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Commentary: A study Gov. Gavin Newsom commissioned describes higher margins oil refiners receive for their products, which become gasoline. bit.ly/4hZ51pj
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Justin Sullivan
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Justin Sullivan
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Commentary: A study Gov. Gavin Newsom commissioned describes higher margins oil refiners receive for their products, which become gasoline. bit.ly/4hZ51pj
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Justin Sullivan
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Justin Sullivan
A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms. bit.ly/3JV8Cbg
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms. bit.ly/3JV8Cbg
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social
📸 Jules Hotz
What will California’s next governor do about health care? Four Democrats in the race say answering the Trump Administration’s cuts and making care affordable is important. But they disagree about how to pay for that. bit.ly/43xQzhY
📸 Leroy Hamilton
📸 Leroy Hamilton
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
What will California’s next governor do about health care? Four Democrats in the race say answering the Trump Administration’s cuts and making care affordable is important. But they disagree about how to pay for that. bit.ly/43xQzhY
📸 Leroy Hamilton
📸 Leroy Hamilton
An unusually strong storm system has reached Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat that has been lingering in the burn scars of wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles communities in recent years. bit.ly/4oEVIgu
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
An unusually strong storm system has reached Southern California, raising fears that the rain could unleash a threat that has been lingering in the burn scars of wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles communities in recent years. bit.ly/4oEVIgu
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
📸 Joel Angel Juarez
California’s data centers have doubled their use of electricity and demand for water , and are polluting more, even as lawmakers stall on oversight. bit.ly/3X0x266
📸 Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters
📸 Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
California’s data centers have doubled their use of electricity and demand for water , and are polluting more, even as lawmakers stall on oversight. bit.ly/3X0x266
📸 Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters
📸 Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters
Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths. bit.ly/4p64iVu
📸 Chris Carlson, AP
📸 Chris Carlson, AP
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths. bit.ly/4p64iVu
📸 Chris Carlson, AP
📸 Chris Carlson, AP
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a critic of the powerful Coastal Commission, and other top Democrats have appointed three pro-development local officials this year to help get more housing and other developments approved along the Pacific coast. bit.ly/3XszqTh
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a critic of the powerful Coastal Commission, and other top Democrats have appointed three pro-development local officials this year to help get more housing and other developments approved along the Pacific coast. bit.ly/3XszqTh
📸 Adriana Heldiz
📸 Adriana Heldiz
California’s K-12 students showed moderate progress academically last year, with some bright spots but otherwise plateauing after years of post-pandemic improvements, according to the new California School Dashboard released today. bit.ly/4qSf0k5
📝 @carolynjones100.bsky.social
📸 Shelby Knowles
📝 @carolynjones100.bsky.social
📸 Shelby Knowles
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
California’s K-12 students showed moderate progress academically last year, with some bright spots but otherwise plateauing after years of post-pandemic improvements, according to the new California School Dashboard released today. bit.ly/4qSf0k5
📝 @carolynjones100.bsky.social
📸 Shelby Knowles
📝 @carolynjones100.bsky.social
📸 Shelby Knowles
Commentary: California is a blue state with relatively high taxes now. Do voters want to add more or make it difficult to add more? bit.ly/3WUAtex
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Commentary: California is a blue state with relatively high taxes now. Do voters want to add more or make it difficult to add more? bit.ly/3WUAtex
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
AT&T’s failed effort this year to retire copper landlines in parts of California seemed to have support from a diverse grassroots coalition. But many of the members had ties with the telecom giant, CalMatters found. bit.ly/49nQDVn
📸 Chad Surmick
📸 Chad Surmick
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
AT&T’s failed effort this year to retire copper landlines in parts of California seemed to have support from a diverse grassroots coalition. But many of the members had ties with the telecom giant, CalMatters found. bit.ly/49nQDVn
📸 Chad Surmick
📸 Chad Surmick
Commentary: People outside Los Angeles undoubtedly imagine that a liberal, Black woman mayor would be vulnerable only to a conservative, someone who could hold the center while she drew support from the left. Those people would be wrong. bit.ly/3WUhjWc
📝 Jim Newton
📸 Ted Soqui, AP
📝 Jim Newton
📸 Ted Soqui, AP
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Commentary: People outside Los Angeles undoubtedly imagine that a liberal, Black woman mayor would be vulnerable only to a conservative, someone who could hold the center while she drew support from the left. Those people would be wrong. bit.ly/3WUhjWc
📝 Jim Newton
📸 Ted Soqui, AP
📝 Jim Newton
📸 Ted Soqui, AP
California Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire has officially launched his challenge to longtime Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa in a congressional district drastically redrawn by Proposition 50. bit.ly/4806lnj
📝 @mayacmiller.bsky.social
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 @mayacmiller.bsky.social
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
California Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire has officially launched his challenge to longtime Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa in a congressional district drastically redrawn by Proposition 50. bit.ly/4806lnj
📝 @mayacmiller.bsky.social
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
📝 @mayacmiller.bsky.social
📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
Youth homelessness has declined by nearly a quarter since 2019 in California, according to a new report that offers a bright spot amid the state’s ongoing struggle to bring people off the streets. bit.ly/3LE8D3M
📝 @marisakendall.bsky.social
📸 Anda Chu
📝 @marisakendall.bsky.social
📸 Anda Chu
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Youth homelessness has declined by nearly a quarter since 2019 in California, according to a new report that offers a bright spot amid the state’s ongoing struggle to bring people off the streets. bit.ly/3LE8D3M
📝 @marisakendall.bsky.social
📸 Anda Chu
📝 @marisakendall.bsky.social
📸 Anda Chu
CalMatters exclusive: @mayacmiller.bsky.social has confirmed the identity of another co-conspirator, Alexis Podesta. Her attorney says she isn't charged and is cooperating with investigators. calmatters.org/politics/202...
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
CalMatters exclusive: @mayacmiller.bsky.social has confirmed the identity of another co-conspirator, Alexis Podesta. Her attorney says she isn't charged and is cooperating with investigators. calmatters.org/politics/202...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, and three co-conspirators were indicted Wednesday on 23 counts of bank and wire fraud, allegedly committed from 2022 to 2024, during her time working for the governor. bit.ly/3XoJD31
📸 Lea Suzuki, Getty
📸 Lea Suzuki, Getty
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, and three co-conspirators were indicted Wednesday on 23 counts of bank and wire fraud, allegedly committed from 2022 to 2024, during her time working for the governor. bit.ly/3XoJD31
📸 Lea Suzuki, Getty
📸 Lea Suzuki, Getty
Commentary: For so long, I’ve carried the weight of knowing that my sister’s story was used to build systems that don’t work — that harm communities, that don’t make us safer and that don’t reflect what victims actually need.
bit.ly/47Ak4lG
📝 Jess Nichol
📸 Nic Coury, AP
bit.ly/47Ak4lG
📝 Jess Nichol
📸 Nic Coury, AP
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Commentary: For so long, I’ve carried the weight of knowing that my sister’s story was used to build systems that don’t work — that harm communities, that don’t make us safer and that don’t reflect what victims actually need.
bit.ly/47Ak4lG
📝 Jess Nichol
📸 Nic Coury, AP
bit.ly/47Ak4lG
📝 Jess Nichol
📸 Nic Coury, AP
Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community. bit.ly/4hRFHkM
📸 Courtesy of Plumas Hospital District
📸 Courtesy of Plumas Hospital District
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community. bit.ly/4hRFHkM
📸 Courtesy of Plumas Hospital District
📸 Courtesy of Plumas Hospital District
A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
After two fraught years of negotiations amid dire projections for the Colorado River’s reservoirs, California and six other states that rely on the river’s water have yet again failed to reach a deal — despite a federal deadline. bit.ly/4r03eo0
📸 Gregory Bull, AP
📸 Gregory Bull, AP
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
After two fraught years of negotiations amid dire projections for the Colorado River’s reservoirs, California and six other states that rely on the river’s water have yet again failed to reach a deal — despite a federal deadline. bit.ly/4r03eo0
📸 Gregory Bull, AP
📸 Gregory Bull, AP
The @uofcalifornia.bsky.social serves 300,000 students, yet only one of the two students on the 26-member Board of Regents is allowed to vote. Now, student leaders are campaigning for a second vote bit.ly/4qZaTmw
📸 Florence Middleton
📸 Florence Middleton
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The @uofcalifornia.bsky.social serves 300,000 students, yet only one of the two students on the 26-member Board of Regents is allowed to vote. Now, student leaders are campaigning for a second vote bit.ly/4qZaTmw
📸 Florence Middleton
📸 Florence Middleton
Commentary: Gov. Newsom attracted national news coverage thanks to Proposition 50 before jetting to Brazil for a climate conference President Donald Trump avoided. bit.ly/3LVVbs0
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Jason Fochtman, Getty
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Jason Fochtman, Getty
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Commentary: Gov. Newsom attracted national news coverage thanks to Proposition 50 before jetting to Brazil for a climate conference President Donald Trump avoided. bit.ly/3LVVbs0
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Jason Fochtman, Getty
📝 Dan Walters
📸 Jason Fochtman, Getty
California likes to think of itself as a nation — and this week, it’s acting like one. Gov. Gavin Newsom, top state officials and legislators are leading a delegation to the United Nations’ 30th Conference of Parties this week in Belém. bit.ly/3LVPo5N
📸 Wagner Meier
📸 Wagner Meier
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
California likes to think of itself as a nation — and this week, it’s acting like one. Gov. Gavin Newsom, top state officials and legislators are leading a delegation to the United Nations’ 30th Conference of Parties this week in Belém. bit.ly/3LVPo5N
📸 Wagner Meier
📸 Wagner Meier
California adopted criminal penalties for filing false claims against police officers 30 years ago. The state Supreme Court held that the LAPD went too far in advising people about those penalties when they file citizen complaints. bit.ly/4oyl3sD
📸 J.W. Hendricks
📸 J.W. Hendricks
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
California adopted criminal penalties for filing false claims against police officers 30 years ago. The state Supreme Court held that the LAPD went too far in advising people about those penalties when they file citizen complaints. bit.ly/4oyl3sD
📸 J.W. Hendricks
📸 J.W. Hendricks
Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out how to share the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions looms large: Just how real is this deadline, and what does it mean for California? bit.ly/3WORG9b
📸 Caitlin Ochs, Reuters
📸 Caitlin Ochs, Reuters
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out how to share the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions looms large: Just how real is this deadline, and what does it mean for California? bit.ly/3WORG9b
📸 Caitlin Ochs, Reuters
📸 Caitlin Ochs, Reuters
The University of California dodged what could have been one of the biggest labor strikes in its history, after reaching a tentative agreement on Saturday with the University Professional and Technical Employees labor group. bit.ly/4qRAjSN
📸 Penny Collins, Reuters
📸 Penny Collins, Reuters
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The University of California dodged what could have been one of the biggest labor strikes in its history, after reaching a tentative agreement on Saturday with the University Professional and Technical Employees labor group. bit.ly/4qRAjSN
📸 Penny Collins, Reuters
📸 Penny Collins, Reuters