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Column: Kamala Harris should run for governor — if she wants to solve California’s problems
Read More: Column: Kamala Harris should run for governor — if she wants to solve California’s problemsSACRAMENTO — Kamala Harris could make history as the first woman and person of color to be elected California governor. But she’d need to really want the job. She couldn’t see it as merely a consolation prize after losing the presidential election to Donald Trump. Nor could she view it as a stepping stone back to…
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Southern California’s high fire threat could linger into the New Year
Read More: Southern California’s high fire threat could linger into the New YearBy this time of year, Southern California has usually recorded some measurable rainfall. Santa Ana winds, meanwhile, are typically dying down. But this December, neither is the case. Precipitation remains well below average, which has kept vegetation bone-dry, and forecasters say powerful offshore winds could pick back up in the next few days. It’s a…
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Column: Is it time for California’s Latino Legislative Caucus to let in Republicans?
Read More: Column: Is it time for California’s Latino Legislative Caucus to let in Republicans?Over the phone, Lena Gonzalez’s voice had the patient but proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending the damned. Her metaphorical client: The California Latino Legislative Caucus, which the Long Beach-area state senator heads. At 38 members strong, it’s one of the largest groups of its kind in the United States and has long…
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Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward Trump
Read More: Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward TrumpThirty years ago this fall, California’s Latino voters coalesced into a multigenerational ethnic voting bloc for the first time in response to a draconian, citizen-led initiative targeting immigrants who were in the state illegally. Proposition 187 sought to deny most of the state’s taxpayer-funded services to undocumented immigrants. While it was ultimately ruled unconstitutional, the…
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Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California’s next Senator
Read More: Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California’s next SenatorSen.-elect Adam B. Schiff will be sworn in as California’s next U.S. senator on Monday, replacing Sen. Laphonza Butler, according to sources familiar with the arrangements. Butler, a Democrat, was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to temporarily fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein following Feinstein’s death in September 2023. Schiff was elected…
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Here’s Southern California’s weather forecast for Thanksgiving Day
Read More: Here’s Southern California’s weather forecast for Thanksgiving DayAfter a few days of lingering rain this week, Thanksgiving will kick off a stretch of clear and warm weather — though also breezy — across Southern California. “We’re looking at temperatures warming each day by a few degrees; by the weekend we’re looking at highs in the lower to mid-70s,” said Ryan Kittell, a…
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California’s Inyo County flips back to red after 2020 surprise
Read More: California’s Inyo County flips back to red after 2020 surpriseFour years ago, rural — and staunchly conservative — Inyo County delivered an election day surprise when voters there chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump by just 14 votes. Before 2020, the rugged county in the Eastern Sierra had not backed a Democrat for president since 1964, when voters chose Lyndon B. Johnson. Longtime locals…
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California’s most neglected special needs students are the gifted ones
Read More: California’s most neglected special needs students are the gifted onesSchools have generally been working hard to meet the special educational needs of an array of students — those with learning disabilities, those learning English, those with behavioral issues and those whose households struggle with poverty. But they have widely neglected one major group of students with special needs: the academically gifted. Many school districts…
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Steel vs. Tran: California’s 45th District among closest House races
Read More: Steel vs. Tran: California’s 45th District among closest House racesAn Orange County congressional race, one of the closest in the country, is coming down to so few votes that it feels more like a small-town city council contest than a race for the House of Representatives. The 45th District race was the closest in the country for several days. On Friday, Republican Rep. Michelle…
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Why did California’s minimum-wage boost fail?
Read More: Why did California’s minimum-wage boost fail?Californians, who have historically supported efforts to raise the minimum wage, were not swayed this time around. After two weeks of postelection uncertainty, Proposition 32, the initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, was defeated by a narrow margin. The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a…
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