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Commentary: Investing In Clean Energy Will Help Economic Recovery
California’s economic recovery depends on restoring lost clean energy jobs and actively pursuing additional clean energy investment.
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A Collision Of Crises: Central Valley Suffers Searing Heat, Smoke And Virus Hot Spots
Residents of the state's Central Valley have been suffering through a trio of challenges, making life a significant struggle.
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Amid Raging Fires And Pandemic, Newsom Calls Relationship With Trump ‘Very Effective’
With 560 fires raging across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom worked to put out some fires of his own by thanking Trump.
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Answers To 7 Burning Questions About California’s Rolling Blackouts
The state’s power grid managers initially warned on Monday that more than three million people would have to suffer the rolling blackouts.
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The Tough Questions Pushing California To An Eviction Cliff
Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t want it to happen. Neither do powerful leaders in the state Legislature.
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Here’s What Community College Students Want To Know About The Coming Year
Two overarching themes emerged in Oakley’s comments.
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Newsom’s Leadership Needed For Special Legislative Session To Focus On Taxing The Wealthy And Investing In An Equitable Recovery (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: This nation, reeling from the effects of a pandemic and its legacy of systemic racism, is starved for leadership.
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California State Universities, Community Colleges Need Better Online Tools To Steer Students To Optimal Math Courses
COMMENTARY: California colleges are doing a middling job of directing students toward optimal and up-to-date options for math courses.
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Blackouts Reveal Our Power Shortage
The prolonged heatwave of 100-degree-plus temperatures that grips California has strained the state’s electric power grid.
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Modernize The Way We Price Auto Insurance – Telematics Is A Sensible Approach (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Telematics– used to measure speed, hard braking, distracted driving and other driving habits – can help Californians save money
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Keys For Getting First-Time And Limited-English Speaking Voters To Participate In The Election (OPINION)
COMMENTARY: California is taking dramatic steps to prepare the state to vote safely during a pandemic.
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Investigation: COVID Rips Through Motel Rooms Of Guest Workers Who Pick Nation’s Produce
Guest worker outbreaks in California have sickened hundreds and killed at least one.
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California Is Running Out Of Time To Protect Student Loan Borrowers
COMMENTARY: Legislation in the state Senate would make CA the first state to establish consumer protections for student loan borrowers.
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Mask Fines Vary Widely Throughout California
Whether you could be fined for not wearing a face covering depends a lot on where you
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California Not Clamping Down On Teeth-Straightening Kits — For Now
Lawmakers rejected efforts to more aggressively regulate teledentistry companies selling at-home teeth straightening treatments.
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‘Go On Medi-Cal To Get That’: Why Californians With Mental Illness Are Dropping Private Insurance To Get Taxpayer-Funded Treatment
There’s an open secret among those who care for people with serious mental illnesses.
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Five Key Takeaways For The 2020-21 School Year In California
As more than 6 million California students head back to school this fall.
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Five Automakers Finalize Deal With California To Clean Up Car Emissions
California’s clean air enforcers have finalized a deal with five automakers to cut greenhouse gases from cars despite.
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California State Colleges Now Require Ethnic Studies
Gov. Newsom’s signature Monday on AB 1460 means students in the CSU system will have to take an ethnic studies course before graduation.
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Personal Information Measure On The Ballot Would Allow ‘Redlining’ And Hurt Small Businesses Of Color (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Prop. 24 creates a loophole that weakens the privacy of small businesses.
