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News Articles: CAlifornia

People gather in San Francisco to watch a debate on Fox News between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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  • Elections

DeSantis-Newsom 'debate' offers window into the future of warring visions of America

There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Community health worker Hector Gallegos and nurse Jose Lopez gather supplies to treat homeless patients in Modesto, California.

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  • Health Care

Should Medicaid pay to help someone find a home? California is trying it

California is making the nation's most ambitious effort yet to cover non-traditional health care services like housing and food for some of the state's sickest and most vulnerable residents.

November 15, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Levi and
  • Dan Gorenstein
Five years after one of the worst wildfires in American history, the town of Paradise, Calif., is slowly being rebuilt.

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  • National

A California town wiped off the map by wildfire is still recovering five years on

Five years after of one of America's worst wildfires, slow and expensive recovery continues in Paradise, Calif., which could be a portent for what's ahead on fire-stricken Maui.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
A new development under construction in Casa Grande, Ariz., will feature 331 rental units, part of a larger boom of "build to rent" projects in recent years.

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  • Climate

3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places

Towns across the U.S. want to stop building homes that are vulnerable to climate-driven disasters, like wildfires, floods and droughts. It's easier said than done.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Rebecca Hersher
Kris Perry (left) and Sandy Stier, two plaintiffs in the landmark 2010 lawsuit that overturned California's ban on same-sex marriage, share photographs from their wedding ceremony during an interview at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 3. Stier and Perry came to the studio to watch clips of their testimony in federal court, which KQED had fought to get unsealed, for the first time.

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  • National

This trial struck down California's same-sex marriage ban. Now you can see the tapes

More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.

November 04, 2023
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  • Scott Shafer
A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside its offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The FDA says it's considering banning brominated vegetable oil, a food additive.

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  • Health

The FDA proposes banning a food additive that's been used for a century

Brominated vegetable oil is a food additive that studies show causes organ damage in rats and pigs. It was introduced in the 1920s and is used today in sodas and sports drinks.

November 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A federal judge rules again that California's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional

The judge conceded that weapons like AR-15s are commonly used by criminals, but said the guns are importantly also owned by people who obey the law and feel they need firearms to protect themselves.

October 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

FDA faces pressure to act nationwide on red dye in food

Red No. 3 was banned from cosmetics three decades ago. Consumer advocates question why it's still allowed in food products, including many popular with kids.

October 17, 2023
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  • Allison Aubrey
Host Pat Mitchell and Ava DuVernay speak at TEDWomen in Atlanta on Oct. 11, 2023.

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  • News

TEDWomen conference showcases Georgia leaders, Atlanta's appeal to global audience

The three-day event at Atlanta's Woodruff Arts Center included dozens of speakers and topics ranging from human rights to entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, hair sculpting and fireflies.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Ben Norris, 65, used to live on the streets. Now he's taking part in a pilot project in Oregon that uses Medicaid funds to pay for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.

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  • National

Can states ease homelessness by tapping Medicaid funding? Oregon is betting on it

Medicaid provides health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. Now, for the first time, it's being used for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
Powerball tickets are shown at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.

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  • National

$1.73 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

The jackpot is the world's second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

October 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders members Suzette Shaw, left, holding photos of 10 victims, and Margaret Prescod, at podium, join relatives of victims speaking after the sentencing for Lonnie Franklin Jr., a convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper," in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2016.

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  • Race

California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children

The alert system will use electronic highway signs and encourage the use of TV, radio, social media and other platforms to spread information about the missing person.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
GPB News NPR

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  • National

California's governor rejects a bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he vetoed the bill because the fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits will be nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.

September 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities, calling the measure "long overdue."

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  • Politics

New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and LGBTQ topics

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the new measure "long overdue," saying that the banning binge of diversity materials has to come to an end.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
California Gov. Gavin Newsom shakes hands with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Los Angeles County, after signing Gabriel's bill that raises taxes on guns and ammunition in Sacramento on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.

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  • Law

California is first state to levy a tax on guns and ammo to fund safety programs

New law will impose an additional 11% in addition to federal tax. It's one of nearly two dozen gun laws signed into law on Tuesday. but Newsom acknowledges some might not survive legal challenges.

September 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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