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‘No way, not possible’: California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?
The Newsom administration is refining a contentious set of proposed rules, years in the making, that would reshape how farms and cities draw water from...
California banned bilingual education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t recovered
In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields....
How will Trump change health care? California braces for fights over insurance and abortion
By Kristen Hwang
The last time Donald Trump was president, his health care policies chipped away at the Affordable Care Act and helped eliminate federal abortion...
Why no one spent more than Google to lobby California officials this summer
By Alexei Koseff and Jeremia Kimelman
Google’s payments to influence state government surged to almost $11 million from July through September, nearly 90 times more than the same...
Republicans fend off Democratic challengers in three key Inland Empire races
Three Democratic candidates who mounted high-profile challenges to Republican lawmakers in the Inland Empire fell behind as election results rolled out, with about three-quarters...
