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Nearly 20% of California water agencies could see shortages if drought persists, state report shows

LOS ANGELES — Most of California’s urban water agencies believe they have enough supplies to last through another seven months of drought, but nearly 20% of them — including many in Southern California — say they could be facing significant shortages, according to a new state report.

Los Angeles Times

Layoffs mount: Twitter, tech, biotech firms chop 900-plus Bay Area jobs

SAN JOSE, California — Twitter and other companies have unveiled plans to chop more than 900 Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of tech and biotech layoffs that could jolt the region’s increasingly wobbly economy.

Tribune News Service

Despite losing school board races, California conservatives confident in new playbook

For conservatives running for school boards in California, any dream of a "red wave" proved to be a dud as Republican candidates, including a member of an extremist right-wing group, lost in most races across the state.

Los Angeles Times

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'I found out my friend was a murderer - and I was next on his list'

Nedra Calloway, from California, claims to have found out that she was next on convicted murderer Kevin Sterling Jones' hit list from recordings shared with the police by an informant

Daily Mirror

Indigenous language education in schools

An indigenous language has 16 advanced speakers — teaching it is a step towards greater cultural diversity

Salon

Editorial: California still violates the Constitution on bail

The purpose of bail is to get people out of jail.

Los Angeles Times

California hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn't do it

LOS ANGELES — To help patients who are financially strapped, California lawmakers decided to stiffen state requirements for hospitals to offer free or discounted care.

Los Angeles Times

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Weinstein trial: prosecutor says ‘hotels were his trap’ in closing arguments

Six-week Los Angeles trial wrapping up after graphic testimony from four women accusing ex-producer of rape and sexual assault

The Guardian - US

Should California tax oil profits? Gas spike hearing sets stage for contentious debate

SACRAMENTO, California — Consumer advocates and oil industry representatives launched opening salvos Tuesday in a bitter debate over whether oil companies are “price gouging” drivers or are themselves actually the victim of California’s green policies squeezing out fossil fuel industries.

Tribune News Service

Vet's lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossed

A lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic and neurological damage in U.S. servicemembers has been thrown out

The Independent UK

Closest and widest vote margins for state ballot measure elections in California

There were 23 state ballot measures decided by less than a percentage point in California between 1910 and 2022. The ballot measure with the closest vote margin percentage during that period was Proposition 74, which was defeated with a vote margin of 50.01% ‘No’ to 49.99% ‘Yes’ in 1988. The…

Ballotpedia

US government pledges $250 million to help ailing Salton Sea

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration has announced a plan to provide $250 million to accelerate environmental projects around the shrinking Salton Sea, helping to revitalize its ecosystems and control hazardous dust in a deal that will clear the way for California to take less water from the drought-ravaged Colorado…

Los Angeles Times

This Inglewood carwash paid workers $7 an hour, state officials say. The penalty: Over $900,000

In the latest crackdown against wage theft in Southern California, state officials said Tuesday they would penalize an Inglewood carwash operator more than $900,000 for paying workers far below the minimum wage and denying them overtime and rest breaks.

Los Angeles Times

Democrats compete to do ‘unglamorous’ work in House leadership posts

WASHINGTON — With promises to do “hard, unglamorous” work, help colleagues connect with constituents and navigate an ever changing media landscape, House Democrats are competing for open posts in the party’s leadership.

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Los Angeles Times

Meghan Markle shuts it down: There will be no ‘Real Housewives of Montecito’ for her

Waiting to watch Meghan Markle flip a table? Well, keep waiting, because the Duchess of Sussex says there’s no way she will be part of the “Real Housewives” franchise. Not even if it comes to her star-studded California hometown of Montecito.

Roll Call

Democrats compete to do ‘unglamorous’ work in House leadership posts - Roll Call

With top jobs settled, Democrats are vying for roles in the next Congress that include party messaging and managing the caucus.

Chicago Tribune

Remembering the late Michael Butler, who produced ‘Hair,’ dated Audrey Hepburn and was pals with JFK and Jagger

CHICAGO — The 95-year-long life of Michael Butler, which ended on Nov. 7 at a nursing home in California was the stuff of legend and adjectives.

Salon

Telecommute culture takes root in Calif.

COVID-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022

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The Conversation

White landowners in Hawaii imported Russian workers in the early 1900s, to dilute the labor power of Asians in the islands

On Feb. 19, 1906, the mail steamer China pulled into the harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. It had made the voyage from San Pedro, California, many times before, but this trip made front-page news. Local newspapers heralded the arrival of “one hundred and ten white men, women and children, the vanguard…

Los Angeles Times

After Colorado Springs shooting, LGBTQ people in red California are on edge

LOS ANGELES — After five people were shot dead in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Matthew Grigsby thought about Club 501.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: China pushes Covid vaccines for older people after unrest

Low vaccination rates seen as hurdle to easing strict zero-Covid policy. Plus, Biden’s labor credentials under scrutiny

Evening Standard

Digital exchange Bitfront closes for business as crypto winter bites

The California based company stopped new customer sign ups at 5am today

The Independent UK

Drying California lake to get $250M in drought funding

The federal government says it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River

Tribune News Service

Rihanna’s lingerie company Savage X Fenty fined $1 million for allegedly defrauding buyers

Pop superstar Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie company will pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit by Santa Clara County and four other California local governments alleging the firm defrauded customers.

The Independent UK

Who is running for president in 2024?

With less than two years remaining until US voters will decide who will serve as president of the United States from January 2025 to January 2029, former Republican government officials are starting to jockey for position in the coming fight for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, while at least one…

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