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Newsom shuns Southern California in public utilities commission appointments
The state Public Utilities Commission has final say over rate hikes for millions of Southern California residents, but all ...
Trump’s volatile trade policy creates new problems for California state budget
The economic whiplash over President Trump's tariffs underscores the challenge before lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to fund ...
Her father drugged and facilitated her mother Gisèle Pelicot’s rape by dozens. Caroline Darian recounts how she survived
When Caroline Darian learned what her father Dominique Pelicot had done, to her and her mother, one part of her life ended.
‘The vibe shift is’ real. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie becomes his hometown’s hype man
There’s a sense of hope and optimism people haven’t seen in a long time,' San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said of the city's ...
U.S. measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in six states. Here’s what to know
U.S. measles cases in six states now exceed 700, and two children and an adult have died. A look at the situation in each ...
Historic domes of Turkey’s Hagia Sophia renovated to protect the monument from earthquakes
Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving ...
How Black poets built the ‘centrifugal force’ in modern American literature
Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...
California’s demographic earthquake: Asian immigrants rise, Latinos decline in ‘big shift’
Changes to our immigration system on multiple levels — from student and work visas to the southern border — may accelerate ...
I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like
Author Charlie Jane Anders reflects on reading and writing young adult literature in an era of explosive popularity that may ...