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Were Illegal Immigrants Arrested for Starting California Wildfires?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct. 20, 2017 A series of articles fervently blamed immigrants and Muslims for devastating California fires -- ...
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Did California Governor Sign a Law Allowing Felons to Vote While in Prison?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 19, 2017 In September 2016, Jerry Brown did sign a law allowing some -- but not all -- convicted felons t ...
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Burnt hillside looking over undamaged residential area

Did 'Mexican Drug Cartels' Start the California Wildfires?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 17, 2017 Disreputable web sites provide no evidence to support a half-baked theory about the cause of the ...
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Did a Pieology Pizzeria Employee Write 'F*ck the Cops' on a Police Officer's Receipt?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 18, 2017 The Orange County, California-based pizza chain fired a worker for reportedly printing the phras ...
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Did People Put Sunscreen on Their Eyes During the Solar Eclipse?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sept. 5, 2017 A story that spread throughout the world is based on a single person's unverified claim.
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Did President Donald Trump Target a Democratic State Senator's Family for Deportation?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 11, 2017 A dubious right-wing web site makes a false claim about the family of California lawmaker Kevin ...
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Did Muslim Federal Judge 'Mahal al Alallaha-Smith' Rule that Two Items of Sharia Law Are Now Legal?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
July 25, 2017 An article reporting that a federal judge had implemented "sharia law" in the United States is f ...
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Did Rep. Darrell Issa 'Hide' on a Rooftop to Avoid Protesters?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
May 30, 2017 The Republican from California says he was simply taking pictures, but his political opponent sa ...
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California's governor, Jerry Brown

Is California Governor Jerry Brown 'Caught in the Middle' of a Corruption Investigation?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
May 9, 2017 A conservative-leaning website strained to connect Brown to a probe he personally ordered.
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Did California Divert Dam Repair Funds to Programs for 'Illegals'?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 16, 2017 Money for the state's dam infrastructure does not come from the same fund as programs that would ...
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Calexit Leader Distances Secession Initiative From Reports of Russian Connection

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 13, 2017 Louis Marinelli, president of the Yes California Independence Campaign, said during a Los Angele ...
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Worker Pensions Cut By 60 Percent In Small California Town

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Dec. 29, 2016 CalPERS implemented the cut in Loyalton after it opted out of the public employees' retirement s ...
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Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Win Came Entirely from California

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec. 19, 2016 Hillary Clinton garnered 4.3 million more votes than Donald Trump in the nation's most populous ...
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California Bill Enables Government to Seize Children?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Dec. 12, 2016 An "alternative health" site slammed state Sen. Richard Pan over a bill it says would endanger f ...
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'CalExit' Campaign Planning Post-Election Surge

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Nov. 9, 2016 Organizers say the state's economy is large enough for California to become a sovereign country.
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Shooting Near Polling Place in Northeast Los Angeles County

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2016 Police described the situation in the city of Azusa as "volatile".
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Earthquake Advisory Issued for Southern California

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Oct. 1, 2016 Despite alarming reports, the statistical probability of a "Big One" occurring in California tem ...
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Man Dies After Being Tased By Police in Pasadena, California

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Bethania Palma
Sept. 30, 2016 Relatives of Reginald Thomas say he was mentally ill, and was holding a knife and fire extinguis ...
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Has Child Prostitution Been Legalized in California?

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Snopes Staff
Sept. 29, 2016 A rumor that California had legalized prostitution for minors was based on a faulty understandin ...
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El Cajon Police Release Shooting Videos

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 27, 2016 The department said that the investigation into the shooting of Alfred Olango is continuing.
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