Hanging over the heads of California’s newly sworn-in state legislators — and likely to be top of mind when they return to Sacramento next month — are the state’s intertwined housing and homelessness crises. That became clear Tuesday, when Democratic state senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduced a bill for the third time to …
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Police are warning the public as an increase in violent “bankruptcy” robberies is on the rise across Southern California, especially during the holidays. “Bank hunting” involves thieves stalking potential victims in bank parking lots following them to their next destination to rob them. Popular shopping malls are prime areas for suspects looking for their next …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine oil majors for making too much money, a reaction to the industry’s big profits after a summer of record high gas prices in the nation’s most populous state. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state legislature introduced the proposal Monday …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Furious at oil companies’ outsized profits after a summer of record gas prices, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday will formally begin his campaign to punish big producers by asking lawmakers to fine them and give the money back to the drivers. State lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill briefly on Monday …
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The Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Reparations Task Force estimates from an advisory group show that California needs to pay more than $200,000 per person to Black people if the state wants to fulfill promises of reparations for past discrimination. . Newsom has pushed his plan to provide financial relief to Black Californians who he says must …
California’s ongoing drought and poor forecasts are forcing the state’s water management agency to cut fresh water supplies to nearly 27 million residents. The state Department of Water Resources announced Thursday an initial allocation of 5 percent of the requested supply through 2023 for 29 water agencies across California. DWR Director Karla Nemeth said in …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s water agency that serves 27 million people will receive just 5% of what it asks for from the state to begin in 2023, water officials announced Thursday. The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace for a fourth year …
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SUSANVILLE – The High Desert State Prison (HDSP) Investigative Services Unit, CDCR’s Deadly Force Investigation Team, and the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the deaths of two inmates who were fatally shot by two correctional officers during a knife attack on another have got. imprisoned person. On Tuesday November 29 at 10:52 am, …
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Thousands of convicted pedophiles in California have been released from prison after spending less than a year in prison, according to a recent analysis. “The statistics clearly show that pedophiles are not reformed. They will leave and they will commit again,” former Los Angeles sex crimes prosecutor Samuel Dordulian told the Daily Mail. Using California’s …
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