Governor Newsom signs two bills to help curb gun violence
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)– Governor Gavin Newsom signs two bills into law to help prevent gun violence in California. On Thursday, Newsom signed…
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California lawmakers demand accountability after personal info of concealed weapons holders leaked
By Laura Haefeli Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — State Republican lawmakers are demanding…
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Concealed carry permit applications leaked by California’s Attorney General’s Office
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)– The personal information of all Californians who applied for a concealed carry permit since 2011 was leaked this week,…
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California advances bid to create legal drug injection sites
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly on Thursday approved a controversial bill allowing Los Angeles,…
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California voters to weigh constitutional right to abortion
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in…
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California governor, lawmakers near deal on gas tax rebate
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most California taxpayers would get hundreds of dollars in cash to help offset the high…
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Democrats vow to help women who must travel for abortions
By CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to…
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California bill would reduce single-use plastic products 25%
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use…
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California lawmaker scraps plan for preteen vaccine consent
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday amended a bill that would have let preteens be…
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California utilities fined $22M over 2020 power shutoffs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California utilities will be fined more than $22 million for the “poor execution” of widespread power shutoffs two…
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4 out of 5 Marines dead after aircraft crashes in California desert
California (KION)- UPDATE JUNE 9, 2022 A federal source tells CBS News four out of five Marine service members are dead after a U.S. Marine…
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PG&E pledges net-zero emissions by 2040, will keep using gas
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s largest utility on Wednesday outlined a multi-decade plan that aims…
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California spends $11 million to promote ‘red flag’ gun law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is spending $11 million on education programs promoting wider use of “red flag” laws that are designed to…
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Nonprofit helps formerly incarcerated firefighters get jobs
By EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy For years California, Florida, Oregon, Washington, and other states have…
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California bid to create legal drug injection sites advances
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California moved a step closer Wednesday to creating sites where people could legally…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, a day after a high-profile meeting with the…
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California, New Zealand announce climate change partnership
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Top officials from California and New Zealand signed a pledge Friday agreeing to help fight climate change by sharing ideas…
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Parole recommended for California follower of Charles Manson
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California parole panel recommended the release of Patricia Krenwinkel for the first…
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California considers banning declawing of cats in most cases
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers could soon ban the declawing of cats solely for the convenience of…
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Angry Newsom criticizes Texas governor, US judges on guns
By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday harshly criticized Texas Gov.…
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Last day to register to vote in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)– Today is the last day Californians can register to vote for the upcoming elections and receive a ballot in the mail.…
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California cuts grass watering down as drought dries West
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Grass in office parks, on college campuses or in some California neighborhoods will…
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California moves toward allowing lawsuits over illegal guns
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas, California senators on Tuesday…
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California is set to get its first new state park in over a decade
California is set to establish its first new state park in 13…
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DA: Suspected Southern California church shooter charged with murder, five counts of attempted murder
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said churchgoers “hog-tied” the gunman who shot multiple people inside Geneva Presbyterian Church on Sunday.…
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Judge: California’s women on boards law is unconstitutional
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate…
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California getting new state park, first in 13 years
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — California will acquire a sprawling former farm property in the San Joaquin Valley and create a new state park for the first…
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California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California is facing a crisis. Not only are its reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought,…
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California Republicans see chance to unseat Democratic AG
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republicans think they have a chance this year to unseat an appointed state attorney…
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California governor: $98B surplus backs true pro-life state
By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pledged to use the…
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Students taken to hospital for eating chips laced with cannabis in Southern California
lls Elementary School were taken to the hospital late Thursday after allegedly eating chips laced with some sort of…
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Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin…
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Housing Report: Three-times the minimum wage is needed to afford rent in Santa Cruz County
A new housing report is highlighting just how much the increasing cost of living is pricing low-income families out of the Monterey Bay…
Continue Reading Coastal Fire destroys at least 20 homes in Orange County, California, as hundreds are evacuated
By Taylor Romine, Christina Maxouris, Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN A rapidly moving brush fire destroyed at least 20 homes and forced the…
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In drought-ravaged California, water use is up dramatically
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as…
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After a 100 year absence, California condors are released back into the Northern Redwoods
The critically endangered California condor has been absent from Northern California redwood forests for over a century — until Tuesday, when the…
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Illegal marijuana grow and rooster fight ring discovered
On April 20, law enforcement served a search warrant in Burson for a large illegal marijuana cultivation operation as well as for illegal rooster…
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Mother-daughter owned Salinas flower shop makes Mother’s Day a family affair
Murillo helps run the flower shop located on East Market St., owned by her mother, Magdalena Bautista. The mother-daughter duo has been busy working…
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New program lets first-time homebuyers in California borrow a down payment at 0% interest
A new California program is aiming to give first-time homebuyers a better playing field — offering loan forgiveness — if you stay in a home long…
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22-year-old ‘Pro-Life Spiderman’ describes scaling to top of California’s tallest tower
By Stephanie Sierra Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A 22-year-old who calls himself the…
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Newsom: Democrats need ‘counter-offensive’ in culture wars
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom faulted his own political party Wednesday for setbacks in…
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California Governor, lawmakers vow to add abortion to state constitution
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION & AP) California voters could get a chance to add abortion protections to the state’s constitution this fall. With the…
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California to expand Medi-Cal for undocumented immigrants beginning in May
Universal health coverage is one of the most sweeping changes proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom in his newly-revealed 2022-23 state budget…
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Nurses and health care workers at 15 Sutter facilities hold one-day strike
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) — Nurses and health care workers at 15 facilities across Northern California will hold a one-day strike today,…
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Salinas PD: Salinas man killed in Sacramento mass shooting was “known gang member”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)– A Salinas man that was killed in a Downtown Sacramento mass shooting in early April has been identified as being a…
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Major drop in enrollment for California public schools
According to the California Department of Education CDE, less than 6 million students are enrolled in public…
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Sherri Papini, woman who faked 2016 kidnapping, signs plea deal
Originally Published: 12 APR 22 18:15 ETBy Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman accused of faking…
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California utility giant PG&E pays $55 million settlement over Kincaide and Dixie wildfires
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will pay $55 million as part of a settlement with multiple Northern California counties…
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Massive Home Depot fire results in Shelter-in-place advisory for South San Jose, still no cause
People living or working in South San Jose were put under a shelter-in-place advisory until Sunday afternoon, after a Home Depot was engulfed in…
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Car accident leads to deadly crash on California Highway 1
A vehicle accident led to a deadly crash at the crossing of State Route 1 and Gorda Mountain Road Saturday…
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