California federal judge overturns assault weapons ban
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Newsom recall officially triggered as verified signature threshold met
The campaign to recall the Calfornia governor collected more than 1.6 million signatures. The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has received the necessary number of verified signatures to trigger a recall election later this year. The California Secretary of State said on Monday that the threshold of verified signatures reported by counties, which was set…
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9 ways Joe Biden and Kamala Harris aim to make the U.S. like California
Many of the major policies that former Vice President Joe Biden is proposing are already in place in California to some degree. Credit: Illustration by Dan Hubig for CalMatters – California has become a laboratory for progressive policies CALIFORNIA, USA — With Democrats holding all the political power in California for nearly the last decade,…
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Supreme Court gives temporary win to California churches over coronavirus restrictions
Ruling comes after the court blocked caps on religious service attendance in New York. The Supreme Court gave a positive sign to a California church fighting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on the number of people allowed at houses of worship due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a Thursday order, the court vacated a District Court ruling against Harvest Rock Church with…
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Up in smoke: Wildfires burn a hole in the economic pocketbook
Photo by: Noah Berger FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, a staircase remains at the Restaurant at Meadowood, which burned in the Glass Fire, in St. Helena, Calif. Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country draws millions of visitors each year. But harvest season now overlaps with fire season as wildfires, too,…
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BREAKING: Court Declares Gov. Newsom’s Abuse of Power Unconstitutional
Judge issues injunction restraining the Gov. from any more unconstitutional orders. Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher. (Photo: Katy Grimes for California Globe) California Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher sued to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “one-man rule,” as California Globe has reported over several months. They were in Sutter County Superior Court October 21st, arguing that…
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Insurance companies abandoning California at a faster rate, as wildfires wreak havoc
Facing major losses after the 2018 Camp Fire, insurance companies dropped Californians in wildfire-prone Sierra foothills communities at an accelerating rate last year. Carriers sent non-renewal notices to 42,088 homeowners in the foothill counties in 2019, compared to 23,925 the year before, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Bryant Henley announced Monday. Almost every one of these homeowners…
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California Housing Policy Is Making Wildfires Worse
A Cathedral City firefighter hoses a burning structure at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort in St. Helena, California, on September 28, 2020.JANE TYSKA / DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA / EAST BAY TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest,…
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California Is Ready to Pull the Plug on Gas Vehicles
At least 15 other countries have already made similar commitments, including Germany, France and Norway. In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Electric car maker Tesla said on Monday, July 3, 2017, that its Model 3 car…
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Pelosi on wildfires in California and West: ‘Mother Earth is angry’
“The climate crisis is real and has an impact,” the San Francisco Democrat says. There’s a message in the raging wildfires that have scorched her home state of California as well as neighboring states, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Mother Earth is angry,” the San Francisco Democrat said during an appearance Thursday on MSNBC. “She’s telling us — whether…
