California created an inspector general to monitor its long-delayed high-speed rail project. Now, one lawmaker wants to allow that office to withhold some investigative records from the public.
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It takes tens of millions of dollars to run a statewide campaign for governor. Strategists say the many Democratic candidates aren’t raising money quickly enough.
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Rep. David Valadao voted to slash federal funding to Medi-Cal even though he represents a district where two-thirds of constituents rely on it for health care.
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Family members and attorneys for patients hospitalized after being detained by federal immigration officials said they are facing extreme difficulty trying to locate patients, get information about their well-being, and provide them emotional and legal support.
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The competency exam was a condition of probation for Dr. Hans Yu, who was accused of negligence in his care for three patients.
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Kaweah Health is getting nursing staff through a new partnership.
Homicides in California surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, killings are down to historic lows in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and many other cities including Fresno.
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A funding freeze to multiple federal grants that support childcare has been temporarily halted, with it previously impacting around $10 billion in funding to five states.
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Community advocates and city leaders who were originally aligned with a government-led effort to renew the sales tax known as Measure C broke away from the renewal efforts to put forward their own citizen-led tax measure.
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A 2015 law required the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to overhaul its permitting process to consider how multiple sources of pollution impacts health. Advocates now say the overdue rules aren’t protective enough.
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California Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff visited the newest and largest ICE detention center in the state, a former prison in Kern County. CoreCivic operates this site.
Residents of Allensworth celebrated a new well that will finally bring clean, abundant water to the town that was beset by water troubles soon after it was founded in 1908 by Col. Allen Allensworth.
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Several Central Valley Carnegie library buildings still remain, in cities like Clovis, Exeter and Orosi.
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Back when Railroad Avenue was U.S. Route 99, downtown merchants funded the archway to help draw motorists to their businesses.
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Located at the top of Tollhouse grade, a variety of Pine Ridge-area businesses have served centuries of weary travelers.
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