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Legislators and environmentalists are considering how to safeguard California’s wetlands after the Trump administration announced its plans to rein in — once again — the nation’s 53-year-old law protecting waterways. …
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By Carolyn Jones and Mikhail Zinshteyn California and 19 other states plus Washington D.C. pushed back today against the Trump administration’s gutting of the Department of Education, saying the impact …
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The California health care program that covers almost 15 million people is costing more money than Gov. Gavin Newsom projected, creating a new budget problem in a lean year. Now his administration …
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By NADIA LOPEZ and ERICA YEE In Atherton, one of the nation’s richest towns, giant oaks and well-manicured hedges surround gated mansions owned by some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent billionaires, basketball stars, …
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H5N1 – bird flu – has been detected in four dairy farms in San Bernardino County. The risk of infection from H5N1 remains relatively low. No person-to-person spread of bird …
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An audit found California was unprepared to help vulnerable people in a fire. Five years later, lawmakers finally talk about it
BY SAMEEA KAMAL Five years ago, as COVID-19 hit the state, legislators cancelled a hearing to discuss a state audit that found the state’s office of emergency services and at …