Union City to hire first ever homelessness coordinator with state grant money
Efforts to help house people who are homeless in Union City are getting a major boost from the state, which is set to award the city a little more than
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California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021
California lawmaker Cristina Garcia was spending time with a friend when she asked her friend’s 8-year-old why she was refusing to eat. “I said, ‘Why aren’t you eating lunch?’ And
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Social spending, business tax hike drive $6 trillion Biden budget
President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people
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Sports betting initiative qualifies for California ballot
An initiative to allow sports betting at tribal casinos and horse-racing tracks in California has qualified for the November 2022 ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment, written by Native American tribes,
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Prosecutors Sue Over California Prison Good Conduct Rules
Three-quarters of California’s district attorneys sued the state Wednesday in an attempt to block emergency rules that expand good conduct credits and could eventually bring earlier releases for tens of
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California Senate Approves Taking Badges From Bad Officers
California lawmakers on Wednesday advanced three criminal justice reform bills, including one that could end the careers of bad apple police officers, an idea that failed last year despite broad
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White House Unveils Plans for Wind Farms in the Pacific Ocean Off California’s Coast
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans for offshore wind projects in the Pacific Ocean. The developments would be off California’s coast, with targets for 4.6 gigawatts of energy, which
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Gov. Newsom Caught Between Key Democratic Blocs on Oil Setbacks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set some of the nation’s most ambitious goals for weaning his state off oil, including a ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by
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U.S. Covid-19 travel restrictions state by state
Total cases of Covid-19 have reached around the 33.1 million mark in the United States. But with the ongoing vaccination campaign and declining rates of infection, domestic US travel has picked up considerably
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California Has Regained Nearly Half of Jobs Lost in Pandemic
California extended its slow but steady economic recovery in April, adding more than 100,000 jobs for the third consecutive month, officials said Friday. The state’s Employment Development Department says California
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