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Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘Health care crisis’ after Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Vice President Kamala Harris excoriated the Supreme Court’s recent decision peel back of five decades of federal abortion protections, calling its precedent-busting shift a “health care crisis” during a visit Thursday to her old San Francisco Bay Area stomping grounds.

Tribune News Service

Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination

California's governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination to shore up its supply over the next two decades

The Independent UK

Rescuers Save Cock Fighting Roosters Then Kill Them

Authorities were forced to euthanize 143 roosters after breaking up a cockfight in a southern Californian home in an open investigation.

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With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

LOS ANGELES — With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released a new plan to adapt to the state’s hotter, drier future by capturing and storing more water, recycling more wastewater and desalinating seawater and salty groundwater.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup?

Back in 2007, the state of California reached an agreement with Boeing Co. requiring the company to clean up the polluted site of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, outside Simi Valley, to an exacting environmental standard.

Los Angeles Times

Are San Francisco's NIMBYs Finally Getting Their Comeuppance?

State housing officials have launched a first-ever investigation of the city's housing policies and practices, setting the stage for far more sweeping interventions.

Reason

Fans compare 90s TV star Tiffani Thiessen to Baywatch babe as she poses in blue swimsuit

Saved By The Bell and Beverly Hills 90210 star Tiffani Thiessen posed in a navy blue swimsuit, clutching a straw hat, on the beautiful sun-kissed beach in California

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One dead, three injured in shooting at California gym

Police are expected to release more information later on Thursday

The Independent UK

Firefighters battle huge ‘fire tornado’ during 150-acre blaze in California

Rare ‘fire devil’ captured on film during inferno in Los Angeles County

The Independent UK

Vanessa Bryant is ‘haunted’ by the sharing of Kobe crash photos, attorney says

LOS ANGELES —The photos were flashed from a sheriff’s deputy’s phone screen to a bartender in Norwalk, California. They were shown to firefighters at an awards gala at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City. They were shared from one deputy to another while the men played the video game “Call…

Los Angeles Times

'Fire tornado' hits outskirts of Los Angeles as swirling flames are whipped up

A huge fire tornado swept across part of California on Wednesday, August 11. Firefighters managed to get it under control but the state has been affected by serious fires in recent weeks

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry could return to UK in new role without Meghan, says ex-protection officer

Prince Harry is currently living in California after quitting as a working royal with wife Meghan Markle, but his former protection officer Ken Wharfe believes there is a chance he could return to the UK in the future

Daily Mirror

A year of struggle as an Afghan family builds a new life in California

Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021.

Reuters

An anxious American west sizes up historic climate bill: ‘We need every tool’

While the legislation provides renewed hope, work remains to be done to ensure the funding is put to best possible use

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One last trip: Gabriella Walsh's decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms

Gabriella Walsh knew she wanted to die on a Saturday.

Tribune News Service

California Gov. Newsom pins political rise on abortion, guns, and health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gavin Newsom is fed up with Republicans for attacking abortion rights and blocking gun regulations — and with his own Democratic Party for failing to boldly and brashly take on the conservative right and push a progressive agenda.

The Denver Post

The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change

PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Why do Republican lawmakers want drug users to die in the street?

California legislators did a brave thing last week when they approved a proposal to allow three California cities — including Los Angeles — to open facilities where addicts can self-administer illicit drugs without fear of arrest or a fatal overdose.

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Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom

LOS ANGELES — When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares of floods pouring through his South Los Angeles home.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Monkeypox is disproportionately hitting Latino communities. Will California protect them?

On Aug. 4, the Biden administration declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, and cases continue to soar nationwide.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'This Freaking Tower!': Tech Saves Potty-mouthed Stars in Vertigo Thriller 'Fall'

When you're dangling from a tower 2,000 feet above the desert floor by your fingertips, it may be difficult not to drop a couple of F-bombs -- even if you're a Hollywood actor shooting a PG-13 rated movie. Fortunately, a new editing technology came to the rescue of the "potty-mouthed"…

Al Jazeera

Lion Air victims get payout after Boeing settlement cash vanishes

US law firm takes rare step of compensating families after California lawyer fails to hand over settlement money.

The Independent UK

Kobe Bryant’s wife sobs in court as jury told sheriff’s deputy shared graphic photos of crash site

Basketball great, daughter Gianna, and seven others died in accident in January 2020

Sports Illustrated

Bauer Faces Sexual Battery Allegations in New Countersuit

The Dodgers’ pitcher was sued for sexual battery by the California woman who reported him for sexual assault last year.

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall reach divorce settlement as former supermodel asks judge to dismiss case

Former supermodel cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ with media mogul in original court filing

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