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Why UC grad students are going out on strike (calmatters.org)

More than 1,500 graduate students, teaching assistants and researchers are expected to walk off the job at UC Santa Cruz today, launching the first labor strike over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests in the past month....

Editorial: Turn office buildings into apartments to beat housing crisis - Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)

California’s many half-empty office buildings and vacant big-box stores may soon get new leases on life. Thanks to local and state efforts to loosen land-use laws, developers in California will soon find it much easier to convert commercial properties into apartments, condominiums and townhomes....

VICTORY! California Department of Justice Declares Out-of-State Sharing of License Plate Data Unlawful (www.eff.org)

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued a legal interpretation and guidance for law enforcement agencies around the state that confirms what privacy advocates have been saying for years: It is against the law for police to share data collected from license plate readers with out-of-state or federal agencies. This is an...

California Legislature passes first bill in U.S. to ban food additives, including red dye No. 3 (www.nbcnews.com)

Disneyland Character Workers at California Park Vote to Unionize (www.nytimes.com)

Oakland is now first in the US to have a 100% electric school bus fleet – and it's V2G (electrek.co)

No more hidden fees. Junk fee law bans restaurant surcharges (www.nbcbayarea.com)

The new state law goes into effect July 1

California's water storage is at its healthiest levels in over a decade

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped (www.theguardian.com)

Editorial: Funding for California's bullet trains puts the high-speed rail revolution back on track (www.latimes.com)

“This week, the Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding for two high-speed rail projects that will eventually whisk passengers across California and Nevada on electrified trains that can travel 200 mph or faster.”

Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show (www.sacbee.com)

‘Many’ arrests as police descend on pro-Palestine encampment at UCSC (lookout.co)

Droves of police officers descended on UC Santa Cruz early Friday morning, initiating a standoff with pro-Palestinian supporters, who have blocked off the campus' main entrance since Tuesday.

AT&T seeks to shut down landline service for most of the Bay Area, much of California (www.mercurynews.com)

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Some Orange County Beaches Are Disappearing. New Data Gives Clues On How To Help (laist.com)

Almost 900k without power in California (poweroutage.us)

Column: It's 2024. Time to start acting like climate change actually matters (www.latimes.com)

California Allows Wastewater to Be Recycled Into Drinking Water (www.nytimes.com)

Photos from the California Association of Professional Scientists protest at the state Democratic convention (social.tchncs.de)

Hundreds protest Gaza genocide at Friends of the IDF gala in San Carlos, California (www.wsws.org)

No place is safe: New national report on climate change details sweeping effects (calmatters.org)

The federal report, released today, ranked California among the top five states suffering economic effects from climate-related natural disasters. A chapter about the risks and effects in the Southwest contains a long and alarming list of projections, particularly the impact of drought on water supplies, agriculture, diseases...

State Attorney General Rob Bonta is counter-suing a mother who sued Shasta District Fair officials after the fair sent police over 500 miles to bring her daughter's pet goat for slaughter. (www.latimes.com)

Latest development in a legal saga that gained national attention over 7 months ago: www.sacbee.com/news/local/article273127820.html

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