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TIME’s Person of the Year was Made in California
News What you need to know: Trump administration, take notice: TIME’s announcement recognized California as the global epicenter of AI innovation. SACRAMENTO – California is home to the world’s leading AI companies and research institutions. The Golden State leads and...
Governor Newsom visits LA recovery efforts in Altadena and the Palisades, views homes set to be completed soon
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom visited the Los Angeles recovery area yesterday to visit with survivors and learn about efforts to help accelerate rebuilding, including two initiatives funded through LA Rises. The Governor also visited homes in progress,...
California state parks are for everyone, while Trump turns national parks into his vanity project
News What you need to know: The Trump administration eliminated free entrance days at national parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth — and added Trump's birthday to the list. California is holding the line: keeping parks accessible, celebrating the...
Trump’s AI executive order advances corruption, not innovation
News What you need to know: President Trump today issued an executive order that does little to protect innovation or the interests of the American people, and instead protects the President and his cronies’ ongoing grift and corruption. SAN FRANCISCO — Today,...
Governor Newsom deploys California resources to Washington to support flood response efforts
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom announced the deployment of California fire and rescue resources to Washington state to support flood response efforts. SACRAMENTO – Due to ongoing severe flooding in Washington state, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced...
Coho salmon are making a comeback in the Russian River for the first time in 30 years
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom celebrates the presence of naturally reproduced coho salmon in the Russian River's upper basin in Northern California for the first time in over 30 years, building on the statewide recovery strategy to protect our...
Governor Newsom, First Partner join LA fire survivors Jude and Rebecca Kessler for 94th annual Capitol Tree lighting ceremony
News What you need to know: Rebecca and Jude Kessler, five-year-old twins who lost their home in the Eaton Fire, joined Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom to light the California State Capitol Tree. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and...
Governor Newsom creates new housing and transportation using nearly $1 billion paid by big polluters
News Thousands of new homes coming to California, including in Los Angeles What you need to know: California just delivered funding for thousands of new affordable homes and green transportation upgrades in 17 communities — all funded by $865 million paid by big...
Cannabis crackdown: State officials seize 58,350 illegal cannabis plants worth $57 million in November
News What you need to know: In November, state officials conducted three major enforcement operations to seize and eradicate 58,358 illegal cannabis plants and nearly three tons of processed cannabis worth an estimated $56.5 million. SACRAMENTO – As California...
Earthquake system shows that failure is Trump’s default setting
Trump administration’s disaster strategy: attack life-saving funding, dismiss science, fire the experts, cross fingers, and hope the earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis take a day off
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