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California state lawyer suing Activision Blizzard is fired

A top California state civil rights lawyer who was pursuing a discrimination case against video game giant Activision Blizzard has been fired, and another has quit in protest

The Independent UK

California governor has been allegedly meddling in Activision Blizzard lawsuit

Gavin Newsom was accused of firing a DFEH lawyer.

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California lawyer quits, claiming Gov. Newsom meddled in Activision suit

A top attorney at the California state agency that sued Activision has resigned, claiming that Gov. Gavin Newsom interfered with the case, a Bloomberg report claims.

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In governor's race, challengers attack Newsom's record on homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even as Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of California's economic resurgence after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the tens of thousands of Californians living on the streets offer a searing counterpoint — a nagging reminder of the human suffering that has become a central focus of the long-shot candidates hoping…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Truth is one of the casualties in Sacramento shooting

Much of what you heard last week about a suspect in the killing of six people in Sacramento the previous Sunday was patently false — that “the perpetrator” was able to do his ugly deed because he had been released from prison years early by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s soft-on-crime parole…

Los Angeles Times

‘Never tried before’: California lawmakers use Texas tactics in bid to tackle ‘ghost guns’

Measure would let people sue weapons traffickers but faces skepticism from Democrats and gun policy groups

The Guardian - US

Newsom urged Californians to cut water use by 15%. In February they saved less than 1%

Total water usage in California cities and towns decreased by just half a percent in February compared to the same month in 2020, a far cry from Gov. Gavin Newsom's goal of reducing urban water use by 15%.

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California considers allowing citizens to sue illegal firearms distributors in bid to cut gun crime

Proposed bill is modeled after Texas’ controversial anti-abortion law

The Independent UK

California may empower citizens to sue over illegal firearms

California may try an innovative new way to deter illegal weapons, spurred most recently by a mass shooting near the state Capitol

The Independent UK

Man arrested in Sacramento mass shooting but not on homicide charges. More arrests likely, DA says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Sacramento mourned the worst mass shooting in the United States this year with sidewalk shrines near the Capitol, authorities on Monday arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting.

Los Angeles Times

Man arrested for assault, firearms possession in Sacramento mass shooting that killed 6

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Speed up affordable housing development on government-owned land

Shortly after he was inaugurated in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order meant to spur construction of affordable housing on state-owned land, saying that “the California dream is in peril if we don’t act to address this housing crisis.”

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento police seek multiple suspects in mass shooting that killed 6, wounded 12

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting in the city’s downtown early Sunday that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento police seek multiple gunmen in mass shooting that killed 6, wounded 12

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting in the city’s downtown early Sunday that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

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6 killed, 12 wounded in downtown Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police were searching for a gunman after six people were killed and 12 were wounded Sunday in a mass shooting in the heart of the city’s downtown.

Tribune News Service

Blue states enact new laws to create abortion havens

If the U.S. Supreme Court decides in June, as expected, that all states can limit abortions to the earliest stages of pregnancy or ban the procedure altogether, hundreds of thousands of Americans are likely to start traveling to states where abortion remains legal.

Los Angeles Times

As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6 billion ecological pact

LOS ANGELES — It's a major source of California's water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species.

Los Angeles Times

Unpaid tickets, tolls and court fees prevent poor Californians from receiving tax credits

An estimated 1 million Californians will not receive their full tax refunds this year because the state will intercept the money to pay off debts such as outstanding parking tickets, tolls, court fees, tuition and child support.

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The Independent UK

California has $600M in unclaimed can, bottle deposits

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is proposing to temporarily double California’s typical nickel refunds for bottles and cans to boost recycling

The Independent UK

California records 1st woman to sign bill into state law

A woman has signed a bill into California state law for the first time in history

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom mocked for complaining about ‘banned’ books – including one removed from schools in his own state

To Kill a Mockingbird was removed from school reading lists in Burbank over racist language

Al Jazeera

The woman confronting the US prison-to-deportation pipeline

Domestic abuse survivor Ny Nourn lived this pipeline. Then her fight against this system became a fight for others.

Los Angeles Times

California’s reparations effort moves ahead. Here’s what’s next

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force voted Tuesday to define those who are eligible for reparations as descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century.

Tribune News Service

Parole blocked for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten

Leslie Van Houten, a follower of Charles Manson who was convicted of murder for stabbing Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, to death, has been denied parole.

Tribune News Service

Slight drop in California average gas prices could signal relief in the weeks ahead, experts say

Although Californians have typically paid the steepest gas prices in the U.S., the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has some Golden State drivers shelling out more than $6 per gallon for regular unleaded fuel in recent weeks.

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