New Hampshire has led the presidential primaries for 100 years. Democrats say thatโs enough
The future of New Hampshireโs century-old, first-in-the-nation primary is on shaky ground as the national Democratic Party seeks to reassert its control over a process thatโs been centered on traditions and dominated by smaller, predominantly white states.
latimes.comWoman dubbed โBlack Widowโ killer dies in state prison, California corrections officials say
Susan Russo, nicknamed the โBlack Widowโ killer, died at Central California Womenโs Facility in Chowchilla. She was convicted in the 1994 murder of her husband, who was a U.S. Navy officer.
news.yahoo.comRecord heat wave puts California in fossil fuel conundrum
A record heat wave put California in a fossil fuel conundrum: The state has had to rely more heavily on natural gas to produce electricity and avoid power outages while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsomโs administration moves toward ending the use of oil and gas.
โNever stop fightingโ: Family hopeful as new technology offers 1st lead in years in cold case shooting
New cellphone technology is helping shed light on a cold case from 2016 on Henrietta Street - where detectives say there wasnโt a lot of evidence initially โ but things may have taken a turn.
California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel
A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel, wrapping around the stateโs existing water delivery system and dumping it into the main aqueduct that flows south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people. The proposal released Wednesday would build one tunnel to take water from the Sacramento River, the state's largest, to the California Aqueduct for delivery further south. When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he ordered water officials to scrap the existing plan and start over.
news.yahoo.comJudge: California's women on boards law is unconstitutional
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Californiaโs landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards have up to three female directors by this year violated the right to equal treatment. The conservative legal group Judicial Watch had challenged the law, claiming it was illegal to use taxpayer funds to enforce a law that violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution by mandating a gender-based quota.
news.yahoo.comBig new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan
A long-delayed plan to build a giant reservoir in Northern California to help withstand the U.S. Westโs notorious droughts got a huge boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the project nearly $2.2 billion โ or about half the cost. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency is the equivalent of being preapproved for a loan. It will take up to two years for the federal government and project officials to negotiate the terms and sign documents before the money is delivered.
news.yahoo.comAmid drought, California advances big new reservoir project
Amid a severe drought, California regulators on Wednesday voted to advance what could be the state's first major new water storage project in decades, despite warnings from tribal and environmental groups that it would hasten the extinction of multiple species of salmon. The vote by the California Water Commission ensured that the Sites Reservoir project will remain eligible for about $800 million in taxpayer money, representing about 20% of the project's roughly $4 billion price tag. The reservoir is one of seven water storage projects scheduled to receive funding from a voter-approved bond in 2014.
news.yahoo.comCan California legally require women on corporate boards?
When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation's first law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies, he suggested it might not survive legal challenges. Three years later, a judge will begin hearing evidence Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that could undo the law credited with giving more women seats in boardrooms traditionally dominated by men. The California law has spurred other states to adopt or consider similar laws.
news.yahoo.comColumn: California's controversial law requiring women on corporate boards is back in the crosshairs
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit that had seemed to be dead. Now we're going to find out whether the state went too far in ordering companies to put women on their boards of directors.
news.yahoo.comOn tap in California: Another drought four years after last
In California that pretty much means we have a drought,โ said Jay Lund, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of California, Davis. In California, the heaviest rain and snow comes in the winter months, but not this year โ about 90% of the state already is experiencing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. AdMuch of Californiaโs water comes from mountain snow in the Sierra Nevada that melts during the spring and summer and feeds rivers and streams that in turn fill reservoirs. The state largely escaped fire devastation during the previous drought, but has suffered terribly since, after 100 million trees died and vegetation remained dry as a result of the drought. โThe interesting thing about these other drought impacts is they happened after the drought ended," Lund said. "
Federal judge rules California can enforce net neutrality law
Former Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill in 2018, making California the first state to pass a net neutrality law. But in a separate lawsuit, the telecom industry asked a federal judge to keep blocking the law. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez denied their request, allowing California to begin enforcing the law. California's law was spurred by the Federal Communications Commission's 2017 decision to repeal net-neutrality rules that applied nationwide. The law seeks to ban internet providers from slowing down customers' data streams based on the content they are viewing.
cbsnews.comFederal judge rules California can enforce net neutrality law
Former Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill in 2018, making California the first state to pass a net neutrality law. But in a separate lawsuit, the telecom industry asked a federal judge to keep blocking the law. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez denied their request, allowing California to begin enforcing the law. California's law was spurred by the Federal Communications Commission's 2017 decision to repeal net-neutrality rules that applied nationwide. The law seeks to ban internet providers from slowing down customers' data streams based on the content they are viewing.
cbsnews.comFederal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law
FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, a federal judge ruled California could enforce a 2018 net neutrality law. Jerry Brown signed the bill in 2018, making California the first state to pass a net neutrality law. But in a separate lawsuit, the telecom industry asked a federal judge to keep blocking the law. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez denied their request, allowing California to begin enforcing the law. The law seeks to ban internet providers from slowing down customers' data streams based on the content they are viewing.
HHS pick says pandemic is top job, but agenda is broader
โTo meet this moment, we need strong federal leadership," Becerra said at the first of two hearings on his nomination. AdAppearing before the Senate health committee, Becerra seconded President Joe Bidenโs goals of 100 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days, increased coronavirus testing, ramped-up DNA mapping of the virus to track worrisome mutations and reopening schools and businesses. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the ranking Republican on the health committee, left no doubt that Becerra faces tough scrutiny. California took pride in viewing itself as the resistance to Trump, and Becerra embodied that ethos. AdLack of medical experience doesn't disqualify a nominee for HHS secretary, though it can be a plus.
Newsletter: That quid pro quo
Here are the stories you shouldnt miss today:TOP STORIESThat Quid Pro QuoGordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a key defender of President Trump in the impeachment inquiry, has revised his statement to House impeachment investigators. AdvertisementHis new account undercuts White House officials who have repeatedly pointed to Sondlands testimony that he did not believe there was quid pro quo. And as one of the few impeachment witnesses so far who had direct access to Trump, Sondland cannot be dismissed as a so-called Never Trumper. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementCALIFORNIA The DMV suffered what it called a data breach that let federal agencies, including immigration authorities, improperly access the Social Security information of 3,200 drivers.
latimes.comEx-California governor slams GM for backing Trump on tailpipe emissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former California Governor Jerry Brown slammed General Motors Co on Tuesday for siding with the Trump administration in its bid to bar California from setting its own fuel efficiency and tailpipe emission rules for passenger cars and trucks. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a briefing with State officials after visiting the charred wreckage of Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park in Paradise, in Chico, California, U.S., November 17, 2018. Those states, including New York, New Mexico and Minnesota, sued the administration to prevent Trump from blocking the California standard. Brown said this was the third time GM has taken action against Californias air pollution and vehicle emissions rules. Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has gone after California on several fronts.
feeds.reuters.comEx-California governor says Trump's war on clean car rules 'commercially suicidal'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administrations rollback of U.S. clean car standards is commercially suicidal and will cost consumers billions of dollars, former California Governor Jerry Brown will tell Congress on Tuesday. Rolling back Californias clean car rules, as the president is proposing, is just plain dumb, if not commercially suicidal. In September, the administration said it would revoke Californias authority to set strict car pollution rules that nearly two dozen states have adopted. Those states, including New York, New Mexico and Minnesota, sued the administration to prevent Trump from blocking the California standard. The world is facing a climate crisis - people are fleeing their homes, homes are being burnt to the ground, he said.
feeds.reuters.comCalifornia adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
"No state does it as well or comprehensively as the state of California, and we still have a long way to go." It cited information from the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. The measure was opposed by gun owners' rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union. Irwin also authored related legislation requiring law enforcement agencies to develop written policies and standards for seeking gun violence restraining orders. Other new California gun laws approved by Newsom include: Limiting the sales of semi-automatic centerfire rifles to one every 30 days and prohibiting their sales to anyone under 21.
chicagotribune.comWhy Jane Fonda is moving to Washington (for now)
The 81-year-old actress, activist and exercise phenom is moving to Washington for four months with a plan to get arrested. But we want to reach the people who know its a man-made problem, know it exists, but they dont know what to do. I dont know, Im not even thinking about it. I read an article about Lyndon LaRouche because he hounded me in the airports Feed Jane Fonda to the Whales, Jane Fonda Leaks More Than Three Mile Island, etc. Its been six years, but its something that I dont really understand.
latimes.comCalifornia ex-governor launches climate partnership with China
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday announced the launch of a partnership between China and the University of California at Berkeley to advance research into low-carbon technology to fight climate change. FILE PHOTO: California Governor Jerry Brown delivers his final state of the state address in Sacramento, California, U.S., January 25, 2018. This will be the open channel between America and China on the number one topic our countries share not trade but climate change.The two-time Democratic California governor announced the California-China Climate Institute alongside Chinas top climate change official Xie Zhenhua. Brown said China is on the verge of leadership on electric cars and will benefit from working with California. He added that California and China would also work on models for cap-and-trade.
feeds.reuters.comTrumps tax returns required under new California election law
The law also requires candidates for governor to release their tax returns before the statewide primary, beginning in 2024. Access by the public and news media to a candidates personal tax returns has been a touchstone of presidential politics for more than four decades. Today we require tax returns, but what would be next? Brown wrote in his veto message. Releasing your tax returns is really a low bar to hit, McGuire said Tuesday. This is bigger than any one president.California lawmakers have not been alone in their effort to force presidential candidates to hand over their tax forms.
latimes.comCalifornia governor signs bill on presidential tax returns
California's Democratic governor signed a law Tuesday requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the state's primary ballot, a move aimed squarely at Republican President Donald Trump . California is the first state to enact legislation compelling political candidates to disclose their personal income tax returns. New York state has passed a law giving congressional committees access to Trump's state tax returns, which Trump has challenged in court . California's first attempt to force presidential candidates to reveal their tax returns failed in 2017 when then-Gov. "Even if the tax returns are completely lawful, there is plenty of material for opposition researchers," he said.
chicagotribune.comCalifornia ends use of out-of-state prisons after 13 years
Thirteen years after California began exporting thousands of felons to private prisons across the nation, the last convict boarded a bus back to California on Tuesday. To make room for returning inmates, California shed nearly 50,000 inmates from its in-state prisons as voters and lawmakers eased criminal penalties and began housing lower-level criminals in county jails instead of state lockups. By then, more than 10,000 inmates were housed in private prisons in Arizona, Michigan, Mississippi and Oklahoma. "He acknowledged he probably could have never have reduced the prison population like he did without the court's ruling," Specter recalled. State prisons now house nearly 126,000 inmates, still about a third more than their design capacity.
chicagotribune.comCalif. Gov. Brown on endorsing Clinton, "loose cannon" Trump
One of the country's longest-serving progressive Democrats was a late convert to Hillary Clinton's campaign. California Gov. Jerry Brown praised Clinton and her work to fight climate change Wednesday at the Democratic convention. Brown's endorsement of Clinton comes despite the fact his lifelong causes are similar to those of Bernie Sanders. Brown joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the Democratic convention and why he thinks Donald Trump is unstable.
cbsnews.comCalif. declares state of emergency over gas leak
After 75 days of a massive methane gas leak, Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in California. While federal funds will now be available, Brown says the gas company will pay for the cost of fixing the leak. Mireya Villarreal reports.
cbsnews.comBill Clinton, Jerry Brown trade jabs at 1992 Democratic primary debate
"You're not worth being on the same platform as my wife," Bill Clinton told Jerry Brown in a 1992 Democratic primary debate in Chicago after Brown accused Clinton of funneling Arkansas state money to Hillary Clinton's law firm.
cbsnews.comNew law aims to limit antibiotics in animal feed
California is home to the nation's toughest law dealing with antibiotics given to animals that people eat. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill Saturday. Eighty percent of the antibiotics used in this country are not taken by humans to fight disease, but to help farm animals grow bigger, faster. That is fueling the rise of antibiotic resistance in people, including the threat from superbugs. Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" from Los Angeles to discuss the impact of the new law.
cbsnews.comPotential solutions to California's drought emergency
California Gov. Jerry Brown is imposing the state's first mandatory limit on water use. It targets businesses and consumers in cities and towns, but it will not affect the farms that use most of California's water. CBS News contributor and City College of New York physics professor Michio Kaku joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss potential solutions to the water crisis.
cbsnews.comCalifornia governor orders historic water use restrictions due to drought
California is in the midst of its worst drought ever recorded, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown to mandate restrictions on water use for 39 million residents. The plan aims to cut overall water use by 25 percent. Omar Villafranca reports from South Lake Tahoe, California.
cbsnews.comUnprecedented action taken to combat Calif. drought
California Governor Jerry Brown announced an executive order Wednesday aimed at cutting water usage across the state by 25 percent. The announcement came as California struggles to cope with a severe drought that is likely to extend into the next year. Omar Villafranca reports.
cbsnews.comThe zeal of Gov. Jerry Brown
The zeal of Gov. Jerry Brown In 2010 California voters re-elected a man many thought had been relegated to history: former Governor Jerry Brown. Many now credit his policies for bringing his state back from the brink, and last November he was elected yet again for an unprecedented fourth term as governor. John Blackstone sits down with Brown for some questions and answers about his colorful past - and his remarkable comeback
cbsnews.comPreview: Gov. Jerry Brown on perseverance
Preview: Gov. Jerry Brown on perseverance After serving as California's Governor in the 1970s and '80s, Jerry Brown was reelected last November to his fourth term. In this preview of a profile to be broadcast on "Sunday Morning," Brown talks to John Blackstone about "sticking to it."
cbsnews.comCalifornia becomes first state to prohibit plastic bags
California becomes first state to prohibit plastic bags California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill outlawing single-use plastic shopping bags at grocery and convenience stores. The landmark law is aimed at protecting the environment, but critics say it's bad business. John Blackstone reports.
cbsnews.comCalif. Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency for Northern California
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency for Northern California California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Napa, Solana and Sonoma counties. More than 60,000 people lost their power and officials say there were dozens of water main breaks, along with more than 100 gas leaks. John Blackstone reports.
cbsnews.com8/24: Northern California rocked by strong earthquake; Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency for Northern California
8/24: Northern California rocked by strong earthquake; Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown declares state of emergency for Northern California A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area, the strongest there in 25 years. The ground began shaking early Sunday morning and was especially fierce in Napa Valley; and, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Napa, Solana and Sonoma counties. More than 60,000 people lost their power and officials say there were dozens of water main breaks, along with more than 100 gas leaks.
cbsnews.comCalifornia couple threatened with fine for under-watering lawn
California couple threatened with fine for under-watering lawn Michael and Laura Korte felt they were answering Gov. Jerry Brown's urgent call to turn off the tap. But as Danielle Nottingham explains, they were threatened with a $500 fine for under-watering their lawn.
cbsnews.com7/20: Deadly day in Gaza as Israel steps up ground offensive; California couple threatened with fine for under-watering lawn
7/20: Deadly day in Gaza as Israel steps up ground offensive; California couple threatened with fine for under-watering lawn Sunday was the deadliest day yet in the Gaza conflict, with 90 Palestinians killed along with 13 Israeli soldiers. The shells poured in for hours, only briefly interrupted by a humanitarian cease-fire, which allowed rescuers to find the wounded; and, Michael and Laura Korte felt they were answering Gov. Jerry Brown's urgent call to turn off the tap. But as Danielle Nottingham explains, they were threatened with a $500 fine for under-watering their lawn.
cbsnews.comCracking the code: Push to teach computer science in classrooms
Cracking the code: Push to teach computer science in classrooms Several leading names in the tech industry are urging California Gov. Jerry Brown to make a meaningful investment in computer science education. Michelle Miller reports on why it's part of a nationwide campaign to broaden access to computer programming training.
cbsnews.comCalif. Gov. Jerry Brown talks drought, political future
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown talks drought, political future California Gov. Jerry Brown tells Scott Pelley the drought affecting his state will have an impact worldwide. He also speaks about why he's running for re-election as governor and whether he'll make another run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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