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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom70% of Californians age 12 and over have gotten at least one vaccine shot, businesses are fully reopened, and the state has a big budget surplus. Recall election looms, but for now, the governor is enjoying momentum.
North Coast farmers
Citing extreme drought, state water officials order more than 900 water rights holders in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, many of them farmers and wineries, to stop drawing water from the Russian River.
Mills College
Venerable women’s-only private college in Oakland, which had been slated to close, announces merger with Northeastern University in Boston to stay open. But it will lose independence and men will be admitted.