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Biden calls for assault weapon ban – but does focus on military-style guns and mass shootings undermine his message?

Among those attending the State of Union address on Feb. 7, 2022, was Brandon Tsay. Invited by President Joe Biden, the 26-year-old has been hailed as a hero for disarming a gunman who killed 11 people in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

The Conversation

New 'SALT' caucus rejuvenates efforts to relieve deduction cap - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of House members relaunched a "SALT" caucus on Wednesday to try and get rid of the $10,000 deduction cap.

Roll Call

Disability Rights Group Challenges California Law That Forces the Mentally Ill Into Court-Ordered Treatment

"On its face, the CARE Act violates essential constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection while needlessly burdening fundamental rights to privacy, autonomy and liberty," the petition states.

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PHOTOS: Best images from the Thunder’s 133-130 win over the Lakers

Lots of good photos from this one as the Thunder come away with a win and the league celebrates LeBron James becoming the new all-time scoring leader.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions

California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for

Capital & Main

Heat takes a toll on farmworkers

Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather

Salon

‘We are outlawing misinformation.’ California bill goes after crisis pregnancy centers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law aimed at preventing “crisis pregnancy centers” from misrepresenting the prenatal and abortion services they offer, a state lawmaker is trying again with a different approach.

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Missouri man convicted of killing girlfriend and her three children is executed despite alleged alibi

Raheem Taylor, 58, was the third Missouri inmate put to death since November

The Independent UK

More Pork! And the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

A few more words about the constitutional status of animal cruelty laws

Reason

Genesis Begins Selling EVs In Colorado, Expanding EV Sales Footprint

One roadblock to EV adoption in the US is the lack of availability. Some companies only sell EVs in select states. However, that's beginning to change.

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California bill would make it cheaper for some students in Mexico to attend college in the US

LOS ANGELES — Abril Hernandez, a student at Southwestern Community College, sat in her car waiting in a seemingly never-ending line to cross the San Diego-Mexico border. It had already been a two-hour wait, but she knew the drill by now.

Los Angeles Times

Migrating Americans Seek Lower Taxes and Greater Freedom

There are many reasons people move, but overburdening your citizens is a good way to lose them.

Reason

Warehouse boom transformed Inland Empire. Are jobs worth the environmental degradation?

For decades, Bosch Dairy in Ontario, California, where three generations raised cattle, was a bucolic outpost with fields of cows and rows of eucalyptus to cut the driving wind that came down the Cajon Pass.

Los Angeles Times

Calif. tax breaks worsen growing deficit

Foregone revenues add up to more than double the amount of the expected deficit

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Editorial: Oil companies spent millions to keep drilling in neighborhoods. California shouldn’t let them

The oil industry spent $20 million on a misleading campaign to overturn a new California law that bans new drilling within 3,200 feet of homes and schools — and it’s paying off.

Tribune News Service

The end of an era: The long, lonely days of Mount Madonna’s last white deer

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hidden in the redwoods above Watsonville, California, a shy and ghostly beauty once drew crowds but is now destined to live, and die, alone.

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California author uses dark humor — and a bear — to highlight flawed health system

Mother-to-be Kathleen Founds made a routine doctor’s appointment to discuss the risks of antidepressants in pregnancy. After the visit, Founds, who relies on medication to quell the manic highs and despondent lows of bipolar disorder, learned the physician was out of network.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Climate change is fueling extreme weather. How do we make a difference?

California is digging out from the damage left behind by nine atmospheric rivers that passed in the last few weeks. The storms they created affected almost every region of the state with extreme flooding, massive mountain snowfall, mud slides, landslides and 20 deaths.

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eBay will slash nearly 200 Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs worsen

SAN JOSE, California — eBay has revealed plans to eliminate nearly 200 Bay Area jobs, grim cutbacks that add to a rising mountain of local layoffs orchestrated by tech and biotech companies, a filing Tuesday with state officials shows.

The Guardian - US

‘A bit of a hoarder’: woodpeckers stash 700lbs of nuts in California home

Birds stored haul of acorns over the years in Santa Rosa house’s chimney, where they spilled into a wall cavity

Daily Mirror

Raheem Taylor executed for killing girlfriend and her three kids in horror shooting

Raheem Taylor, 58, was convicted of the 2004 killings but has always claimed his innocence with his lawyers claiming there's enough evidence to at least postpone the execution

The Independent UK

Man pleads not guilty to killing 6 at California home

An alleged gang member has pleaded not guilty to killing six people, including a teen mother and her baby, last month at a central California home associated with a rival gang

The Independent UK

'Super bloom' swarms force California city to say no more

A small California city that was overrun by visitors four years ago when heavy winter rains produced a spring “super bloom” of wild poppies has a message for the public after this year’s deluge: Do not come

Los Angeles Times

The number of trees that died in California spiked last year. Drought is mainly to blame

LOS ANGELES — Roughly 36.3 million dead trees were counted across California last year, a dramatic increase from previous years that experts are blaming on drought, insects and disease, according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service.

Daily Mirror

Death row murderer who killed girlfriend and her three children to be executed today

Leonard 'Raheem' Taylor has always claimed his innocence, saying he was in California at the time his live-in girlfriend and her three children were shot to death in their Missouri home

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