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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck stun at their first red carpet event as a married couple

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck looked sharp as they wore matching outfits to Ralph Lauren's Spring 2023 Fashion Experience in California. They couple looked as loved up as ever as they posed for the cameras

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A California measure would tax the rich to fund electric vehicles. Why is the governor against it?

Proposition 30 would raise up to $5bn annually to help buy zero-emission cars, trucks and buses; Newsom calls it a ‘Trojan horse’

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Ralph Lauren Draws A-List Hollywood Crowd for Sumptuous Show

Bronx-born Ralph Lauren, a quintessential New Yorker, had never staged a runway show on the West Coast before. So clearly, with his first show in sunny California, he was going to go big — or, well, stay home. Big he went, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of…

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Commentary: LA invented jaywalking tickets to serve cars. It’s time to give streets back to walkers

California’s new Freedom to Walk Act does not exactly decriminalize jaywalking. It leaves plenty of room for police discretion to ticket unsafe walking, and it doesn’t challenge cars’ domination of city streets. Yet the new law is still a remarkable acknowledgment that we need a future in which walking is…

Los Angeles Times

Biden pushing lower prescription drug costs in midterm press

President Joe Biden will head to a community college in Irvine, California, on Friday to meet with seniors and tout his administration’s efforts to reduce inflation and drive down costs

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Ralph Lauren draws A-list Hollywood crowd for sumptuous show

Designer Ralph Lauren went big for his first Los Angeles fashion show, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of casual luxury, with strong Western accents like cowboy hats and boots, against a setting sun at the grand Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California,…

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'Water batteries' could store solar and wind power for when it's needed

San Diego has an ambitious plan to store renewable energy, using extra solar power to pump water up a mountain. This old-style "water battery" technology could be set for a revival.

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Climate change magnifies health impacts of wildfire smoke in care deserts

DRESSLERVILLE, Nev. — Smoke began billowing into the skies of northwestern Nevada in September, clouding the mountains, dimming the sun — and quashing residents’ hopes that they would be spared from wildfires and the awful air quality the blazes produce.

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Top Democratic women call out California senator for downplaying unwanted hugging

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Biden can’t quit LA, or its complex politics, even as racist audio leak rocks the city

LOS ANGELES — What a moment for the leader of the free world to show up in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County

LOS ANGELES — Less than six months after rejecting a proposal for a major desalination plant in Huntington Beach, the California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved plans for a different, smaller project in Orange County they say could serve as a model for future projects.

Los Angeles Times

Gavin Newsom 'wants to be president.' Republican Brian Dahle just wants California voters to know his name

ANDERSON, Calif. — Brian Dahle, the Republican candidate for California governor, kept getting pings on his cellphone.

Los Angeles Times

Feds: California's Orange County misused jail snitches

The U.S. Justice Department says a California sheriff’s department and prosecutors ran an extensive jailhouse informant program for years that violated the rights of criminal defendants

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Democrats hoping Biden can provide West Coast election boost

President Joe Biden’s visit to California and Oregon this week comes close to Election Day and shows how Democrats are calling in reinforcements in states that are typically afterthoughts for the party

The Independent UK

California kidnapping, slaying suspect pleads not guilty

The California man accused of kidnapping and killing an 8-month-old baby, her parents and uncle earlier this month has pleaded not guilty

Reason

We Told You Why and How California's High-Speed Rail Wouldn't Work. You Chose Not To Listen.

The New York Times newsroom illustrates what happens when you listen to the New York Times editorial board.

Tribune News Service

Top Democratic women call out California senator for downplaying unwanted hugging

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Los Angeles state senator reprimanded four years ago for unwanted hugging and other touching is under renewed scrutiny for making light of his behavior at a July campaign event.

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All candidates for California Controller complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for California Controller—Malia Cohen (D) and Lanhee Chen (R)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

The Guardian - US

California wants everyone to drive EVs. How will low-income people afford them?

The state has several programs in place to assist residents – but they’re already running out of funds

Tribune News Service

California’s dueling sports betting props are doomed, polls show. What comes next?

With two ballot initiatives to legalize sports betting in California headed for near-certain defeat in November, players on all sides are beginning to strategize their next moves even as campaign representatives say they remain focused on the election at hand.

Los Angeles Times

Election integrity, voter turnout among top priorities for California secretary of state candidates

LOS ANGELES — In the November race for California secretary of state, the candidates — Republican business executive Robert Bernosky and incumbent Shirley Weber, a Democratic former lawmaker — seem to agree on one thing: the need to boost voter registration and turnout at the polls.

Tribune News Service

Stanford’s most exclusive neighborhood becomes legal battleground over housing

STANFORD, California — Nestled just south of Stanford University’s campus, amid narrow winding roads lined with imposing oaks and historical estates, an exclusive enclave has neighbors pitted against neighbors over a legal battle that poses a new twist on the region’s housing crisis.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to investigate children’s deaths. His rationale was dubious

California Assembly Bill 2660 sought to address a disturbing problem — a lack of clear and consistent data on dying children — with a straightforward solution: requiring officials to review and report such deaths. Not surprisingly, it sailed through the state Legislature without a single no vote from either party…

Tribune News Service

Hundreds of tech and biotech layoffs rattle Bay Area job market

REDWOOD CITY, California — A tech titan and a biotech company revealed plans to chop nearly 300 jobs in the Bay Area, hinting at unsettling prospects for the region’s employment sector.

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