Category: Northern California

Progressive Prosecutor Movement Goes on Trial in California Primary

June 6, 2022
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Three prosecutors at the forefront of the progressive movement in California will be put to the test on June 7. Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s chief prosecutor, faces a recall election in the primary. Polls suggest there is a good chance that he will lose. Diana Becton and Tori Berber Salazar, chief prosecutors of two counties…

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California Needs More Water Infrastructure to Ease Shortage: Expert

June 5, 2022
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A former water utility director said the California and federal government are to blame for the state’s water shortage issues, since the state’s infrastructure has not kept up with demand. “The State of California and the Feds are largely responsible, because we have not continued with the building of our water infrastructure,” said Brett Barbre,…

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Man Held in Attack on Doctor, Nurses at California Hospital

June 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him, authorities said. The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison said. The…

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41-Year Sentence for Ex-Air Force Sergeant Who Killed Guard

June 4, 2022
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OAKLAND, Calif.—A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the “boogaloo” extremist movement was sentenced to 41 years in prison Friday for the fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Steven Carrillo, 33, had pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal murder charge in the…

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When American History Boosts Self Esteem

June 3, 2022
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Since the pandemic lockdowns, many parents have been more involved in their children’s education. Some say they don’t like what they’re seeing and turned to other sources of education, like homeschooling. One homeschool program is American Education Defenders, a non-profit that aims to boost self-esteem by using a more creative and appealing approach…

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California Risks a Long, Hot Summer of Blackouts

June 3, 2022
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Commentary California’s unreal vision of an ecotopian future finally may catch up with it this summer. That’s according to numbers in the new “2022 Summer Reliability Assessment” from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. It covers the four months of June-September 2022 for the six Regional Entities, with California in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council,…

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California Court Rules Bees Are Fish

June 3, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Four species of bumble bees are now considered fish under the California Endangered Species Act, a state appeals court ruled. California’s Third Appellate District Court of Appeals ruled May 31 the state law protecting endangered and threatened species can add the bumblebee, a terrestrial invertebrate, to the list under the classification of fish. “The term…

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GM’s Cruise Wins First California Permit to Carry Paying Riders in Driverless Cars

June 3, 2022
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OAKLAND, Calif.—General Motors Co’s Cruise on Thursday became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials. Self-driving test cars with human safety drivers have become a constant sight in San Francisco, and completely driverless ones are increasingly common too. Turning…

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Stellantis, Controlled Thermal in Lithium Hydroxide Deal

June 3, 2022
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Automaker Stellantis has reached a deal to have Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd. supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide for its electric vehicles in North America. CTR will supply Stellantis, the company that combined PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler, with up to 25,000 metric tons per year of lithium hydroxide over the 10-year term of the agreement. CTR…

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California Reparations Task Force Recommends 10 New State Offices in Report

June 2, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—To repay African Americans in California for the “ongoing and compounding harms” of slavery, a state task force on June 1 recommended lawmakers create 10 new offices to oversee reparations. The interim report (pdf) by the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans—about 500 pages long—describes the harms slavery inflicted…

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