California hopes rebates, high gas costs steer a new generation to EVs
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California hopes rebates, high gas costs steer a new generation to EVs

With gas prices remaining high due to the war in Iran, California officials are hoping a new rebate program for electric cars can make the math work for…

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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles Northern California
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles Northern California

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Tuesday at 7:40 p.m., eight miles from Healdsburg, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the agency, the epicenter was…

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Voter ID-backers sue California attorney general over ballot description
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Voter ID-backers sue California attorney general over ballot description

Sacramento — Backers of a November ballot measure that would require Californians to verify their identity when voting sued state officials on Monday, alleging bias in how the ballot’s summary…

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California lifeguards are rescuing thousands during high surf, heat waves this summer
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California lifeguards are rescuing thousands during high surf, heat waves this summer

As millions of visitors flocked to the coast for a reprieve from the heat, lifeguards across California have sprung into action, making thousands of rescues over the last…

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California redwoods gateway is returned to Indigenous tribe. ‘That’s healing our people too’
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California redwoods gateway is returned to Indigenous tribe. ‘That’s healing our people too’

This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia. But in the Gold Rush era it was taken…

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Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
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Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU

Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in…

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Betye Saar dead: Assemblage artist ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima
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Betye Saar dead: Assemblage artist ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima

Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-à-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage…

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Huge waves from Hurricane Genevieve bring hazardous beach conditions
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Huge waves from Hurricane Genevieve bring hazardous beach conditions

Hurricane Genevieve, which is whipping up the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles off the southern tip of Baja California, will send big waves rolling toward beaches in San…

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Dove fire burns near Yosemite, prompting evacuation orders in Sonora
July 27, 2026
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Dove fire burns near Yosemite, prompting evacuation orders in Sonora

Backed by water tankers and a helicopter, firefighters on Sunday fought to contain a stubborn wildfire in Northern California that prompted officials to order evacuations. Authorities said they…

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Off-duty L.A. firefighter dies in highway collision with big rig
July 27, 2026
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Off-duty L.A. firefighter dies in highway collision with big rig

Los Angeles firefighters are mourning the death of a colleague in a crash in Whittier early Friday morning that involved a big rig. The L.A. Fire Department on…

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