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US gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings

In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions.

Los Angeles Times

Secrets of California’s skydiving salamanders revealed by researchers

Wandering salamanders live in the world’s tallest trees and wind tunnel tests show how the amphibians take their ‘leaps of faith’

The Guardian - US

The deadliest mass shootings in the US, from Columbine to Sandy Hook

The US has broken the record for the most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders

Evening Standard

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Sorry Meghan but charity starts at home – you should visit your sick father Thomas Markle

Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, has had a stroke, severe enough to make him unable to speak and for him to be airlifted to hospital in California. His other daughter, Samantha, said simply, “we are praying”.

Evening Standard

Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk lists California dream home on Airbnb

Dream desert pad designed by the Fab Five’s interiors guru starts at just £123 per person, per night

The Independent UK

The new MADD movement: Parents rise up against drug deaths

Life as he knew it ended for Matt Capelouto two days before Christmas in 2019, when he found his 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, dead in her childhood bedroom in Temecula, California. Rage overtook grief when authorities ruled her death an accident.

Tribune News Service

Gavin Newsom survived a California recall. Is he a lock to win another term?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The last time Gavin Newsom’s name was on the ballot in California, he faced dozens of opponents in a chaotic recall election that drew national attention and was sparked by opposition to his handling of the pandemic.

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Poisonous grapeleaf skeletonizer moth wreaks havoc on California vineyards

‘We do not want this pest to become established’, says agricultural commissioner

The Independent UK

Editorial: California’s water shortage requires updates in technology, law — and mindset

Californians responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request for voluntary water conservation earlier this year by using more, not less. On Monday, Newsom said mandatory cutbacks could be coming.

Los Angeles Times

Ron Cook: Bruno Sammartino documentary depicts an extraordinary life, inside and outside the ring

PITTSBURGH — There he was on the screen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia as a bodybuilder; "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator" as an actor; and the 38th governor of California, one bigger-than-life character talking about another.

Tribune News Service

Anita Chabria: She killed the man who trafficked her. Will California ever forgive her?

Sara Kruzan makes sure her daughter Summer Reign-Justice never wants for ice cream, because it was a triple dip of mint chip and rocky road that led Kruzan to murder and prison.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed

The market for legal weed is growing. But in California, as elsewhere, it faces serious challenges.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: California’s economy may seem healthy. But just wait for the next recession

The California economy may seem healthy on the surface, with home prices soaring, Silicon Valley booming and the state government posting big multi-year state budget surpluses thanks to a massive surge in capital gains tax revenues and income tax revenues from tech stocks.

Los Angeles Times

Tesla loses bid to move California sexual harassment lawsuit into arbitration

Jessica Barraza had accused the company of allowing a ‘frat house’ atmosphere

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California bans watering 'non-functional' grass in some areas, strengthening drought rules

LOS ANGELES — California's top water regulators adopted emergency drought rules Tuesday that scale up conservation requirements for water suppliers throughout the state and prohibit watering grass that is purely decorative at businesses and in common areas of subdivisions and homeowners associations.

Tribune News Service

Hybrid work in the Bay Area: Data suggests region nearing its ‘new normal’

SAN JOSE, California — Caroline Mills now goes into her San Jose office at accounting giant Ernst & Young whenever her team agrees they want to — and sometimes when the company puts on the Wednesday happy hour featuring beer, wine and Asian-fusion food-truck treats. That weekly grub-and-gab session did…

Los Angeles Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls inaction on gun violence a ‘choice’ after Texas school shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Republicans Tuesday for inaction on the issue of gun control, saying the party “won’t do a damn thing” in a series of tweets hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 18 children and one teacher dead.

The Times of India

All about what stylish Kardashians and Jenners wore to Kourtney & Travis' Italian wedding

After a “practice-wedding” in Las Vegas on April 4 and a legal intimate wedding in a California courthouse on May 15, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married in a dreamy Portofino wedding which was attended by some very stylish guests- the other Kardashians and Jenners, who set some serious…

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The Independent UK

Ford pays $19M to settle claims on fuel economy, payload

Ford Motor Company has settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles

The Independent UK

A gallon of gas costs more than the federal minimum wage at some stations in California

The price of gas continues to soar, while the federal minimum wage does not

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How cities in the West have water amid drought

The sight of fountains, swimming pools, gardens and golf courses in Western cities like Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and Albuquerque can seem jarring as drought and climate change tightening their grip on the region

Tribune News Service

Blue state minimum wages inch upward, widening gap with South

A grocery store cashier who’s guaranteed $15 per hour in California can legally be paid $7.25 in Texas and 19 other states — a gap in state minimum wages that’s set to widen further in the year ahead.

The Independent UK

‘Active shooter’ incidents went up 52% last year in the US

California, despite having some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, had the highest number of active shooter incidents

Zenger

VIDEO: I Could Just Squeeze Down Another Mouthful: Python’s Grim Lunch

Thomson said: "Both videos were recorded at my home that me and these incredible animals share!"

The Conversation

The Catholic Church's views on exorcism have changed – a religious studies scholar explains why

In September 2021, a 3-year-old was killed during an exorcism in a small Pentecostal church in San Jose, California. The child’s throat was allegedly squeezed and her head held down during the ceremony, which likely asphyxiated her. In May 2022, three members of the victim’s family were charged with felony…

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