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PARADISE, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Aerial footage shows homes destroyed by the Camp Fire near the Paradise Plaza off Clark Road in Paradise, California, on Thursday, November 15, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

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The future of wildfires and the CA GOP

by Dan Morain November 20, 2018

California confronts climate driven wildfires, what to do about rebuilding in fire zones, and the future of the California Republican Party.

Expect to be inundated with poll numbers from now until Election Day. But how reliable a compass is any poll?

Election 2018, Politics

A California user’s guide to political polls: Six easy tips

by Ben Christopher November 1, 2018June 23, 2020

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, left, and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, hand out candy to kids at a preschool in Sacramento on Halloween.

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Oil money, Gavin Newsom, candy and a $4 billion discrepancy

by Dan Morain November 1, 2018