Primary happens in June with local elections Many presidential candidates have dropped out of race before June This year California primary may be more meaningful … Click to Continue »
Read More »California moving toward more extreme weather, study concludes
Stanford University researchers who studied trends in the atmospheric circulation patterns that affect California’s rainfall have found that conditions linked to the hot, dry weather during the state’s latest drought have become more frequent in recent years. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California lawmakers OK highest statewide minimum wage
Merced Assemblyman Adam Gray voted against the pay hike Some Merced County business owners fear the hike will hurt their stores Supporters said more than 2 million of the state’s poorest workers will benefit … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study: California measure cut jailed offenders 50 percent
A voter-approved initiative cut in half the number of offenders jailed for certain property and drug crimes, significantly reducing jail crowding in its first year, researchers reported Wednesday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Average snowpack could prolong California water conservation
Merced watershed about average, leaving Lake McClure below average Snowpack provides one-third of state’s water El Niño drenched north, left Southern California mostly dry … Click to Continue »
Read More »California isn’t using blood data in Exide battery plant cleanup
The state of California has blood test results showing high levels of lead in children living near the closed Exide battery plant in Vernon, southeast of downtown Los Angeles, but is not using the information to direct its cleanup of lead-contaminated homes and yards. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California pulls back on BPA warnings, angering advocates
Public health advocates are assailing California’s move to delay labeling of products containing a chemical commonly known as BPA. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California bill would speed reports on shootings by police
California’s attorney general is supporting a bill to improve the public’s ability to see information on police-involved shootings and assaults on officers more quickly. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California tax on candy proposed by Democratic lawmaker
Measure would need to go before voters Prop. 163 in 1992 banned taxes on candy, snack foods Lawmaker also has bill to remove sales taxes from feminine hygiene products … Click to Continue »
Read More »California prosecutor opens new probe in school kidnapping
A California prosecutor on Thursday began investigating whether victims were paid to support parole applications for three men who hijacked a school bus full of California children nearly four decades ago. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Humans join owl war in California
The barred owl has speckled brown wings, teddy bear eyes and a hoot that sounds like a puppy mouthing a sock. This one also has a red laser dot on its head. After getting a good look, Lowell Diller fires his rifle. The owl tumbles off its perch to the …
Read More »Sea lion pups along California coast starving because their mothers can’t find enough food
Government scientists say there’s a simple explanation for the surge in starving sea lion pups along the Southern California coast: Their mothers can’t find enough nutritious food. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California Department of Public Health Investigates Second Case of Human Plague
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith announced that the department has been notified of a presumptive positive case of plague contracted by a recent visitor to California from Georgia. Confirmatory testing is being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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