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HEALTH ALERT: Los Angeles Families Are Rebuilding Homes on Toxic Soil — And Federal Agencies Stopped Testing Before They Finished the Job

Seventeen months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires consumed more than 16,000 structures across Los Angeles County in January 2025 — incinerating homes, vehicles, electronics, solar panels, and decades' worth of synthetic materials — families are returning to their properties and rebuilding.

Medical Daily

Where California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Stand on Climate and Taking Big Oil Money

While frontrunners Steyer and Becerra slug it out, they’re clashing over their commitment to clean energy.

Capital & Main

Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? CalMatters got records to find out

California's Homekey program aimed to convert motels into housing for the homeless

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Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff

Records show a California sheriff's office has given a private contractor the authority to decide whether to investigate rape allegations at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center in San Diego

The Independent UK

Feds ramp up scrutiny in yearslong dispute over California airport money

California risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal airport funding as the Federal Aviation Administration questions whether the state is following federal rules in spending revenue from a jet fuel tax on airport projects

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Water levels for the vital Colorado River are so low people can just walk across it

The ongoing climate crisis could have disastrous effects on the Colorado River, experts have warned

The Independent UK

Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide

The dangers of artificial intelligence and its potential to consolidate power are clear. But used fairly, it can be a boon for good government

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Don't Panic Over Federal Cuts for Homeless Programs

The federal cuts amount to little more than a rounding error in most state or big city budgets.

Reason

Takeaways from our collaboration on schools recovering from wildfires

The Camp Fire in Paradise, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, has deeply affected students' learning

The Independent UK

This California town was ravaged by a wildfire. Seven years later, schools are still recovering

Paradise, California, is slowly recovering from the devastating 2018 Camp Fire

The Independent UK

Thousands of formerly secret files on police misconduct in California made public through searchable database

The records open a window into nearly 12,000 cases involving allegations of sexual assault to brutality complaints and incidents involving deadly force

The Independent UK

With Environmental Regulatory Reform, California Gov. Gavin Newsom Finally Does Something Substantial

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

Reason

California orders bars to provide lids after spate of drink spiking

California law now requires bars or nightclubs to offer lids to customers amid a recent increase in drink spiking.

The Independent UK

AI Bots in California Steal Over $10 Million in Federal Financial Aid

A scam that uses AI to “enroll” in community colleges to pocket student aid has skyrocketed in the Golden State and across the nation.

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California Braces for New ICE Detention Center Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown

Initially proposed under the Biden administration, a new ICE detention center near San Francisco could now serve as a key asset in advancing Trump's mass deportation plans.

Reason

Donald Trump Wants To End E.V. Subsidies. Gavin Newsom Is Trying To Save Them.

California's governor is considering revamping wasteful state rebate programs for low-emitting vehicles.

The Guardian - US

How California has been ‘Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal

Newsom also announces special session of legislature to ensure state agencies’ funding and says: ‘We won’t sit idle’

International Business Times

Hundreds Of Cheesecake Factory Workers Owed $1 Million In Stolen Wages. California Claims It Can't Locate Them

Just 42 of the more than 500 janitors have received their part of the settlement, leaving nearly $700,000 in unclaimed state accounts.

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Hundreds of Cheesecake Factory Workers Owed $1 Million in Stolen Wages. California Claims It Can't Locate Them

Just 42 of the more than 500 janitors have received their part of the settlement, leaving nearly $700,000 in unclaimed state accounts.

The Guardian - US

California voters could get to vote on toughening charges for some crimes

Proposition 47 reduced penalties for certain non-violent offenses, but public support has waned after retail thefts

Reason

California's Leaders Still Ignoring State Pension Debt

California has just 72 percent of the assets needed to make payments to retired public workers, many of whom get to collect six-figure annual payments.

Reason

Problems With Mass Transit Won't Be Solved With More Money

The transit systems we're supposed to hop aboard ultimately operate as jobs programs for government workers.

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