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Newsom rescinds California's COVID-19 state of emergency, marking an end to the pandemic era

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's COVID-19 state of emergency officially ends Tuesday, bringing a symbolic close to one of the most challenging chapters of state history and of Gov. Gavin Newsom's political career.

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George Skelton: Newsom cares more about almond growers than California's salmon fishery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom bills himself as a protector of wildlife, so you wouldn't think he'd take water from baby salmon and give it to almonds.

Los Angeles Times

California dangles bonuses for nursing homes that add staff

SACRAMENTO, California — California is revamping how it rewards nursing homes to get them to improve patient care.

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These rural schools face a financial 'cliff.' Will partisan bickering cut off a lifeline?

WASHINGTON — Anmarie Swanstrom had driven four hours along twisting mountain roads, through the fire-scarred Shasta-Trinity National Forest, to Sacramento to catch a red-eye flight.

Los Angeles Times

Tens of thousands of Americans have welcomed Ukrainian refugees

Seattle and Sacramento have been some of the most welcoming metro areas.

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George Skelton: Jimmy Carter was good fit for post-Watergate America

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president." And he'd grin. Always that friendly, down-home grin.

Los Angeles Times

On this day: Danny Ainge traded to Kings; Sichting dealt to Trail Blazers

On this day in Celtics history, Danny Ainge was dealt to the Sacramento Kings and Jerry Sichting to the Portland Trail Blazers.

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California tries to cap oil company profits. Figuring out how is challenge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company profits, the governor and lawmakers in Sacramento appear no closer to deciding how to prevent the kind of gasoline price spikes that Californians experienced last year.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Shrinking water supply will mean more fallow fields in the San Joaquin Valley

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Downpours or drought, California’s farm belt will need to tighten up in the next two decades and grow fewer crops.

Los Angeles Times

Decades after California's affirmative action ban, legal debate stalls funding for Black students

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Decades after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing the state law as a hindrance to giving schools extra funding to support Black students.

Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers take aim at social media role in youth fentanyl use and sex trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — How much responsibility do social media platforms bear when people use them to sell kids a deadly dose of fentanyl, pay teenagers to livestream strip teases or recruit minors who are sold for sex?

Los Angeles Times

‘They’re only getting more essential.’ California home caregivers seek statewide bargaining power

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s in-home caregivers, a historically underpaid workforce that serves a rapidly aging population, could receive a significant boost in bargaining power under a new bill introduced Friday.

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George Skelton: Civil Feinstein delivered results but irked ideologues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's most accomplished senator, became an anachronism. She practiced civility and compromised with the other side.

Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers denied an anti-slavery bill last year but they are trying again

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers will once again introduce legislation that could ban imposing forced labor on inmates. This effort to amend state’s Constitution was rejected last year when lawmakers failed to pass it through the Assembly.

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Where is Gavin Newsom? Don’t try checking his schedule, because chances are you won’t find one

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s easy to know where President Joe Biden plans to be Thursday night. His schedule says he’s hosting a showing of the movie “Till” in the White House East Room.

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‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it’s hard to square California’s $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Rains and flooding leave claims of California drought high and dry

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two words that government officials always try to avoid saying are "drought's over" — even when there's flooding.

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Column: ‘I had it all’: In new sober living house, 3 who had been well off start over

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- How do you go from living off investment income in a million-dollar house in Natomas to sleeping in an unheated shed in somebody’s backyard?

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Dawn of Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving era spoiled by Mavericks overtime loss to Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Even 1,700 miles from home, Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd sensed the palpable excitement back in North Texas.

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Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (heel injury) on track to debut with Kyrie Irving vs. Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Luka Doncic is on track to play his first Mavericks game with Kyrie Irving on Saturday night.

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Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox going to first NBA All-Star Game as injury replacement

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — De’Aaron Fox’s coaches and teammates have been calling him an All-Star for weeks. Now, it’s official.

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Luka Doncic out for Mavericks-Kings game Friday as heel injury is ‘still painful’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fans and followers hoping to see Luka Doncic play with Kyrie Irving for the first time as teammates will have to wait at least one more day.

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Amid spy balloon fears, California bill bars China from owning land near military bases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon capable of collecting communications signals, two California lawmakers have introduced a bill intended to block hostile foreign governments from conducting surveillance of sensitive American locations.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Feinstein deserves a graceful exit, and she'd be wise to take it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's quick endorsement of Rep. Adam B. Schiff's Senate candidacy was huge — far more significant than an ordinary endorsement.

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Husband caught cheating drove drunk legally to escape angry wife, California jury finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A husband caught cheating on his wife drove drunk legally to escape his angry wife and lover, a California jury found.

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