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California’s illicit marijuana market thrives as much of the state continues to restrict sales

In 2016, Californians voted to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana. Proponents of Proposition 64, including then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, argued that it would generate massive revenue, while decreasing illicit cannabis and drug cartel activity in the state.

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Explained | 2022 Nobel Prize winners Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger’s research on quantum mechanics

The physics Prize this year is an award for experiments establishing the foundational concepts of quantum mechanics.

The Hindu

Sheriff: Baby among 4 family members kidnapped in California

Sheriff’s officials in central California released photos of a possible suspect in the kidnapping of four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child

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The biggest victim of the great California water crisis isn't cities or farmers

LOS ANGELES — As California fast approaches what is likely to be a fourth year of punishing drought, residents are being asked to cut their water use to historic lows. But while city dwellers are rising to the occasion — including record reductions in Los Angeles in August — urban…

Los Angeles Times

Dueling sports betting measures appear headed to defeat despite record spending, poll finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Online sports gambling companies, California tribes and card rooms have spent more than $410 million on a pair of dueling ballot measures to legalize sports betting in person and online.

Los Angeles Times

Record-setting gas prices show California's worsening energy vulnerabilities

LOS ANGELES — California is getting another reminder of the volatility of its energy supply as shutdowns at several oil refineries have sent gas prices soaring, including to all-time highs Monday in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Times

The Stockton ‘serial killer’: Six dead, one grainy photo and victims with one thing in common

Six men and one woman between the ages of 21 and 52 have been shot in darkness in or near the Californian port city of Stockton since April 2021; only the female victim survived. Police believe the crimes are linked - and are warning residents to watch out, writes Sheila…

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Novice Republican or Democrat embroiled in controversy? California voters to pick next insurance commissioner

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide this November who will lead a state agency that wields significant power over home, auto and other insurance policies, selecting between an incumbent Democrat embroiled in controversy and his novice Republican challenger.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised

Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The U.S. Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears oral argument in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross on…

The Conversation

California police hunt armed man who kidnapped family of four

“We have a low-life out there who kidnapped an eight-month-old baby, her mum, her dad and her uncle,” said Merced County Sheriff Vernon H Warnke

The Independent UK

$758.23 million raised in statewide ballot measures so far

Welcome to the October 4, 2022, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Meet the California farmers awash in Colorado River water, even in a drought

A single irrigation district in California, along the Mexican border, takes more water from the Colorado River than all of Arizona and Nevada. It's under pressure to use less.

WEKU

Summerlike Temperatures To Challenge Records In Pacific Northwest

More typical cool and wet conditions closed out the month of September in the Northwest.

Zenger

George Skelton: Republican Dahle is likable, level-headed and highly respected. But he won't win California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first thing to know about the Republican candidate for California governor is that he's a good guy, not a jerk or a crackpot.

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California police hunting possible serial killer after shootings of six men and a woman

‘It definitely meets the definition of a serial killer,’ says Stockton Police Officer Joseph Silva

The Independent UK

Police: 6 California killings may be work of serial killer

Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California— all potentially at the hands of a serial killer — in crimes going back more than a year

The Independent UK

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Killings of five men in Stockton, California may be the work of a serial killer, police warn

Five fatal shootings in recent months may have been the work of a serial killer, but police in central California are baffled as to why the victims were targeted.

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California wells run dry as drought depletes groundwater

As California’s drought deepens, more rural communities are running out of water

Reason

Big Tech's Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Episode 424 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Tribune News Service

Debate set for Gavin Newsom and GOP gubernatorial challenger Brian Dahle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Sen. Brian Dahle, R-Bieber, will go head to head later this month in a gubernatorial debate hosted by KQED, the San Francisco radio station announced Monday.

Los Angeles Times

California suffering through driest 3 years ever recorded, with no relief in sight

LOS ANGELES — California's drought has become the state's driest three-year period on record, surpassing that of 2013-15 — and a fourth dry year is looking increasingly likely, officials said Monday.

The Independent UK

Arizona clinic has workaround for abortion pill ban

A Phoenix abortion clinic has developed a way for patients who can end their pregnancy using a pill to get the medication quickly without running afoul of a resurrected Arizona law that bans most abortions

Ballotpedia

Cohen, Chen running for California controller in November

Malia Cohen (D) and Lanhee Chen (R) are running for California controller on Nov. 8, 2022. Incumbent Betty Yee (D) was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

Ballotpedia

California recall changes signed into law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed two recall bills into law on September 30, 2022. The first bill, AB 2582, removed the replacement question of recall elections for local offices. Prior to this bill becoming law, all recall elections in California had two questions: (1) the yes/no question asking voters…

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