Trump commission on voting fraud asks states for voter data
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s commission investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 elections has asked states for a list of the names, party affiliations, addresses and voting...
View ArticleCalifornia governor plans to host 2018 global climate summit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to convene a climate conference next year, his latest action to position the state as a leader in battling global warming as the White House...
View ArticleLawmakers announce plan to extend California cap and trade
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders released a plan Monday to extend through 2030 California’s cap-and-trade program, a key piece of the state’s quest to fight climate...
View ArticleProposed California climate deal takes aim at toxic air
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A plan to extend California’s signature climate initiative for another decade looks beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions and takes aim at toxic air in the polluted...
View ArticleBrown, Bloomberg announce plan to track climate progress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown announced yet another plan Wednesday to keep the United States on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the international Paris climate...
View ArticleCalifornia governor turns to housing, rail after climate win
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown’s aggressive plea for lawmakers to renew California’s signature climate change law proved fruitful this week, bolstering his credibility as a world leader in...
View ArticleMan dead, 2 deputies shot in Rastafarian pot farm dispute
OREGON HOUSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman was found dead inside a rural home Tuesday after he shot and wounded two California sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of someone pulling up marijuana plants...
View ArticleDeputy rescues 2 colleagues after shootout near pot farm
OREGON HOUSE, Calif. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy ran into a house in Northern California to pull two wounded colleagues to safety after a shootout with a suspect near a marijuana farm belonging to a...
View ArticleRastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The shooting of two California deputies responding to a disturbance at a Rastafarian marijuana farm has drawn attention to religious use of the drug, sparking debate over...
View Article17K California Guard soldiers will keep disputed $190 million in payments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 17,000 California National Guard soldiers won’t have to repay more than $190 million in enlistment bonuses and other payments handed out in error between 2004 and...
View ArticleSuspect in killing of California deputy has violent past
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect in a hotel shootout that killed a California sheriff’s deputy and wounded two CHP officers was wanted by federal authorities and has a long and violent criminal...
View ArticleCalifornia governor traveling to Russia to discuss climate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor is traveling to Russia next week to discuss collaborating with Pacific nations on climate change at an economic forum hosted by the Russian government...
View ArticleMexico’s top diplomat to meet with California officials, immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mexico’s top diplomat is expected to meet with California officials and young immigrants on a visit to a state that has sought to push back against the Trump administration’s...
View ArticleMexico’s top diplomat talks immigration in California trip
The foreign-relations secretary's trip to California comes at a critical time in relations between Mexico and the United States and amid uncertainty over the future of DACA, the program that protects...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmaker backs off regional energy grid plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A contentious proposal to merge California’s energy grid with others in the West won’t advance this year, after the lawmaker sponsoring it said Wednesday it requires more...
View ArticleBill would require pet stores to sell rescue animals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to ban the sale of animals from so-called puppy mills or mass breeding operations under legislation sent Thursday to Gov. Jerry Brown...
View ArticleCalifornia affordable housing bills clear Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly approved a package of bills to address the state’s housing crunch late Thursday as lawmakers search for ways to generate more money and streamline...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers send affordable housing fix to governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a package of bills Friday aimed at easing the state’s affordable housing crisis, but a boom in building won’t happen immediately....
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers approve presidential primary in March
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers voted early Saturday to set the state’s presidential primary in March, a move that would force candidates to mount expensive campaigns earlier in the...
View ArticleYoung immigrants shout down Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, said she understands the fears of young immigrants after they shouted her down Monday at an event where she planned to drum...
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