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California Governor Gavin Newsom issues executive order to clear homeless encampments
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 28: A person walks past an encampment of unhoused people in the Skid Row community on June 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that cities can ban people, including those who are homeless, from camping and sleeping outdoors in public places, overturning lower court rulings. Skid Row is home to thousands of people who are either experiencing homelessness on the streets or living in shelters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Newsom issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments in California
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom greets people, July 8, 2024, near the Common Man Roadside Market and Deli, in Hooksett, N.H. Newsom issued an executive order Thursday, July 25, for the removal of homeless encampments in his state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of continued contract negotiations
Pixar Pier attractions operator Ruth Lopez, left, joins other Disney union members as they pass out buttons and ask visitors to sign a petition supporting their fight for a contract with the theme park company outside the Harbor Boulevard entrance on Monday, July 1, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
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California first state to get federal funds for hydrogen energy hub to help replace fossil fuels
FILE - A hydrogen fuel cell bus is refueled at a fueling station, March 16, 2021, in Canton, Ohio. California will be the first state to receive federal funds under a program to create regional networks, or "hubs," that produce hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity, officials announced Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
opinion
What happened when California raised minimum wage? A cautionary tale
Gus Carlson
world
Snapchat Inc. to pay $15-million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in California
FILE - The Snapchat app on a mobile device is seen in New York. Snap Inc., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The owner of Snapchat will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency that claimed the company discriminated against female employees, failed to prevent workplace sexual harassment and retaliated against women who complained. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event, study says
FILE - Laurene Bishop, from South Lake Tahoe, walks her dog Aubrey down Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., March 1, 2023. A new study finds the snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above. The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls. (Salgu Wissmath/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
road sage
Politicians, the best way to divide and motivate voters is to use the ‘Power of Transport’
Andrew Clark
world
Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 24: Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. School administrators and pro-Palestinian student protesters made progress on negations after the school set a midnight deadline for students to disband the encampment. The students agreed to remove many of the tents erected on the lawn, ensured that non-students would leave, and bared discriminatory or harassing language among the protesters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
opinion
A Canadian federal ban on non-compete agreements is long overdue
Matt Malone
tennis
Auger-Aliassime tops Nardi at Monte Carlo Classic to set up showdown with Alcaraz
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime plays a forehand return to Italy's Luca Nardi during their Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament round of 64 tennis match on the Rainier III court at the Monte Carlo Country Club on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo is pictured in an Apple store in Paris, France, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
canada
No tsunami danger to B.C. after earthquake in Taiwan, officials say
In this image taken from a video footage run by TVBS, a man checks a partially collapsed building in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.(TVBS via AP)
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Hermes sued in antitrust class action over Birkin bag sales
View of a Hermes Silver Metallic Chevre Birkin 30 bag up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Roselle Chen/File Photo
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Kamala Harris playing larger role in Biden’s re-election campaign
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Women for Biden campaign event in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on March 14, 2024. Harris was in Minnesota to promote her "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour advocating for reproductive rights and abortion access. (Photo by STEPHEN MATUREN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giant sequoias, world’s largest trees, thriving in U.K., report shows
FILE PHOTO: A giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove remains unscathed in the Washburn Fire that is burning in Yosemite National Park near Wawona, California, U.S. July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tracy Barbutes/File Photo
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The California coast offers up one of the world’s greatest road trips
Jacket, $7,850, skirt, $5,800 at Louis Vuitton (louisvuitton.com). 1964 Corvette Stingray provided by Monterey Touring Vehicles (montereytouringvehicles.com). Photographed on California's Highway 1 near Point Sur State Historic Park (visitcalifornia.com).
u.s. politics
Super Tuesday elections bring Biden, Trump closer to winning their party’s nominations
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump prepares to speak at a Super Tuesday election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel ‘dangerous to impossible’
BISHOP, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 23: (L to R) Katie Debbas, Teagan Baiotto and Jono Hart use uphill skis on a road closed for winter in the Sierra Nevada mountains after recent storms increased the snowpack on February 23, 2024 near Bishop, California. California’s statewide snowpack currently stands at 86 percent of normal for the date, alleviating concerns of a ‘snow drought’ this year. On average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack melt provides about 30 percent of California's crucial water supply in a state which only recovered from drought last year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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California Resources to buy Aera Energy to boost oil production
FILE Ñ Pumpjacks operating in Bakersfield, Calif., Nov. 3, 2021. California is considering phasing out oil drilling in the state by 2045 as part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions; however, in Kern County, oil and gas generate tax revenues that keep schools open and police departments funded. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
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