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When it comes to crooked colleagues, California lawyers can remain silent

LOS ANGELES — When a blue-ribbon commission met in 2015 to improve attorney ethics rules in California, a federal prosecutor named George Cardona was tasked with researching a proposed rule requiring lawyers to report misconduct by peers.

Los Angeles Times

DNA evidence has freed a California man imprisoned for more than 38 years

Maurice Hastings spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders. He was released after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to another person, the L.A. County DA said.

WEKU

Biden denounces 'despicable' attack on US Speaker Pelosi's husband

An intruder attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull in the early hours after breaking into the couple's California house in search of the speaker, according to officials.

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DNA evidence frees California man imprisoned for decades

A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders has been freed from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person

The Independent UK

Paul Pelosi’s covert 911 call allowed police to intervene in San Francisco attack, sources say

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked early Friday by an intruder who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted assault.

Los Angeles Times

Attacker yelled, ‘Where is Nancy?’ before attacking Paul Pelosi, who underwent skull surgery

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked early Friday, when an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer, in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted attack.

Los Angeles Times

California congresswoman faces accusations of ‘McCarthyism’ from AAPI groups over campaign ads

The video opens in a dimly lit room, smoke billowing from a desktop ashtray as two actors portraying Chinese Communist Party intelligence officers discuss a California congressional candidate.

Los Angeles Times

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California Superbike School Releases Its 2023 Schedule

The California Superbike School returns for its 43rd year with a 2023 schedule, visiting nine tracks in eight states between February and November.

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'People of Iran need Europe', former Iranian TV host Ehsan Karami says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Iranian television host Ehsan Karami says he has no desire to return to his homeland where the government continues its harsh crackdown on mass protests sparked by the death last month of Mahsa Amani. The 22-year-old woman died just days after she was…

France 24

New US plan could lead to federal action on Colorado River

The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River

The Independent UK

David Depape, 42, charged with attempted homicide for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott says officers witnessed Mr Depape ‘violently assault’ Paul Pelosi with a hammer

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: Obscenely rich dialysis firms are spending millions to defeat California's tighter regulations

A good rule of thumb for assessing the value of a business is to look at how much its owners will spend to defend it from regulations. By that measure, the dialysis business is very valuable indeed.

Los Angeles Times

Schumer's Legalization Bill Is 'Like California Cannabis Program On Steroids' Says Industry Expert & Military Veteran

Many industry experts believe that federal cannabis legalization is inevitable. Everything seems to be pointing in that direction, although, they also agree that it's not happening any time soon.

Benzinga

California Democratic candidates have raised $89.8 million more than Republicans

In California, state-level candidates have raised $281.2 billion between Jan. 1, 2021, and Sept. 24, 2022. Democratic candidates have raised $173.9 million and Republican candidates have raised $84.1 million.

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Intruder seeking U.S. House Speaker Pelosi at her home beats husband with hammer

An intruder demanding to see U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke into her San Francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer early on Friday, officials said, in an assault that stoked fears about political violence ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Reason

Gavin Newsom Does His Best Jimmy Carter Impression

California's governor is following Carter's disastrous energy policies at a time when the state's residents are suffering from already high prices.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Port Royal Golf Club, host of Butterfield Bermuda Championship, is the shortest golf course on the PGA Tour in 2022

There are only four courses that measure shorter than 7,000 yards on the PGA Tour in 2022.

Los Angeles Times

California Sen. Alex Padilla is campaigning hard — just not for himself

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — On an unusually cool morning in the Central Valley, Sen. Alex Padilla rallied campaign volunteers, urging them to knock on doors and phone voters to promote a Democratic candidate in one of the most competitive congressional districts in the nation.

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Commentary: Here in San Quentin, I see why solitary confinement must end

Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, received the support it needed in August to pass the Assembly 41-16 and land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. He vetoed the…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Court cases following #MeToo movement show victims’ bravery in describing abuse

Five years after the #MeToo movement exposed pervasive sexual harassment and abuse in politics, show business and many other industries, cases playing out in California courtrooms are revealing how difficult it is for women to come forward with accusations against powerful men. They’re experiencing verbal abuse, fighting shame, and confronting…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California voters don't like where the state's headed. But they still want Newsom in office

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Most California voters think the state is headed in the wrong direction, yet they intend to reelect the governor who's leading us there. That seems wrongheaded.

Los Angeles Times

California union alleges that fast-food effort to block new labor law is 'willfully misleading voters'

California's largest union on Thursday lodged a complaint with state officials alleging that a fast-food industry coalition violated state election rules in its campaign to block a landmark labor law from going into effect.

The Independent UK

Federal prison worker pleads guilty to inmate sex abuse

One of five workers accused of sexually abusing inmates at a federal women’s prison in California has pleaded guilty and could face up to two years in prison

Los Angeles Times

2.1 million earthquake early warnings issued for San Francisco Bay Area quake

Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck under the mountains east of San Jose, California, this week.

Tribune News Service

California tree carnage: A decade of drought and fire killed a third of Sierra Nevada forests

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Admirers of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are familiar with the swaths of blackened trees flanking its sprawling green forest ranges. A new University of California, Berkeley study quantifies that devastation, finding nearly a third of southern Sierra conifer forests have died in the last decade.

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