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Retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly LA fire: ‘It makes no sense'
A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.
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California reports first wildfire death of the 2024 season as fires persist across the West
Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season, while wind-whipped flames in Arizona have forced hundreds to flee from what tribal leaders are calling the “most serious” wildfire on their reservation in decades.
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Billionaire backers of new California city reveal map, details of proposed development
The billionaire-funded push to create a new private city in Sonoma County took a step closer to getting on the November ballot. Flannery LLC, the company behind the so-called California Forever project filed an 83 page ballot initiative with the Solano County Registrar of Voters
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What to Know About Suspect in Bob Lee Killing
A tech consultant was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in downtown San Francisco, authorities said.
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California Budget: More for Homelessness, Less for Climate
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a $297 billion budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget announced Tuesday deals with a $22.5 billion projected deficit. It boosts funding to tackle homelessness while cutting some climate programs focused on zero-emission vehicles.
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California Reparations Task Force Dives Into What is Owed
After more than a year delving into history and studies to make its case for reparations to California descendants of enslaved Black people, a first-in-the-nation task force began deliberations Wednesday to quantify how financial compensation might be calculated and what might be required to prove eligibility.
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US Police Rarely Deploy Deadly Robots to Confront Suspects
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
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Newsom Challenging Local Leaders Before Releasing $1B Funding for Homelessness
California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month, but only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce the number of unhoused people in the state, his office said Friday.
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Lawsuit Demands San Francisco Stop Homeless Camp Sweeps
Homeless people and their advocates sued the city of San Francisco on Tuesday, demanding that it stop harassing and destroying the belongings of people living on the streets with nowhere to go, and with the goal of forcing the city to spend billions of dollars on affordable homes that will keep residents housed.
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Gov. Newsom OKs Mental Health Courts for Homeless
With more than 100,000 people living on California’s streets, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-of-its kind law on Wednesday that could force some of them into treatment as part of a program he describes as “care” but opponents argue is cruel.
