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Editorial: Fiscal reality catches up to California

Blowing out the state budget is like maxing out your credit card. It feels great until the bill comes due. That’s a lesson for Nevada lawmakers.

Tribune News Service

George Skelton: Feinstein won't step down early. But when she does, these contenders have the best shot at her seat

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's not an election year, but in 2023 we'll see a hot race begin for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.

Los Angeles Times

Even England’s police want to decriminalise hard drugs. Why won’t our posturing politicians listen

Police chiefs’ plan to recommend addiction services would be far more effective than this ‘war on drugs’, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Judge Blocks California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)

From Miller v. Bonta, decided today by Judge Roger Benitez (S.D. Cal.): "It is cynical." "It is an abomination." "It is outrageous and objectionable." "There is no dispute that it raises serious constitutional questions." "It is an unprecedented attempt to thwart judicial review." Such are the Intervenor-Defendant Governor's expressed views…

Reason

SBLive/SI Power 25: St. John Bosco Finishes 2022 Football Season Ranked No. 1

The Braves cliched the crown in California's Open Division high school football state championship.

Sports Illustrated

Harvey Weinstein: Disgraced movie mogul found guilty of rape at Los Angeles trial

California case follows 2020 conviction in New York

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles sexual assault trial

Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.

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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles trial

The downfall of the former movie magnate played out over a six-week trial that included testimony from Jennifer Siebel Newsom

The Guardian - US

UC workers could receive a 66% pay raise. Here’s why some members are still voting ‘no’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Striking graduate student employees across the University of California will vote this week on whether to ratify tentative contracts, potentially ending a month-long work stoppage and securing double-digit wage increases for tens of thousands of workers.

Tribune News Service

'Miracle' as couple in car survive huge one-in-a-million 300ft fall down canyon

Cloe Fields and boyfriend Christian Zelada had been driving through Angeles National Forest, California, along the edge of a canyon when they lost control and plunged over the edge

Daily Mirror

Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of a former president is a first in US history

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented step in American history, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended Monday that former President Donald Trump be criminally prosecuted for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to…

Los Angeles Times

Hearsay Evidence Admissible in Gun Violence Restraining Order Proceedings

So holds a California appellate panel, by a 2-1 vote.

Reason

Great white shark tagged off California approaching Hawaii

A great white shark named Tough Guy, tagged off Southern California in 2021, is approaching Hawaii.

USA Today Sports Media Group

'Magic mushrooms' would be decriminalized in California under new bill

LOS ANGELES — The possession and personal use of certain psychedelic drugs such as "magic mushrooms" and ayahuasca would be decriminalized in California under a bill introduced Monday backed by mental health professionals and veterans groups.

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California Democrats bring back concealed carry bill in renewed push for gun safety

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker will make another attempt to shore up the state’s concealed carry gun laws following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down key provisions.

Los Angeles Times

Southern California ports are losing to East Coast rivals, threatening LA-area jobs

From the peaceful vantage point of Angels Gate Park, high above San Pedro Bay in San Pedro, California, a huge floating traffic jam of cargo ships was clearly visible when it reached its peak of 109 vessels in January, stranding toys, clothing, semiconductors, cars and a long list of items…

Tribune News Service

Inflation is pushing California’s minimum wage up. Here’s what it will be in 2023.

This January, California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50.

The Guardian - US

An elderly woman in prison is losing her memory. Why won’t California release her?

The parole board’s refusal to free Janet Carter, 69, is part of what advocates warn is a growing humanitarian crisis across the US

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3 holiday adventures in California’s national parks

LOS ANGELES — There’s something special about a holiday trip to a national park.

Los Angeles Times

Drought-ravaged LA seeks surprising source of water: A contaminated Superfund site

LOS ANGELES — As drought and climate change ravage California’s once-reliable supply of drinking water, officials in Los Angeles are setting their sights on a relatively new, almost untapped resource for the city’s 4 million residents: the Superfund site in their own backyard.

The Guardian - US

‘Some scars are for ever’: the grief of losing a child to gun violence during the holidays

End of the year can be painful for those who have lost loved ones to firearm crime, but forming new traditions can help ease trauma

Los Angeles Times

A world gone mad: Schizophrenia and a journey through California’s failed mental health system

LOS ANGELES — Standing in the dappled sunlight of a Westside city park, Anthony Mazzucca was trying to make a point. The words flew out of him, like birds, a flock of words. He laughed at the thought.

Tribune News Service

To cut fossil fuels, California needs power lines, fast. Building them takes a decade

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A century ago, thousands of Californians flocked to opening day for the Vaca-Dixon substation to hear the world’s longest and highest-voltage power line hum with electricity for the first time. It was an engineering marvel, built by hundreds of men and their mules in just two years.

Los Angeles Times

Federal officials say urgent action needed to protect shrinking Colorado River reservoirs

LAS VEGAS — With Colorado River reservoirs nearing dangerously low levels, the federal government has given basin states a Jan. 31 deadline to negotiate major water cuts and stave off a possible collapse in supplies.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified, California showcase record graduation rates; other measures show setbacks

LOS ANGELES — The state of California and the Los Angeles Unified School District achieved record-high graduation rates last year despite the lingering effects of the crippling pandemic and a historic spike in student absences, prompting praise and skepticism over the new numbers.

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