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Britney Spears' Ex Convicted of Trespassing in Wedding Raid

A man once briefly married to Britney Spears has been convicted of aggravated trespassing and battery at the pop star’s June wedding. Jason Alexander, 40, pleaded no contest to the two misdemeanor counts in a California court, prosecutors in Ventura County announced Thursday.

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California could lend PG&E $1.4 billion to save Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

A last-minute proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom could keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open through 2035, a decade beyond its current closure date — in part by giving owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co. a $1.4-billion forgivable loan.

Los Angeles Times

Campaign to increase vote threshold for new or increased taxes in California submits signatures for a place on the 2024 ballot

Californians for Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability submitted more than 1.1 million signatures for a ballot initiative to increase the vote requirement for new taxes and define levies, charges, and fees as taxes in the California Constitution.

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Leaders in California push back against ballot measure that would allow San Bernardino County to explore secession

LOS ANGELES — State leaders are pushing back against a November ballot measure that would allow San Bernardino County to explore secession from California.

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Risk of catastrophic megafloods has doubled in California, study finds

Scientists concluded that a series of storms could dump enough rainfall to displace millions, causing over $1tn in losses

The Guardian - US

‘Catastrophic failure’ kills 21,000 fish at California university

Chlorine exposure appears to be cause of death of animals at UC Davis research center

The Guardian - US

Risk of catastrophic California ‘megaflood’ has doubled due to global warming, researchers say

LOS ANGELES — Even today, as California struggles with severe drought, global warming has doubled the likelihood that weather conditions will unleash a deluge as devastating as the Great Flood of 1862, according to a UCLA study released Friday.

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Insurance rates climb from fires, COVID, inflation, worker shortage

Inflation, a labor shortage, effects from the lingering COVID pandemic and increasingly devastating fires are boosting the cost of insurance for homes, cars and businesses.

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Mum's chilling last Google search before she leapt off balcony holding son

Raquel Wilkins, 40, was killed alongside her two-year-old son Denzel Wilkins-Browning after she stepped off a high point of the Petco arena, a baseball stadium in downtown San Diego, California, in the US

Irish Mirror

Nuke or no nuke? California officials ponder nuclear future

The California Energy Commission is holding a three-hour workshop focused on the state’s power needs and what role the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant might have in maintaining reliable electricity in the climate change era

The Independent UK

Early days of ‘fake news’ fuel the politics of ‘Campaigns, Inc.’ at TimeLine Theatre

What “Campaigns, Inc.” could use is a tighter focus on its central characters’ mercenary motivations.

Chicago Sun-Times

LA County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave.

Los Angeles Times

Judge to decide if Scott Peterson victim of jury misconduct

A prosecutor says a California juror who convicted Scott Peterson in the murder of his pregnant wife may have provided incorrect answers on a jury questionnaire, but she did not commit misconduct

The Independent UK

Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘Health care crisis’ after Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Vice President Kamala Harris excoriated the Supreme Court’s recent decision peel back of five decades of federal abortion protections, calling its precedent-busting shift a “health care crisis” during a visit Thursday to her old San Francisco Bay Area stomping grounds.

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The Independent UK

Newsom: California must boost water recycling, desalination

California's governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination to shore up its supply over the next two decades

Zenger

Rescuers Save Cock Fighting Roosters Then Kill Them

Authorities were forced to euthanize 143 roosters after breaking up a cockfight in a southern Californian home in an open investigation.

Los Angeles Times

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

LOS ANGELES — With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released a new plan to adapt to the state’s hotter, drier future by capturing and storing more water, recycling more wastewater and desalinating seawater and salty groundwater.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup?

Back in 2007, the state of California reached an agreement with Boeing Co. requiring the company to clean up the polluted site of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, outside Simi Valley, to an exacting environmental standard.

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Are San Francisco's NIMBYs Finally Getting Their Comeuppance?

State housing officials have launched a first-ever investigation of the city's housing policies and practices, setting the stage for far more sweeping interventions.

Daily Mirror

Fans compare 90s TV star Tiffani Thiessen to Baywatch babe as she poses in blue swimsuit

Saved By The Bell and Beverly Hills 90210 star Tiffani Thiessen posed in a navy blue swimsuit, clutching a straw hat, on the beautiful sun-kissed beach in California

The Independent UK

One dead, three injured in shooting at California gym

Police are expected to release more information later on Thursday

The Independent UK

Firefighters battle huge ‘fire tornado’ during 150-acre blaze in California

Rare ‘fire devil’ captured on film during inferno in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles Times

Vanessa Bryant is ‘haunted’ by the sharing of Kobe crash photos, attorney says

LOS ANGELES —The photos were flashed from a sheriff’s deputy’s phone screen to a bartender in Norwalk, California. They were shown to firefighters at an awards gala at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City. They were shared from one deputy to another while the men played the video game “Call…

Daily Mirror

'Fire tornado' hits outskirts of Los Angeles as swirling flames are whipped up

A huge fire tornado swept across part of California on Wednesday, August 11. Firefighters managed to get it under control but the state has been affected by serious fires in recent weeks

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry could return to UK in new role without Meghan, says ex-protection officer

Prince Harry is currently living in California after quitting as a working royal with wife Meghan Markle, but his former protection officer Ken Wharfe believes there is a chance he could return to the UK in the future

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