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California Legislators Call on the EPA to Tighten Pollution Regulations Without Interfering With Controlled Wildfire Burns

June 14, 2023
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California legislators on Tuesday called for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement tighter regulations on air pollution without interfering with controlled wildfire burns, in a letter to EPA (pdf). Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was joined by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) to support the EPA’s proposed ambient air quality standard, which would lower the allowable…

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California High School Forced to Withdraw ‘Anti-Christian’ Material

June 14, 2023
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A California high school has backed down after parents and students demanded the removal of a controversial photograph described as an example of “anti-Christian bigotry” from one of its courses. Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, included a photograph taken by Andres Serrano in 1987 in a theory of knowledge course that is required for…

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California Voters Say Economy Is Most Important Issue, Half Disapprove of Reparation Payments: Poll

June 13, 2023
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California voters say the economy is the most important issue facing the state and half of them don’t support paying reparations to black residents, according to a new poll by Emerson College Polling and Inside California Politics. The survey, released on June 12, asked registered voters questions on a variety of topics, including presidential candidates…

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Miramar-Area Construction Mishap Causes Gas Leak, Water-Service Outage

June 13, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—An excavation machine tumbled into a trench June 13 at a work site on a Miramar-area street, knocking out water service to part of the neighborhood and causing a natural-gas leak that prompted some evacuations. The non-injury accident in the 8000 block of Miramar Road occurred shortly after 8 a.m., the San Diego Fire-Rescue…

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Tenants Facing Mass Eviction Sue Property Owner in West Los Angeles

June 13, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—The Barrington Plaza Tenants Association June 12 filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the mass eviction of tenants at the 712-unit, rent-controlled apartment complex in West Los Angeles. The suit follows an announcement by owners last month that the complex—which has been the scene of two fires over the past decade, including one that…

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3 California Conservative School Board Members Face Recall Amid LGBT, CRT Debates

June 13, 2023
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A Temecula group is looking to recall three school board members amid controversy surrounding their conservative stance on critical race theory and LGBT content in classrooms—as well as their recent decision to fire the district’s superintendent. One Temecula Valley, a local political action committee, gathered the required number of signatures—30 from each trustee’s district—on June…

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2nd Victim Dies 2 Months After Fatal Northridge Shooting

June 13, 2023
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—A second victim in the April 15 shooting of men who had been hired to paint over gang graffiti on the wall of a Northridge business has died, police said June 12. The name of the victim was withheld pending notification of next of kin. Jamal Jackson, 24, of Panorma City, was arrested April…

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19 States Sue EPA Over California’s New Zero-Emission Rules for Big Rigs

June 13, 2023
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A coalition of states has filed a lawsuit seeking a review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant waivers to California that allows the state to ban new diesel-powered heavy-duty truck sales in 2035. Iowa’s Attorney General Brenna Bird led the group of 19 states that filed the legal action on June 5…

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Runaway Constitutional Convention

June 13, 2023
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Commentary Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken a lot of flack for his recently proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” he explained on June 8. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The 28th…

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Critics Warn of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Potential Runaway Constitutional Convention

June 13, 2023
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Commentary California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken a lot of flack for his recently proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” he explained on June 8. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The…

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