California election skeptics filed dozens of public records requests. Some are soliciting donations from people who believe election results can’t be trusted.
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California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill
For now, the only place you’ll find grizzlies in California is in zoos or on the state flag after the Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked a measure that would have tasked the California Department of Fish and Wildlife with creating a “roadmap that evaluates whether, and under what conditions, reintroduction of the grizzly bear is feasible and advisable.”
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California craft liquor delivery is about go away thanks to big-money lobbying
California craft liquor deliveries could end Jan. 1. Distillers say powerful alcohol companies, the wine industry and Teamsters killed a possible extension of deliveries that grew out of the pandemic.
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Controversial swan hunt appears to work: California’s mute swan population drops
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law last year allowing Californians to kill non native mute swans. It appeared to have worked.
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‘Don’t Flock me’: California, U.S. lawmakers debate license plate reader technology
They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits?
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They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California?
Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.
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California leaders lionized César Chávez. Now, they face a reckoning with his past
Leaders up and down California, many of whom were personally inspired by César Chávez’s life’s work, are grappling with multiple allegations of sexual assault against the late labor leader.
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A podcaster gave Newsom a gun. Are California laws keeping him from taking it home?
Last year, conservative podcaster Shawn Ryan gave Gavin Newsom a SIG Sauer handgun, which the governor has yet to take home. To do so, Newsom would have to navigate a complicated web of California gun laws.
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Newsom vetoes car dealers’ bill to hike fees on buyers
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed one bill and signed another that could change how you purchase a vehicle in California.
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Think your kid’s done with a booster seat? New California law says maybe not
After pushback from some Democrats, a controversial bill that would have banned shorter children from the front seat was watered down. But small kids face new seat belt rules under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last week.
