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Surge in eating disorders spurs state legislative action

Lawmakers in states including Colorado, California, Texas and New York are taking big, legislative swings at the eating disorder crisis

The Independent UK

Think Texas has a cheaper tax burden than California? Think again.

"When people are like, 'Oh California is so much more expensive than Texas,' that’s the top income tax rate."

Fortune

Bay Area cities struggle to balance housing mandates, wildfire risks

ORINDA, California — How can cities balance new state guidelines restricting development in high-risk wildfire zones with parallel — and often conflicting — mandates for aggressive housing construction?

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Why is this California Trader Joe's pushing for a union? A rat infestation is only part of the problem

Dominique Bernardo first noticed chewed up bread.

Los Angeles Times

Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Physical Mail at California County Jail

Prisons and jails around the country have been banning physical mail and used book donations under the flimsy justification of stopping contraband.

Reason

'Fed up' California workers across industries demand more amid rising cost of living

Fast-food cooks and cashiers. Caretakers. Housekeepers. Hospital staff. School bus drivers. Custodians. State employees.

Los Angeles Times

How many of California's concrete buildings might fall like those in Turkey’s deadly earthquake?

The scenes of tilted, crumbled and collapsed concrete buildings after powerful earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria last month are sobering. In Turkey alone, the shaking wrecked some 185,000 buildings, and the death toll in both countries has topped 48,000 people.

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A Thursday Bonus Reason Roundtable! Live From Reason Weekend in California

Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?

Reason

New report raises alarm over antisemitic attacks and incidents reaching a 43-year high

In Los Angeles, two Orthodox Jewish men were shot on consecutive mornings last month as they left religious services. Federal prosecutors said the suspect had a history of harassing Jews and searched online for a kosher deli before the shootings.

Los Angeles Times

TikTok Is Too Popular To Ban

Plus: Police sue Afroman for using footage from raid, California bill could ban popular junk foods, and more...

Reason

End of the rainbow? California bill would ban sales of Skittles, other 'toxic' snacks

LOS ANGELES — The snack and candy aisles at your local grocery store could soon carry fewer items if a bill proposed by California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel is voted into law.

Los Angeles Times

California launches probe of cannabis licensing to 'clean house' of corruption

LOS ANGELES — Corruption in California's cannabis industry has become widespread and brazen.

Los Angeles Times

Californians eager for sunnier days after relentless winter

With spring now underway, California's 39 million residents are hopeful for sunnier days ahead

The Independent UK

Honest Burgers’ has a limited-edition California burger until the start of April

The California Burger will be available at all 43 Honest Burgers’ restaurants

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LA's only Indigenous school helps return land to California's Native population

LOS ANGELES — When Jamie Rocha and her family first visited the swath of undeveloped land in the Monterey Hills late last year, the grass was dead, the ground muddy.

Tribune News Service

Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying something bold: tapping federal health care funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing.

Los Angeles Times

Amid soaking storms, California turns to farmland to funnel water into depleted aquifers

DUNNIGAN, Calif. — As storms have drenched Northern California, water diverted from the swollen Sacramento River has been flowing from a canal and pouring onto 200 acres of farmland.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom vowed to pardon LGBTQ Californians. Only 1 living person has benefited

Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an initiative to pardon LGBTQ Californians who were prosecuted for being gay, only one living person has benefited from the program.

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3 reasons why California's drought isn't really over, despite all the rain

California has been deluged by storms this winter, but fixing the state's severe drought will take more than rain. The state had deeper problems in how it uses water.

WEKU

California could ban certain food additives due to concerns over health impacts

The bill would ban several common ingredients used in processed foods, such as Red Dye No. 3, which has been linked to cancer in animal studies.

Tribune News Service

Adam Minter: Farmers can’t keep hogging the water in parched Southwest

The lush lawns and green golf courses of Southern California are an emblem of the desert Southwest’s dependence on the Colorado River. But they’re just a small part of the demands placed on this crucial water resource in times of both drought and plenty. The far bigger part, as much…

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: He helped LAUSD's most 'invisible' workers go on strike, but Max Arias isn't done

LOS ANGELES — Southern California's latest storm didn't dampen the spirits of over 300 workers who gathered in front of a school bus yard in Van Nuys before dawn on Tuesday, the first day of a planned three-day strike.

The Independent UK

California lawmakers to vote on possible gas price penalties

California lawmakers are preparing to vote on whether to allow penalties on oil companies for price gouging

Los Angeles Times

Tornadoes in Southern California's Montebello and Carpinteria damage multiple structures

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday afternoon, Micaela Vargas stood in front of her Kia Telluride, which she’d parked near her workplace in Montebello.

The Independent UK

'Rick and Morty' creator has domestic abuse charges dropped

California prosecutors have dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, who created the animated series “Rick and Morty” and provided the voices of the show’s two title characters

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