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EV Company Phoenix Motor Hits The IPO Path - Checkout For Details

Phoenix Motor Inc (NASDAQ:PEV) has priced its initial public offering of 2.1 million shares at $7.50 per share. The offer price falls around the low end of its predicted range of $7 - $9 per share. Phoenix Motor is a California-based company that designs, assembles, and integrates electric drive systems and light and medium-duty…

Benzinga

Commentary: Give drivers a gas tax holiday. Tax windfall profits from oil companies instead

At the gas station near my home in Burbank, California, gas prices last week were an astronomical $6.50 per gallon, much higher than the nationwide average of $4.67, and just above the statewide average of $6.19 per gallon. Filling up the tank can cost a shocking $100. Working families cannot…

Los Angeles Times

103 statewide measures (and counting) certified for the 2022 ballot

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 8, Brew.

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A self-driving truck will soon deliver goods to 34 Sam’s Club locations in Dallas-Fort Worth

A California-based autonomous trucking company will begin making deliveries to 34 Sam’s Club locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, beginning in July.

Tribune News Service

Ford, Volkswagen, BMW and others seek to defend California emissions powers

WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. branches of Volkswagen AG, BMW AG, Honda Motor Co. and Volvo Cars Ltd. are asking to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend California's power under the Clean Air Act to set its own stringent emissions standards.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Not everything should go to the ballot. Lawmakers, do your job

November elections often leave California voters contending with too much of a good thing: a heap of propositions that clutter the ballot. Remember 2016, when the ballot had 17 measures, including two on the death penalty and another two on plastic bags?

Los Angeles Times

Kids can help California save water in the drought. Try making a game out of it

LOS ANGELES -- Kids love to play with water and in the water, especially on scorching summer days. But experts say you can teach your kids to love saving water too.

Los Angeles Times

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Commentary: Wildfire smoke reminds us of climate change’s intangible damage on our mental health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There is no fire season any more, there are just fires — a recently popularized adage that’s becoming more true every year. Yet summer remains the most dangerous time for wildfires in California and surrounding western states. In just the last few days, Sacramento’s air quality has…

Tribune News Service

Newsom wins California primary, is big favorite in November

California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a little-known Republican state senator in the November general election

The Independent UK

Biden unveils new Latin America economic plan at reboot summit dogged by dissent

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a proposed new U.S. economic partnership with Latin America aimed at countering China's growing clout as he kicked off a regional summit marred by discord and snubs over the guest list.

Reuters

Karen Bass and Rick Caruso head to runoff in Los Angeles mayoral race

Candidates head to November rematch after neither one secures enough votes to win outright in primary

The Guardian - US

House special election winner Conway OK with being short-timer - Roll Call

Republican Connie Conway won the special election to serve the remainder of former Rep. Devin Nunes' term in California's 22nd District.

Roll Call

San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform

Gavin Newsom easily advances to November election as Karen Bass and Rick Caruso head to mayoral runoff in Los Angeles

The Guardian - US

Republican Connie Conway leading in race for Devin Nunes’ open seat

WASHINGTON — Voters in California’s 22nd Congressional District will decide Tuesday who will serve the remainder of former Rep. Devin Nunes’ term.

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California Sen. Alex Padilla advances in midterm primary; congressional races likely to reverberate nationally

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Alex Padilla, who was appointed to the post after Kamala Harris became vice president, easily won a spot on the November ballot after California voters hit the polls on Tuesday.

Reuters

U.S.'s Blinken warns of threats to media freedom in Americas

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Tuesday criticized efforts to suppress press freedom in several Latin American countries and said the United States seeks to increase media protection in the region with the most murders of journalists.

The Independent UK

1 killed, 4 injured in California mountain climbing falls

Authorities say a mountain climbing guide has died and at least four other people have been injured while trying to summit California's Mount Shasta in treacherous conditions over the past two days

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Newsom advances to November as California primary returns come in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom took a large step toward reelection Tuesday after quickly besting a crowded field of scarcely known challengers in the primary, though the size of his first-round victory was unclear immediately following the closing of polls in California.

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California primary sends Newsom, Republican Brian Dahle to November governor’s race

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom took a large step toward reelection Tuesday after crushing a crowded field of scarcely known challengers in California’s statewide primary, and will face off against a conservative Northern California Republican, state Sen. Brian Dahle.

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Newsom likely to advance as California primary returns come in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to romp over his scarcely known challengers in Tuesday’s primary election and emerge with a good chance at winning reelection in November, though the size of his first-round victory is unclear immediately following the closing of polls in California.

Los Angeles Times

As Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial enters second week, Judy Huth takes the stand

Judy Huth, a California resident who has accused Bill Cosby of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, took the stand Tuesday for the second day of her testimony in her civil case against the disgraced comedian.

Los Angeles Times

Parts of Southern California used 26% more water in April despite conservation pleas

LOS ANGELES — California water conservation efforts continued to lag in April despite the deepening drought, according to new state figures released Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 still surging in California’s capital region. Will subvariants lead to even more?

A major Sacramento K-12 district has returned to indoor masking, a Bay Area county of more than 1.6 million people has reverted to a countywide mask mandate, and transmission and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 continue to swell throughout California as a new pair of omicron subvariants make up a growing…

Los Angeles Times

Voting underway in California’s primary election with low turnout: ‘It’s been slow’

LOS ANGELES — Voters took to the polls throughout California on Tuesday in a primary election that will help determine Los Angeles’ next mayor and prove a test for San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor.

Los Angeles Times

Desperate for change, voters cast ballots in California’s low-turnout primary election

LOS ANGELES — When it came time to cast her ballot in California’s primary election, Robin Tillman made sure not to vote for a single incumbent.

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