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No September on record in the West has seen a heat wave like this
Nearly 1,000 records have been set over the past week from California to North Dakota, many by large margins.
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Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas
The companies hope to expand to the greater Bay Area.
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New California law could raise fast-food minimum wage to $22 an hour
In a move the restaurant industry warns could raise fast-food prices, California's governor signed into law a bill creating a "Fast Food Council" to determine standards for pay, hours, and working conditions for the state's fast food workers.
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California passes law requiring companies to reveal pay by race, gender
Employers in California may soon have to post salaries for job listings and publicly reveal pay scales by race, ethnicity and gender. The state Legislature passed a law Tuesday requiring all employers in the state to post salary ranges for open positions. It also would require companies with more than 100 employees to report pay scales by gender, race and ethnicity, data that California would then make public.
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Doomsday or nuts: The H2O case for banning almond trees in California
It is impossible to miss all the headlines talking about the water crisis happening (and worsening) in the American Southwest. So what can be done? One big step: banning water-sucking along trees.
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Lawmakers vote to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant until 2030
California state lawmakers voted early Wednesday morning to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant running. After an overwhelming majority vote, The plant will keep running till 2030 instead of 2025.
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The Best San Francisco Wine Tasting - The Impulse Traveler
These places are the best for unforgettable San Francisco wine tasting experiences including the best tasting lounges for you to visit and hidden gem wineries.
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California lawmakers approve online privacy law for kids
Will Newsom sign it? With a possible presidential bid looming, take a guess
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California lawmakers allow lawsuits against 'cyber flashers'
Victims who receive unsolicited sexually graphic material by text, email, app or other electronic means could sue the sender under a bill that lawmakers sent to Gov. Newsom.
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A disastrous megaflood could bring more than 8 feet of water to parts of California, scientists say
Climate change has already doubled the likelihood of catastrophic flooding in the state, researchers found, and without a limit on greenhouse gas emissions, it'll only get worse.
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Biden sides with pork industry in fight over California law setting standards for animal cages
The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate pork producers' lawsuit against a voter-approved California law that set minimum standards for cages used to hold breeding pigs, egg-laying hens and veal calves. The companies have made a plausible case that the 2018 initiative, Proposition 12, interferes with interstate commerce and does not benefit either Californians or the animals they seek to protect, the Justice Department lawyers said in a filing Friday.
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California to become 1st state to offer free school lunches for all students
Starting this school year, instead of worrying about packing a lunch, students across California can get yummy options at no cost.
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California regulator accuses Tesla of false advertising
A California regulator has accused Tesla of misleading consumers about its driver assistance systems, and has filed complaints that could potentially prevent the automaker from selling its cars in the state, US media reported Friday. In its filing, the Department of Motor Vehicles said Tesla advertised its Autopilot and Self-Driving technologies as more capable than they actually are, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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California will start producing insulin and selling it at a cheaper rate soon
California will start producing insulin and selling it at a cheaper rate as Insulin is held prisoner by a health care system in the United States that is persistently resistant to improvements, allowing firms to dominate the market and maximize profits.
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San Francisco Launches Bid to Decriminalize Psychedelics
City lawmakers in San Francisco have introduced a resolution to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics, or “entheogens.” The measure would remove criminal penalties for possession of drugs like psilocybin or mescaline—both to reduce criminalization in itself, and to make it easier for people to use these drugs for therapeutic purposes. If successful, San Francisco would join a growing list of cities to adopt similar measures, including Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Detroit and Washington, DC.
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California's Oak Fire is displaying 'unprecedented' behavior as it scorches more than 16,000 acres near Yosemite National Park
A ferocious wildfire outside California's Yosemite Park is displaying "unprecedented" behavior, "moving extremely fast" and limiting the amount of time authorities have to warn area residents to evacuate, a state fire official said.
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California wildfires continue to rip across state near Yosemite
Despite the efforts of more than 2,000 firefighters to contain the blaze, the fire, which began in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, was 0 percent contained Sunday, fire officials conceded.
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Joy for environmentalists as California blocks bid for $1.4bn desalination plant
A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a longstanding proposal to build a $1.4bn seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to worsen in coming years with climate change.
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The U.S. Forest Service is taking emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it's taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world's largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.
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Self-driving tractors rolling out in California could fuel the future of farming
Some California farmers are going a little greener by opting for eco-friendly tools and transitioning to electric-powered, driverless, tractors. The company rolling these high-tech tractors out, Monarch Tractor, says this can help farmers save money, increase production, and help with the agriculture industry's growing labor shortage.
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