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July 2, 2020 at 11:11 am

How California went from success story to virus hot spot VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California's mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were...

July 1, 2020 at 10:05 pm

California governor: Wear masks, avoid July 4th gatherings VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Californians on Thursday to turn to their “better angels" and use common sense by wearing masks and...

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July 1, 2020 at 1:19 pm

Bars, restaurants pay price for California virus surge VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California took a big step back in reopening its economy on Wednesday as Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down bars, wineries, museums,...

June 25, 2020 at 9:30 pm

‘A problem that we need to solve’: Harris takes on policing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When pressed to take a position on tough issues during the Democratic presidential primary, Kamala Harris often replied with a variation...

June 25, 2020 at 2:38 pm

Data privacy, other measures qualify for California ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that...

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June 24, 2020 at 10:47 am

Q&A: Harris says Democrats need to listen to young voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris of California says that Democrats need to listen to young voters seeking change and that she won't “be played"...

June 23, 2020 at 3:45 pm

Q&A: Harris says Democrats need to listen to young voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris of California says that Democrats need to listen to young voters seeking change and that she won't “be played"...

June 5, 2020 at 12:24 pm

California again extends major contract for protective masks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is giving a Chinese manufacturer it contracted with for hundreds of millions of protective masks one more week to get...

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FILE – In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks at a news conference in Portland, Ore. A county judge has declared Brown’s coronavirus restrictions “null and void” because she didn’t have her emergency orders approved by the Legislature. Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff made the ruling Monday, May 18, 2020, in a lawsuit brought by churches that had sued saying the social-distancing directives were unconstitutional.(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) LA123 LA123

June 1, 2020 at 6:20 pm

Democratic governors reject Trump’s call to send in military

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several Democratic governors on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the U.S. military unless they dispatch National...

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May 28, 2020 at 10:01 pm

GOP lawyer fights California governor on stay-at-home orders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Long before Harmeet Dhillon became the leader of the legal fight against California's stay-at-home order, she was a new elementary school...

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