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California Braces for Dry Winter as Western Drought Drags On
The past three years have been California’s driest on record, a streak unlikely to break this winter, state officials said Monday.
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Newsom OKs Early Sale of Winter Blend Gasoline to Slow Surging Prices
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that oil refineries could start selling more polluting winter-blend gasoline ahead of schedule to ease soaring fuel prices, directly contradicting his own goals for reducing climate emissions.
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California Must Boost Water Recycling, Desalination, Newsom Says
California’s governor wants the state to invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination to shore up its supply over the next two decades.
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Gov. Newsom Wants to Accelerate Key Climate Goals
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to speed up the state’s transition to non-carbon electricity sources and accelerate its timeline for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
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California Too Slow to Fix Contaminated Water Systems: Audit
The water that comes out of the tap for more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink and the state isn’t acting fast enough to help clean it up, state auditors said in a report released Tuesday.
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California Prepares for Energy Shortfalls in Hot, Dry Summer
California likely will have an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when use is at its peak during the hot and dry summer months, state officials said Friday.
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Prosecutors Charge 3 With Murder in Sacramento Mass Shooting
Prosecutors have filed murder charges in a mass shooting that rocked California’s capital city a month ago.
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Court Documents Show Abuse Before Sacramento County Church Shooting
A man who was under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters and a chaperone before killing himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a Sacramento County church, officials said Tuesday.
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Man in Sacramento County Church Shooting Prohibited From Having Gun
A man who was under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters, a chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a Sacramento County church, officials said Tuesday.
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Costs Climb Again for California's High-Speed Rail Project
Another $5 billion has been added to the cost of California’s ambitious but long delayed high-speed rail line, according to estimates released Tuesday that show it could take $105 billion to finish the route from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
