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Republicans Aim at EPA’s Possible Approval of California Ban on Gas-Powered Car Sales by 2035

June 22, 2023
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A bill from House Republicans is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to issue Clean Air Act waivers for California that could lead to major restrictions or even bans on gas-powered vehicles. Those waivers are a live issue. Last month, the California Air Resources Board asked the Biden administration for one so it can ban…

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Home Prices Down Nearly 17 Percent in San Francisco, Erasing More Than $330 Billion in Value

June 22, 2023
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San Francisco’s housing market has retreated from record highs last April, with sales volume collapsing and pricing down double digits—approximately five times the decline recorded nationally. Prices fell 3.3 percent across the country since last year, with values in San Francisco plummeting 16.7 percent, according to Redfin—an online real estate listing company. This decline represents…

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Home Prices Down 17 Percent in San Francisco, Erasing More Than $330 Billion in Value

June 22, 2023
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San Francisco’s housing market has retreated from record highs last April, with sales volume collapsing and pricing down double digits—approximately five times the decline recorded nationally. Prices fell 3.3 percent across the country since last year, with values in San Francisco plummeting 16.7 percent, according to Redfin—an online real estate listing company. This decline represents…

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California 95 Percent out of Drought, Major Reservoirs Overflowing

June 22, 2023
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The historic barrage of storms this winter offered some breathing room for California’s extreme dry conditions, with 95 percent of the state now reported to be out of drought, according to the newest drought monitor map, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Climate Prediction Center, released June 13. The update showed that now…

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California Drought Is Over, Major Reservoirs Overflowing

June 22, 2023
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The historic barrage of storms this winter offered some breathing room for California’s extreme dry conditions, with 95 percent of the state now reported to be out of drought, according to the newest drought monitor map, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Climate Prediction Center, released June 13. The update showed that now…

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California Leaders Demand More ‘Diversity,’ LGBT Themes in Schools

June 22, 2023
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California leaders demand more “diversity” in education, including LGBT themes, and vow more oversight for resisting school boards. California’s Department of Education and legislators joined forces and came together on Wednesday to call on textbook publishers to commit to producing educational resources and materials “free from discrimination and inclusive of the diverse narratives that reflect the…

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Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part IV

June 22, 2023
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Commentary Operating schools is a business, not something governments do. Public sector enterprises and public sector employees are less creative than the private sector, almost by definition, and are not capable of running a school district. This is why until 1890, when progressives created what we have today (amalgamated public school districts), all U.S. schools…

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Starting California’s Devastating 2022 Oak Fire

June 22, 2023
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CAL FIRE announced the arrest of Edward Wackerman of Mariposa County for allegedly starting last year’s Oak Fire that ravaged California’s Yosemite National Park area. “This fire has become the most devastating fire in Mariposa’s history. And as a community, we stay engaged to support one another,” said Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese at a…

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Coast Guard Halts Search for Missing Sailor

June 22, 2023
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SAN PEDRO, Calif.—The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its active search on the evening of June 21 for a sailor who fell overboard from a bulk carrier vessel 14 miles southwest of Point Conception. Coast Guard crews searched by air and sea for nearly 15 hours, covering more than 200 square nautical miles in an attempt…

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This Is When You Should Drive Across the Nevada-California Border

June 22, 2023
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By Sabrina Schnur From Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas—About 45,000 vehicles crossed the California-Nevada border on Interstate 15 every day last year, but some days and months were notoriously more of a nightmare for drivers. Data from the Nevada Department of Transportation showed the busiest month to cross state lines last year was July, when…

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