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George Skelton: Shrinking water supply will mean more fallow fields in the San Joaquin Valley

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Downpours or drought, California’s farm belt will need to tighten up in the next two decades and grow fewer crops.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 21, 2023

Without Timo Meier, and with trade deadline looming, Sharks impress in win over Seattle

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks got a peek at what their lineup looks like without Timo Meier — and Tomas Hertl, for that matter — on Monday as they continued a season-long homestand.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

Thousands of California residents plunged into darkness due to fire at PG&E substation

The outage caused security lines at the Oakland airport to come to a standstill

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

California lawmaker leads delegation to Taiwan amid already high US-China tensions

WASHINGTON — Despite heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the recent spy balloon downing , a U.S. congressional delegation led by California Rep. Ro Khanna plans to visit Taiwan this weekend, a move sure to be seen by China as a provocation.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 18, 2023

Decades after California's affirmative action ban, legal debate stalls funding for Black students

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Decades after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing the state law as a hindrance to giving schools extra funding to support Black students.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2023

California lawmakers take aim at social media role in youth fentanyl use and sex trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — How much responsibility do social media platforms bear when people use them to sell kids a deadly dose of fentanyl, pay teenagers to livestream strip teases or recruit minors who are sold for sex?

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2023

‘They’re only getting more essential.’ California home caregivers seek statewide bargaining power

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s in-home caregivers, a historically underpaid workforce that serves a rapidly aging population, could receive a significant boost in bargaining power under a new bill introduced Friday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023

George Skelton: Civil Feinstein delivered results but irked ideologues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's most accomplished senator, became an anachronism. She practiced civility and compromised with the other side.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2023

The suspect charged with killing 7 people at 2 California farms pleads not guilty

A gag order has been issued that prohibits the attorneys, the suspect and the county sheriff's office from talking to reporters about the facts of the case or sharing opinions about what happened.

WEKU · Feb 17, 2023

California lawmakers denied an anti-slavery bill last year but they are trying again

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers will once again introduce legislation that could ban imposing forced labor on inmates. This effort to amend state’s Constitution was rejected last year when lawmakers failed to pass it through the Assembly.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023