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Feds offer $1B to keep California's last nuclear plant open

The Biden administration has announced preliminary approval to spend up to $1.1 billion to help keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant running

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

California announces end of ‘peak fire season’ after subdued year

The US state’s latest season bucks climate change-induced trend of wildfires that have grown in scope and intensity.

Al Jazeera · Nov 21, 2022

After election win, California’s attorney general turns to investigating hospital algorithms for racial bias

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sailed to victory in the Nov. 8 election, riding his progressive record on reproductive rights, gun control and social justice reform. As he charts a course for his next four years, the 50-year-old Democrat wants to target racial discrimination in health care,…

Tribune News Service · Nov 21, 2022

CA's Newsom to release $1B for homelessness, with conditions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Monterey Bay desalination project is approved despite environmental injustice concerns

SALINAS, Calif. — In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 18, 2022

California stockpiled uninsured fines

Those without health insurance were fined. The state was supposed to distribute the revenue to people without care

Salon · Nov 18, 2022

Erika D. Smith: Representation matters. But a Mayor Karen Bass means more for Black women in LA

Watching Karen Bass be given her flowers for becoming the first woman and only the second Black person to be elected mayor of Los Angeles, I can't help but think of how much has changed in California over the past two years.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 18, 2022

Republican control of the House could deepen America's red-blue divide

WASHINGTON — Florida is a "refuge of sanity" and a place where "woke goes to die," Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said after winning reelection last week. California is a "true freedom state" that rejects "demonization coming from the other side," Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom promised.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022

Calif.'s flawed electric car initiative

Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved

Salon · Nov 17, 2022

Four more years? Joe Biden and other Democratic hopefuls for the 2024 presidential nomination

If US president Joe Biden was looking for an excuse not to run in 2024, he didn’t get it in the midterms. Democrats not only avoided the dreaded “red wave”, but also managed to retain control of the Senate, held Republicans to a razor-thin majority in the House, and swept…

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2022