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Editorial: Legal pot needs better warning labels

One of the goals of legalizing cannabis was to ensure that the pot Californians buy is relatively safe. No more random sandwich baggies filled with who-knows-what. Legal cannabis is tested to ensure it’s free of contaminants, and must be sold in tamper-proof containers that carry legally mandated warning labels.

Los Angeles Times

As California welcomes Ukrainian refugees, counties fall short on interpreters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After the Russian invasion, Katie Nelha and her husband couldn’t safely return to their home in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, so they took their chances as refugees. Flying from Poland, where they were working, to Mexico in early April, they crossed into the U.S. at Tijuana, where they were…

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304-acre fire in Shasta County destroys 12 structures, forces evacuations

A brush fire near a small city in Shasta County, California, that prompted evacuation orders Thursday afternoon had destroyed multiple structures and was threatening more, officials said.

Los Angeles Times

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Stacey Abrams' blockbuster fundraising driven by historic levels of out-of-state money

Her fundraising profile is more typical of a leading national candidate than a gubernatorial contender.

Axios

Sequoias safe for now, as lawmakers debate forest policies

Giant sequoias — thousand-year-old trees as large as 275 feet tall — came under threat this month from wildfires raging in central California’s Yosemite National Park, though firefighters have reported the blaze was contained before it encroached on trees in the park’s famous Mariposa Grove.

Tribune News Service

1 million pills with fentanyl seized in record bust near LA

One million pills containing fentanyl were seized during a raid near Los Angeles this month in what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is calling the largest bust of its kind in California

The Independent UK

How does GDP differ by state?

Five states, including California and Texas, contribute about 41% of US GDP.

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How does Gross Domestic Product differ by state?

Five states, including California and Florida, each contributed over $1 trillion to the national gross domestic product in 2022.

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Pedestrians Attack Waymo Self-Driving Cars In Arizona, California

The San Francisco attack happened as the Jaguar I-Pace drove on a street where a group of skateboarders were partying after the annual Dolores Hill Bomb event.

InsideEVs

George Skelton: Would California's abortion ballot measure allow late-term abortions? Its author says no

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Based on a simple reading, Proposition 1 would seem to push California abortion law far left by allowing pregnancy termination right up until birth. Could that be correct?

Los Angeles Times

California faces a high-risk summer as ultra-infectious COVID subvariants keep coming

LOS ANGELES — California’s summer is being complicated by a dizzying array of omicron subvariants that have emerged over the last several months.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom slams red state governors on DC trip, stoking speculation about his future

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he's frustrated with Republicans and Democrats.

Los Angeles Times

Scots set for blistering heat next week with temperatures nearing 30s on Tuesday

If the forecasts are accurate, Scotland is set break this year's current hottest day and will be hotter than Los Angeles, California.

Daily Record

In Colorado, markup on homes with a view second only to California

Homes with a scenic view of nature carry a significant premium in their listing price in Colorado, but homes with great city views are actually discounted outside of Denver.

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Los Angeles Times

For some businesses, California's drought has money flowing

This time of year, the calls and emails pour in daily: "I just built a pool — can you come fill it?"

The Independent UK

Wildfire threat becomes tool to fight home builders

Environmental groups have been arguing in California courts that developers are not fully considering the risks of wildfire and choked evacuation routes when they plan their housing developments near fire-prone areas

Tribune News Service

California built a safety net for millions of undocumented residents. Here’s how it happened

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isabel Coronel, 76, walked into a hospital for the first time in almost 30 years last month.

The Texas Tribune

“She didn’t deserve to die like this”: Mom who lost her daughter in trailer tragedy visits site in San Antonio

Adela Betulia Ramírez Quezada was trying to reunite with her mother and two sisters in California. The morning that she climbed in to a trailer with dozens of others, she called her mother to say they would see each other soon.

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Liverpool Echo

Former Liverpool CEO Peter Moore becomes club owner

Peter Moore has become a founding investor in a USL expansion team in California

Daily Record

Dumbarton ultra-runner completes 100 mile 'holy grail' of sport in California

John Connolly, 45, completed the gruelling Western States 100 mile run in 21 hours 53 minutes, despite being faced with hugely challenging terrain and soaring temperatures.

The Independent UK

Court documents in Polanski criminal case ordered released

A California appeals court has ordered the unsealing of some documents in the criminal case against renowned director Roman Polanski, who's been a fugitive since pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl decades ago

Tribune News Service

Bipartisan bill would rescue giant sequoias from wildfire

Confronting an existential threat to the world’s largest trees, U.S. Rep. Scott Peters joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on a rescue plan for California’s giant sequoia groves.

Tribune News Service

California’s ‘insurer of last resort’ accused of wrongly denying wildfire claims

After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel’s home was one of the few in her Boulder Creek, California, neighborhood left standing. But after returning to the three-bedroom house built out of old-growth redwood, Mapel found wildfire smoke had inundated the interior…

Tribune News Service

Britney Spears’ car ran out of gas on California freeway at night, cops say

The car that Britney Spears was driving ran out of gas Tuesday on a busy California highway — and the cops were called.

Reason

Trespass Claim Stemming from Activists' Blocking Horse Race Track Not Covered by California Anti-SLAPP Law

From Golden Gate Land Holdings LLC v. Direct Action Everywhere, decided today (correctly, I think) by the California Court of Appeal (Presiding Justice Jim Humes, joined by Justice Sandra Margulies and S.F. Superior Court Judge Mary Wiss): Golden Gate, which operates a horse racing track in Berkeley, filed this suit…

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