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California drought: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stressed by high temperatures and a record run of dry weather over the last three months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of 30% of the state’s water supply, has hit one of its lowest levels for the end of winter in generations.

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Perfect Union Dispensary First To Sell Recreational Cannabis In Napa, CA

Perfect Union – California's largest wholly-owned cannabis company – is the first dispensary in the Napa area to get approved under the new ordinance, which allows current medicinal dispensaries to apply for expanded permits and change their state licenses for sale to recreational use customers.

Benzinga

Commentary: Sorry, rooftop solar supporters, California incentives really do punish the poor

When the California Public Utilities Commission proposed scaling back subsidies for rooftop solar in December, it cracked open a hornet’s nest of residential solar sellers, owners and advocates. Installation companies argued it would tank their profits and harm their workers. Solar homeowners and those who want to go solar said…

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Australia's Minjee Lee shares lead after first round of season-opening major in California

Australia's Minjee Lee will begin the second round in California in a share of the lead, after posting a 6-under-66 to commence her campaign for a second major.

ABC News

Ex-minor leaguer ran major league sports betting operation

Federal prosecutors say a former minor league pitcher was the ringleader of an illegal sports betting operation in California that used former pro athletes as bookies and active players as clients

The Independent UK

Sports gambling ring that drew bets from professional athletes busted

LOS ANGELES — Five men have agreed to plead guilty to federal crimes for their roles in an illegal Southern California sports betting operation that took wagers from professional athletes, authorities said Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

The Parent Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

TPCO Holding Corp. (OTC: GRAMF), a leading consumer-focused California cannabis company, announced its financial results on Thursday for the fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year ended December 31, 2021. Q4 2021 Financial Highlights

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California records 1st woman to sign bill into state law

A woman has signed a bill into California state law for the first time in history

The Independent UK

Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds

LOS ANGELES — Most Californians still favor COVID-19 restrictions, including requirements to show proof of vaccination at large outdoor gatherings or to enter places like indoor restaurants and bars, a new survey suggests.

Los Angeles Times

CA reparations plan advances broader movement, advocates say

California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality by tackling the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible to receive reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism

The Independent UK

Los retrasos en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del autismo aumentaron durante la pandemia

Wylie James Prescott, de 3 años, tuvo que esperar más de un año después de su diagnóstico de autismo para comenzar la terapia conductual, a pesar de que las investigaciones demuestran que el tratamiento temprano del autismo puede ser crucial para el desarrollo de los niños.

Tribune News Service

What you eat has a water footprint

While most plant-based foods have smaller water footprints, not all do

Salon

Frederick Woods abducted 26 children and buried them alive. 46 years later, he’s set to walk free

Frederick Woods is the last of the three kidnappers still incarcerated

The Independent UK

How Gopuff used BevMo's stores to conquer California

When an East Coast startup called Gopuff paid $350 million for BevMo in November 2020, it wasn't immediately clear what a tech company planned to do with California's biggest liquor chain.

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Benzinga

The Crisis In Housing, Part 4: Waiting For A Crypto Future

Compared to other sectors of the wider economy, the housing and mortgage industries have traditionally been slower to embrace cutting-edge technologies and digital solutions. A myriad of reasons explain this pokey response to evolving change, ranging from the sector’s conservative risk tolerance to a lack of standardization in many evolving technologies.

Tribune News Service

Baseball players press lawmakers for minor league labor standards

Lawmakers in a handful of states are crafting policies to protect a workforce that they say has been exploited by poverty wages, restrictive contracts and onerous federal labor laws: minor league baseball players.

Los Angeles Times

It's a 'sad and scary time' for LGBTQ students and their families

LOS ANGELES — Paria Hassouri feels fortunate that her family lives in California and not Texas, where the Republican governor recently issued a directive to investigate parents who seek "gender-transitioning procedures" for their minors.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Pre-Roll Brand Jeeter Coming To Arizona & Michigan This Spring

California pre-roll cannabis brand Jeeter announced its launch in two new markets this spring. Beginning April 1, Jeeter will offer its popular infused pre-rolls at Nirvana Centers across Arizona, expanding to additional dispensaries throughout the month.

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Roll Call

It ‘opened my eyes’: Rep. Jim Costa on the summer of ’73 - Roll Call

He stood in line to get a seat at the Watergate hearings as a young intern during a summer away from the family's California farm.

The Guardian - US

‘Slow violence that drives death’: a California port city’s struggle with pollution and shootings

Wilmington residents are no stranger to early death – either from air pollution or gun violence – often found in industrial corridors

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How the pandemic unfairly saddled low-income California college students with debt

As if remote learning, quarantines and sick family members were not enough, hundreds of thousands of California’s most financially vulnerable college students now face an additional challenge: surprise debts owed to their community colleges and public universities.

Al Jazeera

The woman confronting the US prison-to-deportation pipeline

Domestic abuse survivor Ny Nourn lived this pipeline. Then her fight against this system became a fight for others.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Why is it taking so long to get rent relief to tenants and landlords?

California lawmakers are again scrambling to extend the state’s eviction moratorium for tenants who fell behind on their rent during the pandemic and are still waiting for promised emergency rental assistance to be delivered.

Tribune News Service

Redistricting shuffle makes race to succeed Nunes a low-key affair

The four Republicans and two Democrats running in a California special election to succeed ex-Rep. Devin Nunes have something in common: They’re in the hunt for a dead-end job.

Daily Mirror

Bodyboarder killed by great white shark bitten so hard his skull was crushed

Bodyboarder Tomas Butterfield, 42, died after a great white shark attack in California, where the predator bit so hard that it penetrated his skull and also left a tooth behind in his back

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