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Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A fast-spreading wildfire in California’s wine country prompted mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters continued to battle the blaze from the ground and air on Sunday. The Pickett Fire in Northern California’s Napa County has burned some 6,531 acres since it broke out Thursday, according to […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The California Supreme Court on Wednesday night denied a petition from Republican state legislators requesting that the court mandate lawmakers wait 30 days before taking any action on legislation that could put new congressional maps in front of voters in November. “The petition for writ of mandate and application […]
Stock image of hospital patient. Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — A resident in South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, according to local health officials. The person is believed to have been bitten by an infected flea while camping, officials said. In a separate incident last month, a person in […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he is moving forward with putting proposed new congressional maps for the state on the ballot on a Nov. 4 special election in an attempt to counter mid-decade redistricting being pushed by Republicans in Texas. “I know they say ‘Don’t mess with Texas.’ […]
tattywelshie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s been nearly one month since California raised the minimum wage at certain restaurants, which has put a spotlight on a course correction that many see as long overdue. But for some — and not just fast food franchise owners — the newly raised bar for compensation also marks a […]
Joe McBride/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California failed to track the effectiveness of its billion-dollar spending on homelessness programs and “must do more to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs,” according to a new state audit report. Homelessness has been on the rise in California for the last decade, according to data from the […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The California State Bar has recommended that former Trump election attorney John Eastman be disbarred, a judge said in a filing on Wednesday. Eastman was charged with multiple disciplinary counts by the State Bar of California last January from allegations that Eastman engaged in “a course of conduct to […]
Getty Images – STOCK (SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — Four Northern California sheriff’s deputies were injured, one critically, during a gunfight early Monday with a suspect who led them on a car chase and opened fire on them before dying in a crash, authorities said. The shooting occurred just after midnight local time near Santa Rosa […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A blizzard warning is in effect in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains as a dangerous storm slams the region. The blizzard began Thursday and will continue off and on through this weekend. The heaviest snow will be Friday and Saturday, when some areas could see snowfall rates of 3 to 5 […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A blizzard warning is in effect in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains as a dangerous snowstorm slams the region. Travel in the Sierras “will be extremely dangerous to impossible” this weekend, the National Weather Service warned. The blizzard began Thursday and will continue off and on through this weekend. The heaviest […]
