Articles for Essential California

Newsom’s order to clear encampments could backfire
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom’s order to clear encampments could backfire

LA Times  

A police officer removes the tent of a homeless man as city workers look on at Venice Corner Ball Park in Venice on July 11. And here’s today’s e-newspaper How Newsom’s order to clear encampments could backfire The ripple effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling grew into a wave in the Golden State this week. “It’s time …

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Essential California Week in Review: California’s toxic legacy
4 years, 11 months ago

Essential California Week in Review: California’s toxic legacy

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. From Kern County to Los Angeles, companies haven’t set aside anywhere near enough money to ensure these drilling sites are cleaned up and made safe for future generations, creating a multibillion-dollar problem for California. Nearly 24 years after college student Kristin Smart vanished from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, investigators and …

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Newsletter: Essential California: How to react when the sea is rising
5 years, 6 months ago

Newsletter: Essential California: How to react when the sea is rising

LA Times  

Along Esplanade Avenue in Pacifica, a walkway is all that’s left of an apartment building. Los Angeles Times Rep. Eric Swalwell abandoned his uphill run for president Monday, as another California Democrat, Tom Steyer, who had earlier said he would not mount a 2020 presidential run, prepared to announce that he would be entering the race. Los Angeles Times Get …

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Newsletter: Essential California: In Poway, people of faith grapple with fear
5 years, 8 months ago

Newsletter: Essential California: In Poway, people of faith grapple with fear

LA Times  

Flowers and candles sit at a makeshift shrine across the street from Chabad of Poway in San Diego County. Standing outside of Chabad of Poway with both hands bandaged on Sunday afternoon, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein said that the support from so many other religious groups, across faiths, was “absolutely the warmest hug we could have ever gotten.” He urged Jews …

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