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Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to Second Amendment groups and firearm owners.

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Newsom to sign gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas' vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to 2nd Amendment groups and firearm owners.

Los Angeles Times

How Demands for 'Local Control' Become an Excuse for NIMBYism

Conservatives' guiding principle should always be less government control, not more.

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‘A better life.’ How a Facebook community helps thousands fleeing California for other states

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled California for other states during the pandemic and it seems as though most of them have found a virtual home on one of Terry Gilliam’s Facebook pages. His groups – Leaving California and Life After California – have a combined…

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California’s 2022 wildfire season is off to a relatively tame start. Will it last?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Blazes have burned thousands of acres, cued mandatory evacuations and threatened some of the state’s oldest and most impressive trees, but far fewer acres have burned in California wildfires through the first few weeks of summer than at the same point last year.

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Newsom signs bill to track certain sexually violent offenders through GPS systems

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Law enforcement groups and criminal justice reformers are at odds over a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that will allow the state to keep tabs on certain "sexually violent predators" through Global Positioning Systems.

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Yosemite declined offer for retardant air-drop in Washburn Fire’s early hours. Here’s why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials wasted little time responding to the first reports of a fire burning in the Mariposa Grove on the afternoon of July 7.

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Commentary: Why are lawmakers luring tech lobbyists to wine country before social media, crypto votes?

California lawmakers will soon end their summer recess and return to Sacramento for the final, most consequential month of the legislative year. August is when the Legislature determines the fate of hundreds of bills that have been snaking through the Capitol all year, making decisions that may affect millions of…

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Has inflation peaked? What experts say consumers can expect in the next few months

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here’s what experts say is the future of prices, which have been increasing at levels unseen in nearly 41 years:

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George Skelton: If Newsom sees himself as president, he should move into position to run. That's what he's doing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.

Los Angeles Times

Yosemite wildfire grew overnight, but is now 51% contained

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Washburn fire burning in Yosemite National Park continued to grow slightly overnight from Saturday to Sunday, but so did firefighters’ containment of the blaze.

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California’s public health tax is dead for the year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year.

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Source: Kings add wing depth, signing free agent KZ Okpala to two-year contract

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Kings made a move to address their lack of wing depth Friday, bringing in a young forward with size, length and athleticism.

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Improving, but still grim, conditions in immigration detention centers, California AG says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report from the state Department of Justice shows that while conditions in California’s federal immigration detention facilities have improved since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, they remain grim.

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As California welcomes Ukrainian refugees, counties fall short on interpreters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After the Russian invasion, Katie Nelha and her husband couldn’t safely return to their home in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, so they took their chances as refugees. Flying from Poland, where they were working, to Mexico in early April, they crossed into the U.S. at Tijuana, where they were…

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Where and how did Spencer Webb die? Oregon ‘rock slide’ swim hole is popular cliff jump spot.

Spencer Webb, a star football player from Sacramento who played tight end for the University of Oregon, died this week in a cliff-diving accident at a popular swimming hole not far from the university’s Eugene, Oregon, campus.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Would California's abortion ballot measure allow late-term abortions? Its author says no

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Based on a simple reading, Proposition 1 would seem to push California abortion law far left by allowing pregnancy termination right up until birth. Could that be correct?

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California built a safety net for millions of undocumented residents. Here’s how it happened

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isabel Coronel, 76, walked into a hospital for the first time in almost 30 years last month.

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Caesars Sportsbook takes $10,000 bet on Sacramento Kings to win NBA championship in 2023

NBA analysts and fans have given the Kings good reviews for the offseason moves they’ve made to improve their roster, but one person is betting a small fortune on them to be the best team in the league.

Los Angeles Times

California enacts sweeping gun control laws, setting up a legal showdown

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against restrictions on carrying firearms in public in a substantial victory for Second Amendment advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed at least three major gun control measures into law to restrict access to the weapons and…

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Wildfire burning in Yosemite quickly grows; more firefighting resources on the way

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Washburn Fire burning in Yosemite National Park has grown significantly to over 700 acres, fire officials reported Saturday morning.

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Wildfire in Yosemite National Park grows; evacuation order for Wawona

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire that closed down a portion of Yosemite National Park has grown to 166 acres, according to Friday afternoon update.

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Wildfire in Yosemite National Park grows; Wawona could face evacuation order

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire that closed down a portion of Yosemite National Park grew to an estimated 250 acres, according to an update Friday.

Los Angeles Times

California deepens water cuts to cope with drought, hitting thousands of farms

California regulators have begun curtailing the water rights of many farms and irrigation districts along the Sacramento River, forcing growers to stop diverting water from the river and its tributaries.

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Kevin Huerter has parting words for Hawks after being traded to Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former Hawks guard Kevin Huerter left a piece of his heart in Atlanta as he made his way to Sacramento to start a new chapter in his career with the Kings.

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