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climate change
Race to zero: Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?
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If so, that assumes California would build solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.California
California keeps millions in child support while parents drown in debt
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Experts argue these laws are arcane and racist, penalizing Black and brown fathers through predatory-like interest rates and driver’s license suspensions.climate change
Texas blackouts put California in spotlight
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Blackouts reveal a larger, shared problem: the inability of the power grid to respond to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.COVID-19
Day 1: New Sen. Alex Padilla wants Trump’s ‘enablers’ out of U.S. Senate
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California's newest senator says the outgoing president and some fellow senators must be held accountable for the deadly siege of the Capitol.gavin newsom
Democrats liken Newsom recall effort — a legal option in California — to extremist ‘coup’
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A recall campaign is a democratic mechanism written into the California constitution that allows voters to remove an elected official by popular vote.COVID-19
Even more contagious? Here’s what you need to know about the mutating virus now in California
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The new strain seems to be more easily transmitted than the standard form of the virus, which means those who are exposed are more likely to become infected.Bay Area
With 2020 hindsight: Recapping the stories that defined California life
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Raging wildfires, an overdue reckoning with racism -- and coronavirus, of course, detonated our every expectation of 2020.COVID-19
