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Huge changes to CA’s landmark environmental law, CEQA
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A framer working on a construction project as seen through a puddle’s reflection in Castro Valley on Feb. 6, 2024.
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California colleges can now pay athletes directly. Why taxpayers may foot some of the bill
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Starting today, California’s top universities can pay their athletes directly — a dramatic shift in college sports ...
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‘This tax could kill this industry.’ California cannabis operators brace for increase
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A substantial tax hike for California’s faltering legal cannabis market is set to take effect today, despite an ...
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California proposal would allow soft helmet pads in youth football leagues
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Assemblymember Avelino Valencia, a former tight end for San Jose State, had mixed feelings last year when he voted to ...
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Newsom uses political stunts to garner attention. As Jerry Brown learned, it can backfire
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. During his first governorship a half-century ago, Jerry Brown acquired a reputation for making abrupt changes of ...
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Public Agenda
The Architectural Review Board considers façade changes and creation of a dining space in a commercial building at 975 Page Mill Road.
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LA immigration sweeps: Waiting for a bus, then shackled in chains
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Mauricio Oropeza in Santa Maria Ajoloapan in Mexico State in Mexico on June 25, 2025. Photo by Cristopher Rogel ...
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Controversial climate rule, which could raise gas prices, about to go into effect
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s revamped Low Carbon Fuel Standard takes effect on Tuesday, despite fierce Republican criticism and ...
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Around Town
Read about Ada's Cafe's new security measure to ward off theft and vandalism and East Palo Alto's plans for summer fun at ...
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Floodwall plan splits advocates for creek improvements
A regional plan to bolster flood control near the San Francisquito Creek remained on shaky grounds Thursday as city leaders and water agency officials charged with implementing it squabbled this week ...
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Marines are now stationed on the California border. Newsom’s office calls it ‘mission creep’
This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Dozens of Marines are now stationed at a Border Patrol station in eastern San Diego County, a new development that points to the ...
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A ‘poison pill’ in California’s budget deal ties state spending to construction
This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. After days of confusion in which a deal with Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to unravel over his demand to include new housing and ...