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Actually near the site of another Trump business failure, a rally tonight. You can have my toaster when you pry it from my cold, crusty hands. “where the desert meets the Donald” So he went for it. Over the next few years, Trump used his reputation to...
by annieli
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on Sat Oct 12, 2024 at 12:56 PM PDT
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Sacramento, Calif. – The struggle by Tribes, environmental organizations, fishing groups and the people of California to stop the construction of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), AKA Delta Tunnel, heated up today with the submission of a formal...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Oct 10, 2024 at 05:24 PM PDT
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Are big, showy campaign rallies worth the time and effort for presidential candidates?
A study of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 2016 rallies found that “Secretary Clinton’s visits in ...
by kos
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on Thu Oct 10, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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Failing to see the relevance of the weather, Trump will spend time away from the Milton storm aftermath. Is Trump helping Harris by going to states he will not win like Colorado and California, perhaps to offset reports debunking his lies about...
by annieli
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on Wed Oct 09, 2024 at 01:27 AM PDT
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20 years ago, it was about 6am, we had just taken a train from Paris to Amsterdam, without much sleep. Walking into the city it was a little foggy, so was my mind, and we walked with our luggage to the a nearby indoor/outdoor restaurant for some of...
by NateDoggg
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on Tue Oct 08, 2024 at 08:13 PM PDT
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Having already discussed the statewide ballot, there’s more to look at on my local ballot. So let’s analyze it. We’ll start with two very easy calls. I’m voting Stephen Houlahan for House (48th district) and Akilah Weber for State Senate (39th...
by mainstreet52
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on Tue Oct 08, 2024 at 01:36 PM PDT
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The Presidential election is on the horizon, and it’s time to… look downballot. You don’t need me to tell you to vote for Kamala Harris, or Adam Schiff for that matter. California is safe blue, so this is honestly not the major concern. But there’s...
by mainstreet52
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on Sun Oct 06, 2024 at 11:09 AM PDT
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The more I’ve written, the more critical I’ve become of others’ writing. When I read passages, regardless of content, in many a case not only do I find that they lack substantive data (otherwise known as “the essentials”), but also that they’re short...
by Alan Kandel
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on Fri Oct 04, 2024 at 02:36 PM PDT
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Kevin Lincoln is a feel-good story. He shocked the political world in 2020 by easily dispatching a rising star in the race for mayor of Stockton. The 9th district has a pronounced voter registration ...
by bilboteach
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on Wed Oct 09, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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Klamath River, CA – October 2 was a momentous day on the Klamath River, since it marked the complete removal of the four lower PacifICorp hydroelectric dams. The dam removal will restore salmon and steelhead to hundreds of miles of habitat of the river...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Oct 03, 2024 at 10:50 AM PDT
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It might surprise you to know that, until a few days ago, I had never made the pilgrimage to the heart of redwood country. I had seen scattered trees at the far northern reaches of the tree’s ...
by foresterbob
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on Thu Oct 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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By Molly Castle Work for KFF Health News Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday ...
by KFF Health News
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on Sat Oct 05, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Sacramento, CA — The Delta Smelt, once the most abundant fish species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is virtually extinct in the wild, due to massive water exports to agribusiness and other factors over the past several decades. Zero smelt have...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Oct 01, 2024 at 04:55 PM PDT
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5 OCTOBER Just Some Socialist 12 OCTOBER Canid Micturate 19 OCTOBER mortifyd 26 OCTOBER blue oregon
by annieli
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on Sat Sep 28, 2024 at 05:27 PM PDT
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Sacramento, California - On Monday, Sept. 30, representatives of California Tribes will present testimony before the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) opposing the Sites Authority’s application for a new water rights permit to...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Sep 27, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
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It broke Cynthia Overby’s heart over the years to see her students struggle to afford menstrual products, try to get by without them or skip school some days for the privacy of home. The longtime teacher later worked with an Illinois legislator to make...
by David McCall
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on Thu Sep 26, 2024 at 10:12 AM PDT
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Los Angeles, CA — In a press conference near the Inglewood Oil Field today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law allowing communities to restrict oil drilling and help the state address polluting idle wells. The signing of the bills was a...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Sep 25, 2024 at 02:33 PM PDT
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Also: Hurricanes John and Helene Biden's final address at the U.N. General Assembly... We continue our laser focus on the track conditions for the 2024 horse race on today's BradCast, with somewhat better than usual news in a couple of different...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 24, 2024 at 07:26 PM PDT
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On Friday, Sept. 20, a California appellate court upheld an earlier trial court ruling and found the controversial Sites Reservoir Project environmental impact report (EIR) to be legally adequate. Judge Ronald B. Robie, Presiding Judge of the Third...
by Dan Bacher
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on Mon Sep 23, 2024 at 04:23 PM PDT
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A national nonprofit uses financial and life coaching to teach low-income parents how to move up to living wages and beyond. By� Mark Kreidler �for Capital & Main Belen Hernandez hit rock ...
by Capital and Main
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on Sun Sep 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM PDT
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