough, when $25 million is not enough, and Kamala Harris’ Iowa run
California gets a mixed emissions report, prepares to battle Trump administration over endangered species, immigration, warning labels
California Divide
As California strikes back, what does President Trump’s latest immigration crackdown mean for the state?
New Trump administration rules would deny green cards to immigrants on public assistance. It's an idea California knows well.
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What happened in Mendota, Trump fires back at Newsom, and hospitals seek a break
California dismantles deadly MS-13 gang operation. Hospitals want more time to complete earthquake retrofitting. Trump, GOP sue over tax return bill.
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On Trump’s tax returns and maybe more, Newsom’s agenda isn’t Jerry Brown’s
Lawmakers stymied by Jerry Brown’s vetoes have introduced a raft of repeats — testing how much Gov. Newsom will depart from his predecessor.
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Gilroy shooter’s gun, price fixing, Harris and Trump’s poll numbers, and the environment
Good morning, California. “My son had his whole life to live and he was only 6. That’s all I can say.”—Alberto Romero, San Jose father of Stephen Romero, who celebrated his sixth birthday last month at Legoland, and was killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday, as quoted by NBC Bay Area. What California […]
California Divide
“We’re not going to be able to survive:” Why Californians could bear the brunt of Trump food stamp cuts
A Trump administration proposal would cut food stamps to 3.1 million Americans—largely working families with high housing, childcare and medical costs. That could hit hard in California, a state where both the cost of living and the minimum wage are on the rise.
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Another mass shooting, crushing trade wars, driverless cars and Trump’s mean tweet
California wine sales are being battered by the China trade war. Lorena Gonzalez gets trolled on vaccines. Dems rise in OC, California approaches a population milestone and Trump trashes ... a picnic?