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Hansika Daggolu, an incoming junior at Mission San Jose High School, poses in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Middle and high school students in California will be able to sleep a little bit later when the new school year starts. Hansika, 15, said she is happy she will no longer have to rise before 7 a.m. herself to get to school by 8 a.m. The overall mood, she suspects, will lift as well. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
California Late Start Law Aims to Make School Less of a Yawn
  • 30 June 2022
Beginning this fall, high schools in the nation’s most populous state can’t start before 8:30...
  • AP News
California Late Start Law Aims to Make School Less of a Yawn
Ronald Reagan once said there is absolutely no reason why out on the street today a civilian should be carrying a loaded weapon.
Did Reagan Say ‘No Reason’ to Carry Loaded Guns in Public?
  • 3 June 2022
Readers emailed us to ask if former U.S. President and California Gov. Ronald Reagan once...
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Did Reagan Say ‘No Reason’ to Carry Loaded Guns in Public?
In this photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, is a mountain lion after it entered an empty high school classroom in Pescadero, Calif., Wednesday, June 1, 2022. A quick-thinking member of the custodial staff was opening Pescadero High for the school day when the juvenile cougar was spotted and was able to safely confine the mountain lion said Detective Javier Acosta with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. No students or teachers were on campus at the time, Acosta said. (Javier Acosta/San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Janitor Corrals Curious Cougar in Empty California Classroom
  • 3 June 2022
A quick-thinking custodian safely confined a curious cougar in an empty classroom after it entered...
  • AP News
Janitor Corrals Curious Cougar in Empty California Classroom
An onlooker stands near an ocean cliff in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., Monday, May 23, 2022. Four people fell off a Southern California ocean cliff in the early morning darkness on Monday and a man was killed and two women were critically injured, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
4 People Fall off California Cliff; 1 Dead and 2 Badly Hurt
  • 24 May 2022
The fourth person, a man who suffered minor injuries, managed to climb back up from...
  • AP News
4 People Fall off California Cliff; 1 Dead and 2 Badly Hurt
Keith M Alber wrote an opinion from a former judge which began with the words I am a student of law whose age is 85.
Did Keith M. Alber Write, ‘Opinion From a Former Judge’?
  • 16 May 2022
Among the purported steps to overturn democracy were "divide the nation philosophically" and "control all...
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Did Keith M. Alber Write, ‘Opinion From a Former Judge’?
FILE - A small stream runs through the dried, cracked earth of a former wetland near Tulelake, Calif., on June 9, 2021. Southern California's gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring some 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
About 6M Californians Ordered to Cut Water Use Amid Drought
  • 28 April 2022
The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency.
  • AP News
About 6M Californians Ordered to Cut Water Use Amid Drought
The Joe Rogan subreddit on Reddit posted a California is a shithole starterpack and it included Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Alabama.
Is the ‘California is a Shithole’ Starterpack Accurate?
  • 15 February 2022
The "starterpack" picture appeared to be first posted to the Joe Rogan subreddit in February...
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Is the ‘California is a Shithole’ Starterpack Accurate?
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Was a Teacher Fired for Not ‘Meowing at Student Who Identifies as a Cat’?
  • 25 January 2022
A story shared on TikTok by California substitute teacher Bridget Maas went viral in January...
  • Fact Check
Was a Teacher Fired for Not ‘Meowing at Student Who Identifies as a Cat’?
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Did California Build 22 Prisons and 1 University Since 1980?
  • 14 December 2021
The state has built far more prisons than universities since 1980.
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Did California Build 22 Prisons and 1 University Since 1980?
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters after beating back the recall that aimed to remove him from office, at the John L. Burton California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Newsom on Saturday, Dec. 11 pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale assault weapons in the state, citing the same authority claimed by conservative lawmakers in Texas to outlaw most abortions once a heartbeat is detected. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
California Governor Wants Texas-Like Law to Ban Assault Guns
  • 13 December 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban...
  • AP News
California Governor Wants Texas-Like Law to Ban Assault Guns
Joy Klineberg tosses an onion peel into container to be used for composting while preparing a family meal at her home in Davis, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. In January 2022, new rules take effect in California requiring people to recycle their food waste to be combusted or turned into energy. Davis already requires residents to recycle their food waste into the yard waste bin instead of the trash. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Food Waste Becomes California’s Newest Climate Change Target
  • 9 December 2021
The nation's largest mandatory residential food waste recycling program is set to take effect in...
  • AP News
Food Waste Becomes California’s Newest Climate Change Target
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to volunteers in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The recall election that could remove California Democratic Gov. Newsom is coming to an end. Voting concludes Tuesday in the rare, late-summer election that has emerged as a national battlefront on issues from COVID-19 restrictions to climate change. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
California Gov. Newsom Crushes Republican-Led Recall Effort
  • 15 September 2021
Despite warnings the race would be close, California Gov. Gavin Newsom decisively defeated efforts to...
  • AP News
California Gov. Newsom Crushes Republican-Led Recall Effort
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