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California heatwave enters intense phase bringing blackouts and wildfires

The Guardian - US

California and the West broil in record heat wave

A record-setting heat wave is making life miserable in the West

The Independent UK

Heatwave pushes California’s energy grid to its limits

Extreme heat prompts authorities to urge California residents to cut down electricity usage amid power outage threat.

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Texas roasted for paying more in taxes than California: ‘The Joke is On You’

For most outside the top one percent of earners, taxes are lower in California than in Texas

The Independent UK

Deadly fire near California city of Hemet began at about the same time Edison reported ‘circuit activity’

LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison reported “circuit activity” at about the same time the first flames from a wildfire near Hemet were reported, the utility company said of the area where a fast-moving blaze has killed two people and injured another and burned at least seven structures.

Los Angeles Times

California heat wave on track to be hottest, longest on record for September, Newsom says

LOS ANGELES — The California heat wave is expected to last until at least Thursday, though possibly without the record-setting highs of the Labor Day weekend.

Los Angeles Times

The hottest September day on Earth was just recorded in Death Valley

California’s brutal heat wave led to unthinkable temperatures in the desert valley.

Mic

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Inflation pushes minimum wages higher in some states

DENVER — Low-wage workers in more than a dozen states — and many more cities — could get unexpectedly large raises next year, thanks to minimum wage increases that will reflect soaring consumer prices.

Tribune News Service

Fed up Latinas helped push for California's fast food law

The law will shift some power over working conditions to California fast food workers.

Axios

‘A land of permanent drought’: Desert golf courses in California work to cut water usage

From taking out turf to upgrading irrigation systems, golf courses are constantly focused on water.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Largest shark on planet wows boaters in rare California showing

A San Diego whale-watching company logged an extraordinary daily double Monday with sightings of a blue whale and a whale shark.

USA Today Sports Media Group

All candidates for California State Assembly District 28 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for California State Assembly District 28 —Gail Pellerin (D) and Liz Lawler (R)— completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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All candidates for California State Assembly District 11 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for California State Assembly District 11 —incumbent Lori Wilson (D) and Jenny Callison (I)— completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office..

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All candidates for Alameda County, California, District Attorney complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Alameda County, California District Attorney— Pamela Price and Terry Wiley— completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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Daily Mirror

Family stunned as brazen bear takes dip in garden pool to cool off in sweltering heat

Shocked Steve Bray, from Monrovia, California, uploaded the footage to Facebook after catching the cheeky bear on his security camera, and he wasn't grizzly about the surprise swimmer

Axios

Heat wave in West smashes records, threatens California's electricity grid

This is the worst September heat wave on record across the West, with California as the epicenter.

Los Angeles Times

Congress mulls data privacy bill that would void California's tougher protections

WASHINGTON — A key congressional committee is pushing a federal bill to bolster protections for consumers' online data privacy, but California lawmakers have launched an aggressive bid to amend or block the legislation because it would unravel the state's own tougher protections.

Los Angeles Times

Facing 'dead pool' risk, California braces for painful water cuts from Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — California water districts are under growing pressure to shoulder substantial water cutbacks as the federal government pushes for urgent solutions to prevent the Colorado River's badly depleted reservoirs from reaching dangerously low levels.

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WEKU

California battles wildfires and faces blackouts during a brutal heat wave

Triple-digit temperatures are expected as energy officials warn the electrical load on Tuesday could reach the state's highest demand ever. Four deaths were reported as multiple wildfires burned.

Reason

The Dormant Commerce Clause and Geolocation: Introduction

[Jack Goldsmith and I will have this article out in the Texas Law Review early next year, and I'm serializing it here. There is still plenty of time for editing, so we'd love to hear any recommendations you folks might have; in the meantime, you can read the entire PDF…

Los Angeles Times

California takes action to cut more plastics waste, including grocery produce bags

LOS ANGELES — Two months after state lawmakers passed sweeping legislation designed to reduce plastic waste, they've ponied up and passed more than a half-dozen new bills that will further reduce and clean up California's waste stream.

Ballotpedia

Most expensive ballot measures ever headline California’s November 2022 elections

Welcome to the Tuesday, September 6, Brew.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom enjoys his most successful legislative session yet with wins on climate, Diablo Canyon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite lots of private grousing about him, Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged a big winner at the end of the California Legislature's two-year session.

Axios

California wildfire kills at least 2 people and forces evacuations during record heat wave

The Fairview Fire grew to 2,000 acres within hours of igniting.

Los Angeles Times

Structures burning as fast-moving fire near Los Angeles explodes in size

A rapidly moving brush fire burning just east of Hemet, California, has spread to 500 acres Monday afternoon, prompting evacuations, the Riverside County Fire Department said.

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