Years later, California voters still wait on water projects
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
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Years later, California voters still wait on water projects
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Years later, California voters still wait on water projects
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Years later, California voters still wait on water projects
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California moves slowly on water projects amid drought
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California moves slowly on water projects amid drought
SITES, Calif. (AP) — In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California's complex water storage system like never before, voters told the state to borrow $7.5 billion and use part of it to build projects to stockpile more water.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.
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California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.
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California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
California's Asian population soars, new census data shows
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Asian population grew by 25% in the past decade, making it the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation's most populous state, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
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California's Asian population soars, new census data shows
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Asian population grew by 25% in the past decade, making it the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation's most populous state, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
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California's Asian population soars, new census data shows
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Asian population grew by 25% in the past decade, making it the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation's most populous state, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
California's Asian population soars, new census data shows
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Asian population grew by 25% in the past decade, making it the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation's most populous state, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California selected another 15 people on Friday to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine amid hopes from state officials that the chance of winning big money will convince skeptics to get inoculated ahead of the state's broad reopening next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California selected another 15 people on Friday to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine amid hopes from state officials that the chance of winning big money will convince skeptics to get inoculated ahead of the state's broad reopening next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California selects another 15 winners in vaccine lottery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California selected another 15 people on Friday to win $50,000 each just for getting the coronavirus vaccine amid hopes from state officials that the chance of winning big money will convince skeptics to get inoculated ahead of the state's broad reopening next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought ravages California's reservoirs ahead of hot summer
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Drought ravages California's reservoirs ahead of hot summer
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California eyes shuttered malls, stores for new housing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state's coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball's opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball's opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball's opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California to let Major League Baseball, Disneyland reopen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball's opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The majority of California's 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. Critics panned the plan as inadequate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The majority of California's 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. Critics panned the plan as inadequate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The majority of California's 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. Critics panned the plan as inadequate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tax forms help reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the U.S. became lucrative targets for criminals when they were bombarded with claims last year as millions lost jobs due to coronavirus shutdowns.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Tax forms help reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the U.S. became lucrative targets for criminals when they were bombarded with claims last year as millions lost jobs due to coronavirus shutdowns.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Tax forms help reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the U.S. became lucrative targets for criminals when they were bombarded with claims last year as millions lost jobs due to coronavirus shutdowns.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Surprise tax forms reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the country were bombarded with so many claims during the pandemic that many struggled to distinguish the correct from the criminal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
California expands eligibility for coronavirus vaccine
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California made another 4 million people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, intensifying a competition among the state’s biggest counties as they race to acquire enough doses to inoculate their populations while the state endures another surge in new cases and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California expands eligibility for coronavirus vaccine
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California made another 4 million people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, intensifying a competition among the state’s biggest counties as they race to acquire enough doses to inoculate their populations while the state endures another surge in new cases and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California counties beg for vaccine as eligibility expands
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California counties begged for more coronavirus vaccine as the state added a potential 4 to 6 million people to those eligible for the sought-after doses.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California counties beg for vaccine as eligibility expands
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California counties begged for more coronavirus vaccine as the state added a potential 4 to 6 million people to those eligible for the sought-after doses.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California expands eligibility for coronavirus vaccine
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California made another 4 million people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, intensifying a competition among the state’s biggest counties as they race to acquire enough doses to inoculate their populations while the state endures another surge in new cases and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Virus, housing issues await returning California lawmakers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mending California's coronavirus-ravaged economy and fixing a state unemployment agency that is at the center of a titanic fraud case that could exceed $2 billion are at the top of the to-do list when lawmakers resume their session on Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California governor's budget booms despite pandemic problems
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again swimming in money.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California governor's budget booms despite pandemic problems
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again swimming in money.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California budget calls for $15 billion in economic relief
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday released a plan calling for $15 billion in economic relief for Californians as part of his $227 billion plan as the state confronts a surge of coronavirus cases and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California budget proposes $15 billion for economic relief
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $227 billion budget plan released Friday would turn a $15 billion windfall because of surging tax revenues into economic relief as the state confronts the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California budget forecasts $15 billion one-time windfall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $227 billion budget plan released Friday would turn a $15 billion windfall into economic relief as the state faces a rapid surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pandemic's uneven impact highlight California budget issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In his first year in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a $21.5 billion surplus to spend. In his second year, he had to make up a $54.3 billion shortfall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pandemic's uneven impact highlight California budget issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In his first year in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a $21.5 billion surplus to spend. In his second year, he had to make up a $54.3 billion shortfall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California governor plans $4 billion for economic recovery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After spending most of 2020 telling small businesses to close and limit their customers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $4 billion worth of state spending he says will help them survive in 2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
California governor plans $4 billion for economic recovery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After spending most of 2020 telling small businesses to close and limit their customers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $4 billion worth of state spending he says will help them survive in 2021.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Veteran California Capitol worker dies from COVID-19
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A veteran employee at the California state Capitol died last month after contracting the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fraudulent unemployment claims filed in name of U.S. senator
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Fraudulent unemployment claims filed in name of U.S. senator
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California's growth rate at record low as more people leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More people are leaving California than moving here, continuing a trend that coupled with fewer births has slowed the growth rate in the nation's most populous state to a record low amid a pandemic that is reshaping its future.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California's growth rate at record low as more people leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More people are leaving California than moving here, continuing a trend that coupled with fewer births has slowed the growth rate in the nation's most populous state to a record low amid a pandemic that is reshaping its future.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Electoral College vote in California cements Biden victory
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California electors on Monday cast the state's 55 votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, formally cementing the Democratic presidential ticket’s victory over President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus rages as new rules challenge California city's mettle
LODI, Calif. (AP) — In San Joaquin County, part of California’s vast Central Valley that produces most of the country’s fruits and vegetables, the coronavirus is spreading like a weed and the hospitals are running out of beds for the sickest patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus rages as new rules challenge California city's mettle
LODI, Calif. (AP) — In San Joaquin County, part of California’s vast Central Valley that produces most of the country’s fruits and vegetables, the coronavirus is spreading like a weed and the hospitals are running out of beds for the sickest patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virus rages as new rules challenge California city's mettle
LODI, Calif. (AP) — In San Joaquin County, part of California’s vast Central Valley that produces most of the country’s fruits and vegetables, the coronavirus is spreading like a weed and the hospitals are running out of beds for the sickest patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California releases smartphone virus tool as cases soar
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people of possible coronavirus exposure as cases soar higher, new restrictions are imposed and many people still say they won't heed the pleas to stay home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California releases smartphone virus tool as cases soar
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people of possible coronavirus exposure as cases soar higher, new restrictions are imposed and many people still say they won't heed the pleas to stay home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California unveils smartphone virus tool as cases surge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people of possible coronavirus exposure as cases surge higher, new restrictions are imposed and many people said they won't heed the pleas to stay home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
As virus surges, California lawmakers gather to start work
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers convened a legislative session like never before on Monday, swearing in some newly-elected lawmakers remotely while substituting the regal state Capitol with a cavernous NBA arena on a day the government ordered more than 33 million people to stay home because of a pandemic …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California unveils smartphone tool to trace virus cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is rolling out a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people if they spent time near someone who tests positive for the coronavirus as cases and hospitalizations soar throughout the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California gloom: Virus cases spiral, new closures imminent
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals will be overwhelmed with infected patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California gloom: Virus cases spiral, new closures imminent
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals will be overwhelmed with infected patients.
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California governor: Most of state nears stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will likely order most of its businesses to close or limit capacity in the coming days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, part of new rules triggered when fewer than 15% of beds are available in intensive care units for regional hospital networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California governor: Most of state to meet new virus rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday most of the state will likely be under a new stay-at-home order within a day or two.
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California governor expected to announce new virus rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's quarantined governor was expected to announce new “drastic action” Thursday to combat the sudden surge in coronavirus cases, potentially issuing a new stay-at-home order for the state's nearly 40 million people amid fears that hospitals could be overwhelmed within weeks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California COVID-19 surge could lead to new stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's quarantined governor is considering placing nearly all of the state's 40 million residents under a tough stay-at-home order amid fears that a staggering coronavirus surge could swamp the hospital system within weeks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California COVID-19 surge could lead to new stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's quarantined governor is considering placing nearly all of the state's 40 million residents under a tough stay-at-home order amid fears that a staggering coronavirus surge could swamp the hospital system within weeks.
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California paid $400 million in jobless benefits to inmates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California sent about $400 million in fraudulent unemployment benefit payments to state prisoners, a state official said Tuesday, nearly triple the amount disclosed last week and a number that could grow as a criminal investigation continues.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutors said Tuesday, detailing a scheme that resulted in claims filed in the names of well-known convicted murderers like Scott Peterson …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California sent jobless aid to Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 35,000 prisoners, prosecutors said Tuesday, detailing a scheme that resulted in payouts in the names of well-known convicted murderers like Scott Peterson and Cary Stayner.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Prosecutor: Unemployment claim made in Scott Peterson's name
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California prosecutor says someone has filed an unemployment claim in the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
New virus rules threaten California's October job gains
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's beleaguered restaurant and hospitality industry rebounded in October, adding 66,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate in the nation's most populous state dipped below 10% for the first time since the pandemic upended the state's economy in March.
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California inmate fought wildfires, now faces deportation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the thousands of firefighters who battled record-setting wildfires in California this year was Bounchan Keola, a 39-year-old immigrant from Laos serving a 28-year prison sentence for a gang-related shooting when he was 16.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income isn't reelected
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded program to give poor people $500 a month in guaranteed income, conceded that he lost his bid for reelection in his California city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Budget 'windfall' in California as economy weathers virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When California shut down most of its economy in the spring because of the coronavirus, the state Legislature passed a spending plan that assumed the worst: An unemployment rate at 25%, record high enrollment in social safety net programs and a 15% drop in tax collections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California analyst forecasts one-time $26 billion windfall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California overestimated what it thought would be a jaw-dropping $54 billion budget deficit, creating a one-time $26 billion windfall for lawmakers to spend next year, the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Stockton mayor who pushed guaranteed income isn't reelected
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the youngest mayors in the country, who garnered national attention for starting a privately funded program to give poor people $500 a month in guaranteed income, conceded that he lost his bid for reelection in his California city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California businesses hit with new virus restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California gym owner D'Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, so the prospect of tighter state regulations has her feeling demoralized.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Some resist California's new coronavirus restrictions
YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Rick Patrick wears a mask and thinks those who don’t are “asinine.” He rarely leaves his home. He disapproves of what he calls the “stupidity” of people gathering in crowds.
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Some resist California's new coronavirus restrictions
YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Rick Patrick wears a mask and thinks those who don’t are “asinine.” He rarely leaves his home. He disapproves of what he calls the “stupidity” of people gathering in crowds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California businesses hit with new virus restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California gym owner D'Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, so the prospect of tighter state regulations has her feeling demoralized.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California governor imposes new restrictions in pandemic
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was pulling the “emergency brake” Monday on reopening the state's economy as coronavirus cases surge at the fastest rate since the start of the outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California businesses hit with new virus restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California gym owner D'Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, so the prospect of tighter state regulations has her feeling demoralized.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California businesses brace for new virus restrictions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California gym owner D'Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, so the prospect of tighter state regulations has her feeling demoralized.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California governor imposes new restrictions in pandemic
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was pulling the “emergency brake” Monday on reopening the state's economy as coronavirus cases surge at the fastest rate since the start of the outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
In California, fate of tax hikes depends on who is asking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — This 2020 election, California voters narrowly defeated a $12.5 billion statewide business property tax increase that would have benefited schools and local governments, offering a rebuttal to the state's reputation as a liberal paradise dominated by tax-and-spend Democrats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
'Tail winds': California prepares for Biden presidency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House, California is planning for a transition of its own: From the state of resistance to a state of acceptance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Star Stockton mayor's reelection wavers, but he's confident
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who skyrocketed to national attention as one of the youngest mayors of a big city in the country, says he is “100%” confident he will win reelection despite early returns in San Joaquin County that show him trailing his Republican challenger.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Support growing to mail all ballots in California elections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Henry Brown got his ballot in the mail last month, the 74-year-old California musician didn't agonize over his decision. He filled it out and mailed it back on the same day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California chooses Biden; state GOP hoping for US House wins
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California delivered a strong rebuke to Donald Trump's presidency as Democrat Joe Biden ran up the score in the liberal state with a victory of 4 million votes in an election upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Democrat Joe Biden wins California’s 55 electoral votes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joe Biden won California and its 55 electoral votes Tuesday, tightening the Democrats’ grip on the nation’s most populous state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Huge turnout as California finally reaches Election Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Election Day arrived Tuesday in California with a huge number of votes already cast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Huge turnout as California finally reaches Election Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Election Day was arriving Tuesday in California as most of the votes have already been cast.
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Amid pandemic, in-person voting underway in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In-person voting started for most California counties this weekend as local election officials — many for the first time — opened polling places days early in hopes of avoiding crushing crowds on Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Amid pandemic, in-person voting underway in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In-person voting started for most California counties this weekend as local election officials — many for the first time — opened polling places days early in hopes of avoiding crushing crowds on Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Fewer in-person polling places in California on Election Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians are voting in record numbers, with more than a third of the state's 22.3 million ballots already returned to county election offices one week before Election Day.
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California governor: Death penalty 'infected by racism'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's process for imposing the death penalty “is now, and always has been, infected by racism,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Monday in a brief filed with the state Supreme Court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California governor: Death penalty 'infected by racism'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's process for imposing the death penalty “is now, and always has been, infected by racism,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Monday in a brief filed with the state Supreme Court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Unemployment fraud concerns prompt action in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At least 350,000 debit cards filled with money for unemployment benefits in California have been frozen because of suspected fraud, state officials said, revealing how prevalent the problem has become now that the state has paid more than $105 billion in benefits since March.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Judge denies AG request to expedite lawsuit against GOP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra's request to expedite his lawsuit against the state Republican Party.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Judge denies AG request to expedite lawsuit against GOP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra's request to expedite his lawsuit against the state Republican Party.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Becerra wants judge to make GOP give details on ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Democratic attorney general sued the state Republican Party on Tuesday, asking a judge to make them hand over the names and contact information of every voter who used one of the GOP's unofficial ballot drop boxes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Becerra wants judge to make GOP give details on ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Democratic attorney general sued the state Republican Party on Tuesday, asking a judge to make them hand over the names and contact information of every voter who used one of the GOP's unofficial ballot drop boxes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California's feared surge of virus cases hasn't happened
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Near the end of September, with coronavirus cases falling and more schools and businesses reopening, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration urged restraint, citing a statistical model that predicted a startling 89% increase in virus hospitalizations in the next month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California's feared surge of virus cases hasn't happened
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Near the end of September, with coronavirus cases falling and more schools and businesses reopening, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration urged restraint, citing a statistical model that predicted a startling 89% increase in virus hospitalizations in the next month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ballot harvesting under scrutiny in California elections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time, all of California's more than 21 million active registered voters got a ballot in the mail that they can fill out in their own homes. While only you can complete your ballot, anyone can return it for you.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Ballot harvesting under scrutiny in California elections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time, all of California's more than 21 million active registered voters got a ballot in the mail that they can fill out in their own homes. While only you can complete your ballot, anyone can return it for you.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California GOP says it won't remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from counties with competitive U.S. House races.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California GOP says it won't remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from counties with competitive U.S. House races.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California GOP considers adding more disputed ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Republican Party no longer will label its ballot drop boxes as “official" to avoid confusion with those used by county registrars, but may expand their use even as state officials say they're illegal, a party official said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California GOP considers adding more disputed ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Republican Party no longer will label its ballot drop boxes as “official" to avoid confusion with those used by county registrars, but may expand their use even as state officials say they're illegal, a party official said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the “vote tampering" could face prosecution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the “vote tampering" could face prosecution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
With federal aid stalled, no help for California budget cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When state lawmakers in July cut $150 million from the California court system, they offered this hope to stressed-out administrators: The cuts would vanish if Congress sent the state more money before Oct. 15.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
California shuts bars, indoor dining and most gyms, churches
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and has ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising
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Retired docs, nursing, med students: California wants you
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is recruiting thousands of retired health care workers along with medical and nursing students to help as emergency hospitals that could include sites like the Los Angeles Coliseum and other sports arenas handle an anticipated flood of coronavirus patients, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California governor: 5 big banks suspend mortgage payments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Five of the nation's largest banks have agreed to temporarily suspend residential mortgage payments for people affected by the coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
California rushes to try to contain virus among the homeless
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Home to the largest homeless population in the country, California officials are rushing to get tens of thousands of people off the streets and into shelters and tents to slow the spread of the coronavirus among one of the most vulnerable and difficult-to-reach groups.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California governor: Most schools won't reopen this spring
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s likely “few if any” California schools will reopen before summer break, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday as he provided a stark assessment of the implications from the spreading coronavirus that threatens to overwhelm the state’s hospitals and drain its spending reserves.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California Legislature OKs $1 billion for coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature approved up to $1 billion in new spending to combat the coronavirus outbreak, a Monday vote taken without some older members who stayed home rather than risk spreading the disease.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California's January jobs report reflects rosy past
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Facing major disruptions across nearly all economic sectors because of the coronavirus, California officials on Friday sent the public a postcard from the state's rosier past: The January jobs report.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Disneyland closes as California rushes to battle coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disneyland will close its doors for the rest of the month, an extraordinary decision mirrored throughout California by companies big and small after Gov. Gavin Newsom's call for any nonessential gatherings of 250 people or more to be canceled to help stop the rapid spread of …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
California asks LA County to mail ballots to deter delays
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's top election official says Los Angeles County should mail ballots to its 5.5 million registered voters at least 29 days ahead of the November general election to avoid the lengthy delays that plagued polling places in the nation's most populous county on Super Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Voting changes, computer glitches mar California primary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A series of changes in California meant to boost voter turnout and smooth its new Super Tuesday primary election led to a surge in last-minute voters, computer problems and short-staffing that appeared to catch elections officials by surprise, triggering scathing criticism Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Sanders wins California, Super Tuesday's biggest prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders won Super Tuesday's biggest prize, taking California on a night he sought to blunt the momentum of a suddenly surging Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Sanders wins California, Super Tuesday's biggest prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders won Super Tuesday's biggest prize, taking California on a night he sought to blunt the momentum of a suddenly surging Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Paul's presidential plan gets a boost
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