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Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Kamala Harris puts California at the center of politics. Will that help or hurt her?

LA Times  

If Kamala Harris wins in November, she’ll make history in yet another way, becoming the first California Democrat elected president. “California is having a moment,” said Don Sipple, a political strategist who helped elect several of the state’s governors, because of “the woman who opened the door and the woman who walked through it.” With heightened attention comes greater scrutiny, …

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This L.A. marine mammal rescue center is at max capacity. Here’s how you can help
6 months ago

This L.A. marine mammal rescue center is at max capacity. Here’s how you can help

LA Times  

A sea lion pup sickened by a toxic algae bloom along the coast of Southern California recuperates with its mother in a pen at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. A patient at the Marine Mammal Care Center, which cares for California sea lions, elephant seals and harbor seals. “It made me realize I need to get off …

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Editorial: How changing the rules on stairways could help California build more homes
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: How changing the rules on stairways could help California build more homes

LA Times  

Construction workers work on Central Park West homes and apartments in Irvine on Jan. 28, 2019. State lawmakers are considering a bill that could eventually allow single-stairway buildings, which could make it easier to build small-to-medium sized apartment complexes. What gets less attention, but are still important, are the narrower proposals to rethink regulations that have inadvertently stymied home construction, …

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Saint Dolly does it again: Imagination Library expands free book efforts in California
1 year, 6 months ago

Saint Dolly does it again: Imagination Library expands free book efforts in California

LA Times  

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library seeks to nurture a love for reading in children younger than 5. As part of the partnership announced Tuesday, Parton’s Imagination Library will provide California children younger than 5 with a free book — available in English and Spanish — every month. “We still have a lot of work to do, but together we can inspire …

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California bill could mean more mentally ill people detained
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill could mean more mentally ill people detained

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More people in California could be detained against their will because of a mental illness under a new bill backed Wednesday by the mayors of some of the nation’s largest cities, who say they are struggling to care for the bulk of the country’s homeless population. A state law allows courts to order people into treatment, but …

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EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California’s drought?
1 year, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California’s drought?

Associated Press  

California has experienced a devastating, multi-year drought that’s depleted reservoirs, forced officials to plead with residents to conserve water and constrained supplies to vital farmland. And the rain and snow won’t be enough to fix some of California’s long-term water problems that climate change is making worse. “What we’ve got so far puts us in good shape, probably for at …

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Aircraft help fight California wildfire as smoke clears
3 years, 4 months ago

Aircraft help fight California wildfire as smoke clears

Associated Press  

Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures in the zone of the largest single wildfire in California history cleared Monday from scenic forestlands, allowing firefighting aircraft to rejoin the battle to contain the massive Dixie Fire. The blaze became the largest single fire in California’s recorded history, surpassing last year’s Creek Fire in the the state’s central valley agricultural …

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