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Dialysis reform will be on the California ballot yet again. Does it stand a chance?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Once again, California’s largest health care workers union is campaigning for dialysis reform — but they face powerful opponents.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

Comedian Cristela Alonzo talks upgrading her life in new Netflix special, ‘Middle Classy’

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After two decades of stand-up comedy, Cristela Alonzo said she’s finally joined the ranks of the middle class.

The Orange County Register · Jun 22, 2022

Back-to-back-to-back home runs highlight Mariners win over A’s

OAKLAND, Calif. — The late-inning stress and anxiety of yet another low-scoring game loomed for the Mariners. In the unusual and uncomfortable heat that hit the Bay Area on the summer solstice, turning the basically empty concrete crypt, which has returned to be being called the Oakland Coliseum, into a…

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022

House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee plans to show in its fourth hearing Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows “had an intimate role ... in this plot to put pressure on (Georgia) state legislators and on elections officials,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., a member…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 20, 2022

California lawmakers to investigate steep gas prices, accuse oil companies of 'ripping off' motorists

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With steep gasoline prices still stinging Californians at the pump, Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday announced a legislative inquiry to determine if oil companies are "ripping off" drivers.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 20, 2022

Trump criticizes McCarthy for ‘bad decision’ to walk away from Jan. 6 panel

Former President Donald Trump derided Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for the House minority leader’s “very, very foolish decision” not to participate in the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

George Skelton: In California, Election Day has become election month

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's ironic that as our cyber-driven world accelerates, election vote counting slows to a crawl. Are we willing to accept that?

Los Angeles Times · Jun 20, 2022

State worker union gets vocal in fight against CalPERS’ office requirements

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A union representative who works at CalPERS is leading one of the most visible fights in California state government against strict in-office requirements amid a new COVID-19 surge.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Bay Area native picks up first MLB win as A’s avoid sweep by Royals

OAKLAND, Calif. – A’s left-hander Jared Koenig got the kind of run support Sunday that some of his fellow starting pitchers have only sparingly enjoyed.

Tribune News Service · Jun 19, 2022