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Parole denied for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan for 17th time

Parole was approved in past, but overruled by California governor Gavin Newsom

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Newsom gets good marks in new poll but faces test with budget crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is California's most popular high-profile politician, but that could be tested by voter concerns over his ability to handle the state's estimated $22.5 billion deficit, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2023

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan returns to 16th parole hearing

Two years ago, a California parole board voted to free Robert F

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic

California's coronavirus emergency declaration is ending

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

California governor vows to change law blocking new housing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to reform a landmark state environmental law after it was used to block needed student housing at the University of California, Berkeley

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

California explores private insurance for immigrants lacking legal status. But is it affordable?

A doctor found cysts in Lilia Becerril’s right breast five years ago, but the 51-year-old lacks health insurance. She said she can’t afford the imaging to find out if they’re cancerous.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

Climate Action Corps expands, paying more Californians to fight climate change

LOS ANGELES -- Inside a small warehouse, tucked behind a shuttered pawn shop in the heart of Hollywood, Crystal Lipps took the handle of a large black rolling cart loaded with donated boxes of carrots, bananas and other fresh food that once would have been destined for a landfill.

The Orange County Register · Feb 27, 2023

Pipeline debate at center of California carbon capture plans

Twenty years into climate change efforts, California is now relying heavily on a controversial technology — capturing climate pollution from industry and piping it underground, where it's supposed to remain permanently

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023

Melinda Henneberger: ‘I never asked to join this club,’ says Jennifer Siebel Newsom after Weinstein sentencing

Victims of sexual violence have one hell of an ally in the newly unshackled Jennifer Siebel Newsom, feminist documentary filmmaker and wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. And in one way, I’m sorry about that.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023

New NTSB Report Highlights Useless, Premature Regulatory Push After East Palestine Derailment

Plus: Ex-felons and the right to vote, Gavin Newsom's plan to cap oil company profits collides with reality, and more...

Reason · Feb 24, 2023