1934 - Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, replacement for ill-fated St. Francis Dam & reservoir, begins to fill with water [ story]
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Sunday, Dec 24, 2023
By Hillel Aron
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge in Orange County has preliminarily blocked California from enforcing key provisions of Senate Bill 2, a new law that places strict limits on where concealed-carry permit holders can take handguns. Hours after the decision, California Attorney...
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Thursday, Dec 7, 2023
By Nolan Stout
WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new partnerships with Native American tribes to manage federal lands, promote bison conservation and support animal harvesting and meat processing.
The agency unveiled several measures Wednesday for its part in kicking...
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Thursday, Nov 9, 2023
By Hillel Aron
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Entertainment studios and the Screen Actors Guild, which represents actors who appear in movies and television shows, have a tentative deal for a new contract, ending a 118-day strike, the longest in the union’s history.
In a statement posted to the social media...
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Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 446 into law on Friday, Oct. 13 that will require cursive handwriting instruction in California schools from first through sixth grades.
The bill was authored by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, a former public elementary school teacher. Legislators...
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Thursday, Oct 5, 2023
By Natalie Hanson
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — The largest health care workers strike in U.S. history is underway, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente union workers are walking out of hospitals and clinics across the country for three days.
Service Employees International Union members in Colorado, California,...
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Friday, Sep 29, 2023
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senator Dianne Feinstein, who represented California in the Senate for more than 30 years, has died at 90 years old, her office announced Friday morning.
“Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C.,” James Sauls, the senator’s chief of staff,...
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Thursday, Sep 28, 2023
California Capitol building.
By Alan Riquelmy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed eight health care bills that heighten protections for those who provide abortion care, expand the health care workforce and protect information about reproductive health care.
The...
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Thursday, Sep 21, 2023
By Hillel Aron
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, the man accused of shooting to death Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
District Attorney George Gascón announced...
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Monday, Jul 24, 2023
By Alan Riquelmy
SACRAMENTO (CN) — California’s unemployment inched up to 4.6% in June, a 0.1% increase from the prior month.
State unemployment jobless claims rose 5,700 over the previous month to a total of 889,100. They’re up 143,300 when compared to June 2022, when the rate was 3.9%.
Over...
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Thursday, Jul 20, 2023
By Natalie Hanson
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The California Supreme Court breathed new life Monday into a lawsuit that accuses Aetna of having fired or threatened to fire physicians who referred patients to out-of-network providers.
Aetna had previously defeated the suit from the California Medical Association...
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