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California bans state-funded travel to Georgia over transgender school sports law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is banning state-funded travel to Georgia after the state passed a law allowing athletic associations to prohibit transgender girls from competing in interscholastic girls sports.

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Tech companies chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs as layoffs mount

OAKLAND, California — Tech company layoffs are poised to eliminate hundreds of jobs in the Bay Area, an ominous new round of layoffs that might jolt the region’s primary economic engine.

Tribune News Service

California sets new low unemployment record in July

California's unemployment rate has hit a record low

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He kidnapped 26 kids on a school bus and buried them alive. Now he’s free

Three California rich kids hijacked a bus full of schoolchildren in 1976 and buried them underground, along with their driver. They then called in a ransom demand to local police before falling asleep and waking up to the news their victims had escaped. The final perpetrator, now 70, is only…

The Independent UK

And then there were four: Meet the semifinalist at 2022 U.S. Amateur

The 2022 U.S Amateur is down to the final four.

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Psychedelic Drugs As A Religious Right: New Lawsuit Relaunches The Debate

The Zide Door Church of entheogenic plants in Oakland, California, is suing the city and its security department over a police raid that allegedly constituted a violation of religious and constitutional freedom.

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California man’s home has been the site of 23 car crashes, but he refuses to leave

The off-ramp positioned near Ray Minter’s home sends speeding drivers miscalculating how fast they’re going and, sometimes, crashing into his front yard

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Where To Buy Legal Weed These Days: Cannabis Shops That Launched Sales This Week

Coastal Opens Another California Cannabis Store California retailer Coastal kicked off sales at Concord's premier adult-use storefront and delivery service on August 10.

Benzinga

LPGA’s Mediheal Championship is staying in California, but moving (and now it’s a home game for Danielle Kang)

The field of 120 golfers will compete for a $1.8 million purse over the four-day, 72-hole tournament.

USA Today Sports Media Group

California man found guilty of two 1980s murders thanks to new DNA technology

In 2006 detectives discovered DNA evidence, but it was 12 more years before they could identify suspect using genealogy websites

The Guardian - US

An unlikely pair: Why a labor union joined hospitals to weaken seismic standards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California hospitals have long sought to weaken legally required — and costly — seismic upgrades meant to ensure their doors can remain open to patients after a major earthquake.

Los Angeles Times

California voters don't want Biden or Trump to run in 2024, poll shows

Californians have little appetite for a rematch of the 2020 presidential race, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, with strong majorities of the state's voters hoping neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump runs again in two years.

Los Angeles Times

Sean Connery’s iconic Aston Martin DB5 makes nearly £2m at auction

AN Aston Martin DB5 owned by Sir Sean Connery has been sold for 2.2 million US dollars (£1.9 million) at an auction in California – with a buyer…

The National (Scotland)

Multiple fatalities are reported after 2 small planes collide in California

The planes crashed at Watsonville Municipal Airport, which does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and taking off.

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Melinda Henneberger: Gov. Newsom’s choice: Back California farm workers or help the rich. Why is this so hard?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Once again, farm workers are marching the 335 miles from Delano to Sacramento in triple-digit heat, this time hoping to get California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make it easier for migrant workers to vote to unionize.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California had a nearly $100 billion surplus this year. We don't need to raise taxes with Prop. 30

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If Proposition 30 passes in November, we should hang a sign at the border reading: "Welcome to California, the state with the nation's most outrageously high income tax."

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Why arts and music education matter — and why Californians should support Prop. 28 in November

It's hard to imagine anyone anywhere who doesn't think, all things being equal, that we should spend substantially more money educating students in music and the arts.

The Independent UK

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

Dire consequences could result if states, cities and farms across the American West cannot agree on how to cut the amount of water they draw from the Colorado River

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Free speech doesn't protect Sony in dispute over Michael Jackson songs, court rules

LOS ANGELES — More than a decade ago, allegations arose that Michael Jackson didn't sing all the songs on his 2010 album "Michael," which was released the year after his death. On Thursday, the California Supreme Court weighed in with a ruling that set new legal precedent around entertainment advertising.

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High-speed rail route from San Francisco to San Jose wins approval. What happens next?

FRESNO, Calif. — Over concerns of a pair of Bay Area cities, the California High-Speed Rail Authority board finalized its choice of a route alternative for about 49 miles of tracks between San Francisco and San Jose.

USA Today Sports Media Group

15-year-old Nicholas Gross is youngest player to advance to U.S. Amateur quarterfinals since 2007

For the record, Nicholas Gross did shave before the start of match play. He’s good for the rest of the week.

WEKU

At least 2 people are dead after planes collide in California, officials say

Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said.

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After sleeping in a van overnight, a longshoreman shot 64 and qualified for this week’s PGA Tour Champions event

Bogue made the long trek from California to Syracuse, then drove the last 90 minutes to Binghamton.

Los Angeles Times

Death Valley to reopen after flooding; Joshua Tree and Mojave parks still repairing damage

LOS ANGELES — As Death Valley National Park gets ready to reopen its most popular sites on Saturday after heavy flooding, California national parks are still reeling from the aftermath.

The Independent UK

Officials: At least 2 die after planes collide in California

Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport and at least two of the three occupants were killed

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