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BY JEANNE KUANG AND  LEVI SUMAGAYSAY (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday backed off his proposal to reduce costs for electrical utilities after their equipment sparks wildfires, agreeing instead to a narrower deal after homeowners, insurers and fire survivors argued his original plan would have shifted those costs onto them. Instead, the…

It is selective accommodation, while traditional American Christian holidays get watered down By Katy Grimes, The California Globe (Republished from californiaglobe.com) A mere 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by nineteen Islamic extremists, and the California Legislature appears ready to adopt two Muslim holidays. Are Democrats following in the footsteps…

I will not stop fighting until every sex offender is barred from holding public office in California’ said Sen. Valladares By Katy Grimes, The California Globe (Republished from The California Globe – californiaglobe.com) A bill to keep convicted sex offenders from holding public office made it through the Assembly 67 to 0 in early July. Then…

BY RACHEL BECKER (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) California’s last working nuclear power plant sits cradled in a landscape that would worry any firefighter when the wind picks up. The Pacific Ocean and its perpetual fog lick the western edge of the coastal bluffs holding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. But the…

The actions form part of a criminal probe tied to claims of rape, sexual assault, unsolicited explicit messages, and other misconduct by several women, including a former staffer (Republished from The California Globe – californiaglobe.com) By Megan Barth In a dramatic escalation of the federal investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against disgraced…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Opening statements started Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking a financial penalty that could, in theory, total as…

Half of the measure’s $8 billion is effectively reserved for a single institution (Republished from The California Globe – californiaglobe.com) By Katy Grimes Proposition 38, the November ballot measure designed to fund medical research, is designed to be exclusively directed to a single research institute founded by the top donor of the ballot measure: the California Institute for…

Did I almost lose my license for doing the right thing – this judgment is huge’ By Katy Grimes (Republished from The California Globe -californiaglobe.com) California passed Assembly Bill 2098 in 2022 to punish doctors for spreading “Covid misinformation.” That horrible period of time seems like many years ago, but the Orwellian after effects have lingered.…

(REPUBLISHED FROM CALMATTERS – Sign up for their newsletters) BY RYAN SABALOW For six years, Californians have been able to shake up a craft cocktail at home using alcohol delivered to their doorstep. Now, it’s last call for the distillery deliveries, unless lawmakers intervene by the end of this month. That’s unlikely, thanks to opposition from California’s…

BY ALEJANDRO LAZO (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters) California cities can’t require taxpayers to navigate extra local procedures before seeking a tax refund in court, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a long-running lawsuit involving Marathon Petroleum, which operates the state’s largest refinery. The decision gives Marathon a procedural victory in its…