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Split verdict in Kristin Smart murder: Why Paul Flores was found guilty but not his dad

In a courtroom in Salinas, California, on Tuesday, a jury rendered a verdict in one of California’s most enduring murder mysteries.

Los Angeles Times

California wildfires reversed years of climate change progress in 2020 alone, study says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s record-setting wildfires of 2020 destroyed 4.2 million acres of forest — and erased years of progress the state made on battling climate change.

Tribune News Service

Tesla wants new trial over extent of alleged ‘Jim Crow era’ racism at California factory

Tesla in a new court filing has cast doubt on the extent of racism at its Fremont, California, factory and whether a Black former worker suffered racism-based distress, the latest long-running lawsuit alleging that attitudes at the plant recalled the “Jim Crow era” in U.S. history.

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Californians can now subscribe for digital license plates. Here’s how they work and the cost

California cars can now drive into a new era technology.

Tribune News Service

Like ‘two separate elections.’ How abortion and inflation have taken over California political ads

LOS ANGELES — The congressional election ads bombarding Californians show a sharp dichotomy in priorities — Democrats are laser-focused on abortion access, while Republicans zero in on inflation.

Los Angeles Times

In conservative states, some families of trans kids consider leaving. But moving isn't easy

WASHINGTON — Rachel Gonzales, 39, has thought a lot about what she would do if child welfare agents came to her home in Dallas to investigate whether her 12-year-old daughter is receiving gender-affirming care. She's hired an attorney, given all three of her children the phone number, and told them…

Los Angeles Times

States with poor climate policy ‘overlap’ with those seeking to limit rights, Kamala Harris says

SAN FRANCISCO — After a summer of national and global climate devastation, Vice President Kamala Harris made a stop at the Cowell Theater on Tuesday to tout Democrats’ progress on climate policy just weeks before the midterm elections.

Los Angeles Times

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Editorial: The feds can curb a foolish California water giveaway

About 15 miles north of Fresno sits Millerton Lake, a reservoir created in the 1930s when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River. The dam provides irrigation water for fields and groves in much of the San Joaquin Valley, but it wiped out the…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Things won’t get better in California as long as Gavin Newsom remains governor

California has deep and persistent problems that are made worse by bad policy choices, too frequently blamed on the conduct of state residents instead of the failing policies.

The Orange County Register

Editorial: 50 years later, the Clean Water Act is under assault

President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse the toxic degradation of U.S. rivers, lakes and streams took effect half a century ago today.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Red wave vs. blue wall: Will California save or sink Democrats in November?

When it comes to national politics, California is the one state that is truly indispensable to Democrats.

Los Angeles Times

Dive boat captain faces new charge in California’s worst modern maritime disaster, which killed 34

LOS ANGELES — More than three years after 34 people were killed in California’s worst maritime disaster in modern history, the captain of the Conception dive boat faces a new federal indictment as a legal battle over his culpability rages on.

Los Angeles Times

A look at the Lakers’ 2022-23 roster

A rundown of the Lakers' full roster for the 2022-23 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

SpaceX technician suffered fractured skull and put in coma after being struck during rocket test, report says

A SpaceX employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and put in a coma for two months after performing a check on a rocket engine and getting hit in the head at the company's facility in Hawthorne, California, according to a report.

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The Independent UK

Eric Swalwell’s campaign ad on impact of ‘MAGA abortion bans’ draws praise: ‘powerful’

The California representative’s ad imagines what life could look like as abortion bans are enforced in states across the US

The Independent UK

Stockton serial killer suspect charged with three alleged ‘ghost gun’ murders

Truck driver Wesley Brownlee had recently moved from Oakland to Stockton

The Guardian - US

Kristin Smart: classmate found guilty of murdering California woman missing since 1996

Paul Flores found guilty of first-degree murder as prosecutors claim he killed 19-year-old during attempted rape

WEKU

A special task force is investigating claims and freezing accounts to determine who legitimately qualifies for the relief money. About $20 billion in unemployment money was stolen by criminals.

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The Orange County Register

Huntington Beach oil spill: $50 million settlement agreed to for locals hurt financially

Amplify Energy will pay $50 million to individuals and businesses that lost money last year when nearly 25,000 gallons of oil flowed into the ocean from of a ruptured pipeline about 4 miles off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, according to terms of a preliminary class action settlement filed…

The Independent UK

Man convicted of killing missing California college student

The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago

WEKU

A jury convicted Paul Flores of murdering college student Kristin Smart in 1996

Kristin Smart, a college freshman, vanished from a California campus in 1996. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart as he walked her home from an off-campus party.

Benzinga

'Super-sized' Cannabis-Infused Beverages, Jones Soda Launches New Mary Jones In 16-Ounce Can

Jones Soda Co. (OTCQB: JSDA) (CSE: JSDA) is expanding the company’s Mary Jones line of marijuana beverages with the California introduction of new marijuana-infused drinks in 16-ounce cans.

Al Jazeera

California university students struggle with housing insecurity

US state has set aside billions of dollars for new housing projects as many students are pushed into homelessness.

Reason

Marijuana Legalization in California Has Gone Miserably, So Officials Are Expanding Drug Enforcement

The Golden State promises a progressive, environmentally conscious, labor-friendly war on weed.

Reason

Gavin Newsom Cites Dubious Evidence That His Lockdowns Saved California's Economy

The governor made these claims on Monday while also putting a February 2023 end date on the state's emergency public health order.

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