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California and the West broil in record heat wave

A record-setting heat wave is making life miserable in the West

The Independent UK

California heat wave on track to be hottest, longest on record for September, Newsom says

LOS ANGELES — The California heat wave is expected to last until at least Thursday, though possibly without the record-setting highs of the Labor Day weekend.

Los Angeles Times

Fed up Latinas helped push for California's fast food law

The law will shift some power over working conditions to California fast food workers.

Axios

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States' plans to make school safer reflect political divides

In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students would be kept safe

The Independent UK

George Skelton: Newsom enjoys his most successful legislative session yet with wins on climate, Diablo Canyon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite lots of private grousing about him, Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged a big winner at the end of the California Legislature's two-year session.

Los Angeles Times

Half a million fast food workers in California get ‘a seat at the table’ with landmark labor law

The state’s largest and fastest growing lower-wage workforce could see hourly wages reach $22 in 2023

The Independent UK

Blackouts possible as California power grid declares Stage 2 alert and heat wave worsens

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Struggling to stave off rolling blackouts Labor Day evening, managers of California’s beleaguered power grid declared an energy emergency alert Monday and warned that Californians might have to double or triple their energy conservation efforts to prevent the lights from going out.

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Blackouts possible as California power grid enters ‘the most intense phase of this heat wave’

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New California law to let labor council set pay, working conditions for fast-food restaurants

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Labor Day signed a new law that would create a first-in-the-nation labor council to set wages and working standards for fast-food workers.

Tribune News Service

The fight for a healthy approach to work

To the average European, the U.S. is a country of workaholics who have an unhealthy work-life balance

Salon

Newsom signs "groundbreaking" law for low-wage workers

"Today’s action gives hardworking fast-food workers a stronger voice and seat at the table to set fair wages."

Axios

California governor signs landmark law for fast food workers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark measure giving more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections

The Independent UK

Brickbat: It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

The California State Legislature has approved a bill banning single-use propane canisters, such as those used by campers for cooking. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the bill into law. Supporters say the bill will reduce litter and improve the safety of the park workers who must clean up…

Reason

Students wait months for mental health help. 'We're bombarded,' counselor says

LOS ANGELES -- Leo Peñaloza was a freshman at San Bernardino High School when campuses closed as the pandemic hit. His father was hospitalized with COVID-19 for months, fighting for his life. Leo's mother cared for his father by day and began working nights to keep their family afloat.

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Editorial: Dangerous heat is broiling California. But lawmakers still aren’t doing enough

The worst heat wave of the year is bearing down on California, but efforts by state lawmakers to take coordinated action to protect residents from these climate-fueled disasters have largely fizzled out.

The Independent UK

California governor signs bill to keep last reactors running

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation intended to open the way for California's last operating nuclear power plant to run an additional five years

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom skipped meeting with UFW leaders. Now he should sign California's farmworker union bill

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez's farmworkers union. This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom repeated the goof. Brown redeemed himself. Newsom probably won't.

The Independent UK

California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins

Tougher clean energy goals and a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools are among the climate wins for California Democrats in the final days of the legislative session

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Several California 'Weed' Bills Head To Newsom's Desk: Here Are The Cannabis Legislations About To Become Law In The Golden State

A number of marijuana bills are heading up to California Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. One of the measures includes ensuring that medical marijuana patients in the Golden State have access to delivery services.

The Independent UK

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s in-laws donated to Ron DeSantis campaign

Parents of Mr Newsom’s wife, Kenneth F Siebel Jr and Judith A Siebel, contributed $5,000 to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC

Los Angeles Times

Lawmakers approve $1.4 billion loan for PG&E to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers voted to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open for five more years, ultimately siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom's controversial call to lend PG&E up to $1.4 billion and reverse plans to shutter the facility.

Los Angeles Times

Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations following a fetal death and dedicating $20 million to expand access to reproductive care programs in Los Angeles County under bills passed by the state Legislature before the body…

The Independent UK

California legislators advance plan to extend nuke plant run

The California Legislature was advancing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s blueprint to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by up to five years

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: California is giving tech companies a new weapon to protect women's digital privacy

Digital privacy is a huge concern in the post-Roe world, one where women's bodies, or at least their uteruses, are increasingly considered community property in less enlightened states than California.

The Independent UK

California may add wine, liquor bottles to recycling program

California is moving to add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling program

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