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Gavin Newsom Beats Democratic rival Antonio Villaraigosa by a 20-point landslide to advance to November election in governor’s race, and gets Republican John Cox as his rival, which makes Newsom the...
View ArticleThey said it: Why would Californians vote to split up the state?
“Just ask them if they like being in last place. Last in quality of life. Last in education. Last in taxes. Last in infrastructure. Hard for the opposition to defend that record.” — Tim Draper, Silicon...
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London Breed Raised by her grandmother in public housing, she becomes the first African-American woman elected mayor of San Francisco, edging out former state senator Mark Leno. David Valadao...
View ArticleThey said it: Sanctuary state debate heads to court
“I’m not a racist — no one here is. But guess what? My blood is red, white and blue.” — Linda Martínez-Hanna, 57, of Sacramento, who came to protest the California’s sanctuary state laws as a judge...
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AT&T Big telecom companies get win in Sacramento as bill to require more ‘net neutrality’ is significantly watered down in committee run by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, a major...
View ArticleThey said it: Californians to vote on keeping daylight saving time year round
Fiat lux! — Gov. Jerry Brown, in signing AB 807 by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, which calls for a November ballot measure that if approved would ask Congress to let California keep daylight...
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Jerry Brown Signs his final state budget, with a $9 billion surplus, a stunning turnaround from the $27 billion deficit he inherited from Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly eight years ago. Unions...
View ArticleThey said it: Joey Chestnut does it again
“If I’m going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs, I’m not going to do it to get third or fourth.” — San Jose resident Joey Chestnut told ESPN after devouring a world record 74 hot dogs and buns in 10...
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Xavier Becerra State attorney general wins first round in immigration fight as federal judge upholds California’s sanctuary law restricting local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE agents amid...
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Community college students More are getting offers to attend University of California campuses, new data show, as part of UC efforts to admit an increasing number of transfer students....
View ArticleThey said it: Putin’s nemesis fires back
“I know Putin very well. He never gives up.” — Bill Browder, British financier and Stanford alum whom Russian President Vladimir Putin sought access to in his summit with President Donald Trump....
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Gun advocates U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules 2-1 that a new state law limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets, set to go into effect this month, should be put on hold while a lawsuit by gun...
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PG&E Beleaguered utility, facing billions in liability, could get significant relief under new proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown to shift more costs onto insurance companies and homeowners when power...
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They said it: We’re entering a ‘new climate weather era’
“No one expected a fire tornado.” — Gov. Jerry Brown speaking at a news conference Wednesday about the new fire phenomenon that caught the state off-guard as the battle rages against a series of...
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Apple The tech giant became the first public company worth $1 trillion this week, and also dodged a potential tax hike when the Cupertino City Council backed down on a proposed per-employee tax on big...
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They said it: Quote of the week
“I hope you’re both haunted for the rest of your lives.” — Karen Frieholtz, aunt of Ghost Ship warehouse fire victim Michela Gregory, to Derick Almena and Max Harris, the men responsible for the fire...
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Environmentalists Green groups win big ruling, as federal court in San Francisco overturns a Trump administration decision and bans chlorpyrifos, a commonly used farm pesticide that has been linked to...
View ArticleThey said it: Cal Fire firenado advice
“Move as far away as possible.” — California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, offering safety advice in a report this week on a deadly freak fire tornado spawned July 26 by the Carr fire...
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Big Soda Bill by by Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) to require a label on soda cans saying the sugary beverages contribute to “obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay” dies in Legislature amid...
View ArticleThey said it: Reaction to Mollie Tibbetts
“This one hit home really hard.” — Agnes Gibboney, a Rancho Cucamonga resident who immigrated legally from Hungary and whose son, Ronald da Silva, was killed by an undocumented immigrant, on news that...
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