California lawmakers introduced bills this year to strengthen rules against high rents and evictions. Landlords and realtors are fighting back.
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Central Valley flooding offers birds bountiful water; will it also poison them?
Central Valley flooding has raised a new potential threat to migrating birds: massive die-offs from bacteria-contaminated water.
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Grazing goats prevent California wildfires — but new salary rules could jeopardize industry
Goats have become a sustainable way to reduce wildfire fuel in California. But new labor requirements for herders might threaten the economic stability.
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One of the biggest extinction events in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
Scientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to recreate the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. They want to learn why some species survived when so many did not.
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Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey weighs U.S. Senate bid
Former Dodgers and Padres star Steve Garvey’s celebrity could upend California’s 2024 U.S. Senate race, if he decides to jump in.
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California’s blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here’s this year’s forecast
State officials say the winter’s wild weather helped refill hydropower generators, decreasing the risk of dangerous electricity outages this summer.
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Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?
The companies operate in a legal gray area that allows them to function much like a payday lender but without the consumer-protection rules that govern those businesses.
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A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds
More than 40% of voters say Sen. Dianne Feinstein should resign, and just 27% say she should finish her term. Two Democrats and a Republican are in a tight race to replace her.
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Colorado River deal offers reprieve, but long-term water crisis remains
California, Arizona and Nevada’s three-year agreement to cut use of Colorado River water, in a deal backed by federal funds, is only a temporary fix.
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Yosemite’s Mist Trail hike with majestic waterfall views to get $5 million upgrade
Mist Trail will receive a $5 million upgrade to its 7-mile round-trip hike at Yosemite National Park that takes visitors to views of Vernal and Nevada falls.