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With new storms set to batter California, Newsom seeks urgent federal help

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking the Biden administration to declare a federal emergency before storms that are expected to batter an already beleaguered state this week.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 8, 2023

A general is fired from the scandal-plagued California National Guard

LOS ANGELES — In yet another ouster of a top commander for the troubled California National Guard, a brigadier general has been fired after internal inquiries found that he inappropriately used military personnel for personal tasks, had a subordinate complete part of his cybersecurity training and otherwise engaged in conduct…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 7, 2023

Newsom begins second term on Jan. 6 anniversary, contrasting California with insurrection

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the start of his second term Friday on the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, choosing the moment to contrast California’s progressive and inclusive values with the “ugliness that overflowed on January 6.”

Los Angeles Times · Jan 7, 2023

Commentary: Latino voters are still in search of a working-class agenda

The education divide that has defined American politics over the last three election cycles has begun to appear in the country’s largest blue state, California. Democrats have captured and retained greater shares of college-educated voters in metro areas, but it has come at the expense of losing rural and blue-collar…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

California workers get new protections in 2023. Here's what you need to know

Far-reaching new laws seek to better working conditions for a broad swath of Californians in 2023 from white-collar employees to blue-collar farm laborers, fast-food servers and construction workers.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

Californians have a green light to sue the gun industry. How will that work?

LOS ANGELES — One of the strangest pieces of legislation ever enacted in California took effect Jan. 1, giving state residents and visitors the same power to threaten the gun industry that Texans now wield over abortion providers.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 2, 2023

California emergency agency gets first woman director. What Gov. Newsom says about pick

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced that Nancy Ward would lead the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

Tribune News Service · Jan 1, 2023

Judge puts hold on California law that could have raised fast-food worker wages

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has put a temporary hold on a new California law boosting protections for fast-food workers that was set to go into effect Jan. 1.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 31, 2022

From Harvey Weinstein to Casey Anthony: The unbearable cruelty of the modern American courtroom

Clémence Michallon reports on some of the more distasteful moments from real-life US courtroom dramas in 2022

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022

Enough fentanyl seized in California in 2022 to kill all of North America twice

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Law enforcement seized a staggering 28,765 pounds of fentanyl in California this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Friday — enough to kill the entire population of North America twice.

Tribune News Service · Dec 25, 2022