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Curtis said a federal grand jury subpoena ordered him to bring the ballots to court in Sacramento this week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The FBI’s inspection came after other Shasta County officials also urged the federal and state government to investigate, but for a different reason: To prove Curtis’ claims about widespread election fraud wrong. “The county condemns the conduct of the Clerk-Registrar of Voters and invites all relevant state and federal agencies to review the allegations he has made and to proactively investigate his official actions and practices as Shasta County’s elections official,” officials said \u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacounty.gov/media/85046\">in a statement last month\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The extraordinary level of federal involvement in the heavily conservative county a two-and-a-half hour drive north of Sacramento comes as Trump and his MAGA movement hunt for evidence of widespread election fraud that experts say doesn’t exist. It follows a handful of cases this year of federal and MAGA-aligned local authorities seizing ballots from past elections in California and in other states. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After he lost the June election, Curtis, a longtime conspiracy theorist and election denier whose final official act will be to oversee November’s election in Shasta, began claiming some of the mail-in ballots that arrived at the elections office seemed off. “We had a lot of weird ballots coming in, so we have the whole counterfeit ballot thing, which is what the feds are looking at, which is essentially the fact that the paper is wrong,” Curtis said in an hourlong interview with CalMatters in the Redding elections office. “And it smelled wrong before, but now it doesn’t smell anymore. Two months have gone by, but when we did our first initial — you know, I had a dozen people say ‘Something’s wrong with this.’ When you’re flipping through ballots, you kind of get used to the thickness and the size, and suddenly you hit one that’s, you know, considerably thicker.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Curtis claims the wrong paper issue is possible proof of something he and other MAGA conspiracy theorists have long claimed happens regularly in California and other states with mail-in voting: Nefarious actors are fixing elections by stuffing fake ballots into drop-off boxes. Election experts have a word for such claims: Nonsense. They say there are so many safeguards in place to verify signatures and scan ballots that it would be nearly impossible to forge huge numbers of ballots and not get immediately caught. Sonni Waknin, an attorney at the UCLA Voting Rights Project, used her own experience to highlight how well California’s safeguards work. She said one of her ballots in a past election was flagged at a California elections office because the signature she used to register to vote didn’t appear to match the one she signed on her ballot. Elections officials reached out to her to verify it was her signature, and she was required to fill out a form to declare it was indeed Waknin who filled out her ballot. “You get caught when it’s not even forged,” she said. “When people try to commit fraud, they get caught.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Curtis said FBI agents showed up last week at the election office to inspect the room where he’d stored ballots. Curtis had a padlock installed and had hung “Keep Out” signs on the door in anticipation of an investigation. The FBI agents brought bolt cutters to get in the room. Curtis said representatives from the California secretary of state’s office were also there observing. He said the federal authorities didn’t take any ballots with them. They left a green evidence cable lock marked with the word “SECURED” where Curtis’ padlock once hung. Curtis said the FBI didn’t tell him what they were looking for. “I just showed them what we had,” he said. “The FBI never says anything to you, by the way … it’s information in and nothing out.” Curtis says a federal grand jury in Sacramento ordered him to bring boxes containing the ballots but on Monday he said he was told he no longer needs to, though he’s not yet received a written notice that his subpoena is canceled. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100915/housing-fix-or-data-center-loophole-this-ballot-measure-would-overhaul-ceqa\">Could Prop 45 make it easier to build data centers?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Proposition 45 on the November ballot would reform the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA. Proponents argue the measure would help with the state’s affordability crisis by speeding up housing construction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, public polling shows support for the measure has tanked in the last few months as critics argue the measure would make it easier to build data centers, which are deeply unpopular with voters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure is sponsored by the state Chamber of Commerce, which argues it will help expedite housing construction. CalChamber CEO Jennifer Barrera spoke with KQED. “The opposition is raising it to scare voters. They’re butchering the definition of broadband to try and make data centers fit into it, and it just doesn’t fit,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Polling from the Public Policy Institute of California shows support for the measure among likely voters dropped from 73% in July to 49% last week.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Proposed data center project raises concerns in Riverside County\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents in Riverside County are raising the alarm on a small data center project being proposed for the fairgrounds near Lake Perris. But officials said the proposal is still in its early stages.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last month, Global Stack, an infrastructure company, got approval to explore the construction of a small data center for emergency response. It would sit at the Southern California Fair and Events Center at Lake Perris. 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Billboards and signs of the once flourishing Valley industry have enticed historians for years. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The governor has signed legislation that \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/death-palmdale-gabriel-fernandez\">strengthens protections for abused children.\u003c/a> \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The U.S. Supreme Court has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/surrogate-mckenna-west-texas-california-902a047c6f483cb8e03f759557b3dd21\">declined to step into a custody dispute \u003c/a>involving a California couple and the surrogate who gave birth to their baby in Texas.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/community/2026-09-16/this-is-the-magical-part-how-historians-are-uncovering-the-mystery-behind-valley-7up-signs\">How historians are uncovering the mystery behind Valley 7UP signs\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was a bustling afternoon in the heart of downtown Merced, and Kern County historian Mike McCoy craned his neck to stare up at a billboard with faded red paint and neon casings. The billboard is advertising the soda brand 7UP. It features the decades-old slogans “Fresh Up with 7UP” and “It likes you!”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it’s beautiful,” McCoy said in awe. “See the bubbles? The bubbles would have moved.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>McCoy stopped for lunch at the Mexican restaurant next to the sign while on a road trip. The pitstop was sort of ironic — earlier that week, he tracked down another 7UP sign for the Kern County Museum, which originally stood atop a bottling plant in Bakersfield. “It had this large, 20-foot metal tower, and at the top of that tower was this 10-foot sign that actually rotated at one point,” McCoy said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are among at least four vintage 7UP signs remaining in the Valley. The other two are located in Fresno. 7UP, the lemon-lime flavored soda produced by Keurig Dr Pepper, is one of the most recognizable drinks in the world. What’s less known is the connection to the San Joaquin Valley that began almost a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For years, the billboards and signs reflecting the once flourishing Valley industry have enticed some local historians, like McCoy. He said they evoke memories for locals, too. “It’s not about the sign. It’s about the business, and it’s about the people that ran that business,” McCoy said. “Sometimes the buildings were torn down, and the sign is the only thing that remains from businesses that are 100 years old.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The origins of most of the 7UP signs in the region remain a mystery — but that doesn’t stop community members from wondering about who put them up or why they’re still around. In Merced, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/333987246803860/posts/2844373292431897/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>conversation\u003c/u>\u003c/a> on Facebook showed many users presumed the sign in the city was owned by Maria’s Mexican Kitchen restaurant next door. KVPR spoke to the restaurant’s manager, Miriam Valenzuela, but she dispelled that rumor and claimed it was owned by the city. But Jennifer Flachman, the city of Merced’s spokesperson, told KVPR in a written response it’s not the city’s property, either, and that the billboard is located on private property. Flachman didn’t reveal who the owner was.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sarah Lim, director at the Merced County Courthouse museum, is another historian looking into 7UP’s local ties. 7UP is almost 100 years old, but she thinks the Merced sign likely came more than a decade later. Lim estimates Merced’s sign was put up in 1941. She never found out the original owner or exact date it was erected, but a hamburger joint with fountain drinks opened nearby around that time. A 7UP distributor also operated just down the street, with another location in Mariposa. “I don’t know if the distributor put the sign up, or if the 7UP company put up the sign, but regardless, it was a great collaboration between the restaurant, the dealer and the 7UP company to promote the 7UP drinks,” Lim said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lim said the number of bubbles on the sign also gave a clue to the timeline. “This is the magical part,” Lim said, laughing. “Counting the bubbles!” 7UP logos originally had seven bubbles, but this billboard and another in Fresno both have eight. The company made this change around 1940, Lim said. These findings are significant, Lim said, but not just for her own curiosity. Lim said signs are a big pinpoint for people, but so is any artifact from a specific time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/death-palmdale-gabriel-fernandez\">New law aims to hold social workers more accountable, years after death of abused Palmdale child\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at protecting children who are abused.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>law\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, which went into effect this week, is named “Gabriel’s Law,” after Gabriel Fernandez — an 8-year-old boy in Palmdale who died in 2013 after being tortured and abused by his mother and her boyfriend. “It devastated the community. 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What’s less known is the connection to the San Joaquin Valley that began almost a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For years, the billboards and signs reflecting the once flourishing Valley industry have enticed some local historians, like McCoy. He said they evoke memories for locals, too. “It’s not about the sign. It’s about the business, and it’s about the people that ran that business,” McCoy said. “Sometimes the buildings were torn down, and the sign is the only thing that remains from businesses that are 100 years old.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The origins of most of the 7UP signs in the region remain a mystery — but that doesn’t stop community members from wondering about who put them up or why they’re still around. In Merced, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/333987246803860/posts/2844373292431897/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>conversation\u003c/u>\u003c/a> on Facebook showed many users presumed the sign in the city was owned by Maria’s Mexican Kitchen restaurant next door. KVPR spoke to the restaurant’s manager, Miriam Valenzuela, but she dispelled that rumor and claimed it was owned by the city. But Jennifer Flachman, the city of Merced’s spokesperson, told KVPR in a written response it’s not the city’s property, either, and that the billboard is located on private property. Flachman didn’t reveal who the owner was.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sarah Lim, director at the Merced County Courthouse museum, is another historian looking into 7UP’s local ties. 7UP is almost 100 years old, but she thinks the Merced sign likely came more than a decade later. Lim estimates Merced’s sign was put up in 1941. She never found out the original owner or exact date it was erected, but a hamburger joint with fountain drinks opened nearby around that time. A 7UP distributor also operated just down the street, with another location in Mariposa. “I don’t know if the distributor put the sign up, or if the 7UP company put up the sign, but regardless, it was a great collaboration between the restaurant, the dealer and the 7UP company to promote the 7UP drinks,” Lim said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lim said the number of bubbles on the sign also gave a clue to the timeline. “This is the magical part,” Lim said, laughing. “Counting the bubbles!” 7UP logos originally had seven bubbles, but this billboard and another in Fresno both have eight. The company made this change around 1940, Lim said. These findings are significant, Lim said, but not just for her own curiosity. Lim said signs are a big pinpoint for people, but so is any artifact from a specific time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/death-palmdale-gabriel-fernandez\">New law aims to hold social workers more accountable, years after death of abused Palmdale child\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at protecting children who are abused.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>law\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, which went into effect this week, is named “Gabriel’s Law,” after Gabriel Fernandez — an 8-year-old boy in Palmdale who died in 2013 after being tortured and abused by his mother and her boyfriend. “It devastated the community. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, September 22, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>With a potentially historic El Niño brewing, Governor Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100741/a-powerful-el-nino-is-brewing-newsom-wants-california-ready-for-the-worst\">declared a state of emergency Monday\u003c/a> ahead of winter storms and high tides that could wreak havoc across the state. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Governor Newsom is signing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100746/newsom-signs-new-restrictions-on-data-center-development\">a package of bills\u003c/a> placing new regulations on data center development. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>It’s less than a month away from when ballots will hit Merced County residents’ mailboxes, and officials are urging voters to drop off their ballot in–person. The county is providing more ballot drop boxes to avoid using mail delivery. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Trump administration’s current mass deportation push \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100716/historian-draws-parallels-between-trump-and-1920s-immigration-policy\">has echoes of a long-ago immigration campaign\u003c/a>, when roughly a million people were sent to Mexico. That’s according to a historian who spoke at UC Berkeley recently.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100741/a-powerful-el-nino-is-brewing-newsom-wants-california-ready-for-the-worst\">A powerful El Niño is brewing. Newsom wants California ready for the worst\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a potentially historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">El Niño\u003c/a> continues to build, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/21/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-to-bolster-statewide-el-nino-preparedness-protect-california/\">state of emergency\u003c/a> on Monday ahead of winter storms and high tides that could wreak havoc on the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forecasters predict that much of California could have \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1\">above-average\u003c/a> precipitation and temperatures this winter. The potential storms could pile on top of El Niño-induced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001688/strong-el-nino-may-bring-record-sea-level-and-coastal-flooding-to-bay-area\">higher sea levels and record-high king tides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a result, Newsom is directing state agencies to begin preparing vulnerable communities and roads, stage emergency supplies and work in at-risk areas to reduce flooding potential. He has also directed state agencies to fast-track permitting and cut red tape to ready the state for El Niño effects. “We are preparing for this El Niño early because every Californian deserves to be safe in their home, connected to their community, and protected when severe weather comes,” Newsom said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/21/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-to-bolster-statewide-el-nino-preparedness-protect-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>El Niño forms when tropical trade winds weaken or reverse, allowing warm ocean water near Asia to slosh toward the Pacific Coast. That warming can reshape the jet stream and bring stormier weather across California while disrupting the ocean’s nutrient-rich upwelling, heating coastal waters, raising sea levels and stressing marine life. National forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report that the natural climate phenomenon is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">75% chance of a historic\u003c/a> event this fall and winter. Exactly what the weather will look like this fall and winter is — quite literally — still up in the air. But similar events in past El Niño years have brought torrential downpours, coastal flooding, mudslides, power outages and giant waves.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Climate-driven El Niño conditions could mean months of dangerous weather, heavy rain, strong winds, deep mountain snow, flooding, and Californians should understand this clearly,” said Caroline Thomas Jacobs, director of the California Office of Emergency Services. “Storms are among the deadliest disasters we face here in California, and one of the greatest dangers is still people underestimating the power of water.” To prepare for what might happen, the emergency proclamation mobilizes resources in support of the state’s flood-risk-reduction efforts. The California Department of Water Resources has staged 4.4 million sandbags, 400,000 tons of rock, 68 stockpile locations, eight warehouses and 211 flood material containers across the state. State leaders have not yet put a price tag on the flood work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100746/newsom-signs-new-restrictions-on-data-center-development\">Newsom signs new restrictions on data center development\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/data-centers\">Data center\u003c/a> developments in California will face new hurdles under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099195/full-on-backlash-against-data-centers-occurring-as-san-jose-courts-them\">rising concerns\u003c/a> about the facilities at the heart of the nation’s artificial intelligence boom. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The seven bills signed by Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097632/chatbots-data-centers-and-surveillance-5-silicon-valley-bills-land-on-newsoms-desk\">include provisions\u003c/a> aimed at preventing data centers from passing on their electricity costs to other ratepayers and a new requirement for developers to disclose their projected water usage. “With these laws, we are ensuring that Californians remain in the driver’s seat — and that those profiting from data centers aren’t doing so at our expense,” Newsom said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The governor vetoed the water-reporting proposal last year, citing a need to further understand impacts on data center businesses and consumers. Since then, opposition to data centers has intensified; local governments across California are considering bans or moratoriums on the projects, and Newsom has promised his administration would be “leaning in” on regulations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Two bills signed by Newsom, Senate Bill 886 and Assembly Bill 2383, would require the California Public Utilities Commission to create new power rates for data centers to cover the cost of connecting the facilities to the grid and providing them with electricity. “These are some of the nation’s strongest data center ratepayer protections — stopping Big Tech from sticking California families with the bill for their data centers while ensuring all local voices have a say on these projects and they comply with our air, water, and climate standards,” said Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, who wrote SB 886.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bills passed the Democratic-controlled Senate and Assembly largely on party-line votes, in the face of opposition from business groups such as the Data Center Coalition, whose members include Google and Microsoft. Opponents said the bills would prevent California from capitalizing on economic growth from data center construction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Merced County calls on voters to drop off ballots \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ballots will soon be mailed out to California voters for November’s mid-term election. In Merced County, officials are urging residents to drop off their ballots in-person, as the county is providing more secure ballot drop boxes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The move comes after changes last year in the US Postal Service delayed mail delivery. Earlier this year, an analysis by KVPR found nearly 3% of returned mail-in ballots from Merced County were late during the special election in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Melvin Levey, the Merced County Registrar of Voters, urged voters to get their ballots directly to a ballot drop box. As a result, Levey said the county is providing more than double the required number of 10 drop boxes. “We want to make sure that we’re giving voters as many options as possible to have a drop box, a secure drop box, directly to Merced County elections close by to them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There will be 21 drop boxes placed throughout the county, and all of them will have increased security measures.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100716/historian-draws-parallels-between-trump-and-1920s-immigration-policy\">\u003cstrong>Historian draws parallels between Trump and 1920s immigration poli\u003c/strong>cy\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was a campaign of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mass-deportations\">mass deportation\u003c/a>, with immigration authorities engaged in racial profiling and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056762/bay-area-immigrant-advocates-sue-the-trump-administration-to-end-courthouse-arrests\">disregarding the rights\u003c/a> of the people they arrested, many of whom were in the United States legally. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s a charge that’s been leveled at President Donald Trump’s current enforcement efforts, with agents detaining people they perceived as immigrants without legal status on the streets of cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis, frequently without warrants and referring to them by racial slurs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It also describes a little-known chapter of U.S. history: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002189/over-1-million-were-deported-to-mexico-nearly-100-years-ago-most-of-them-were-u-s-citizens\">“Mexican Repatriation” \u003c/a>that began amid rising xenophobia in the 1920s and gained steam during the Great Depression, said historian Marla Ramírez, who spoke about the parallels at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies last week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>An estimated 1 million people were sent to Mexico in the period between World War I and World War II, and the majority of them were U.S. citizens, according to Ramírez, a professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674295940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a recent book\u003c/a>, “Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation.” “What happened during the interwar period and what’s happening now is that we have this stereotypical image of an immigrant that’s always rooted in who’s white and who’s not white,” she said. “We see U.S. citizens of non-white phenotypes being questioned, being arrested even, because they’ve been imagined to be immigrants, even when they’re U.S. citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Recent lawsuits have alleged — through officer bodycam footage, witnesses and individual testimonies — that agents have denied some people the opportunity to produce proof of legal status during their arrest, speak to an attorney while detained or present their case to an immigration judge before they are deported. The current environment echoes the immigration policing of a century ago, Ramírez said, and it poses a danger not only to immigrants but to society as a whole. “Whenever we are willing to turn a blind eye to the civil rights and constitutional rights of a group, it becomes a dangerous, slippery slope,” she said. “It gives [the government] permission to ignore those same rights for other groups.”\u003c/p>\n",
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The county is providing more ballot drop boxes to avoid using mail delivery. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Trump administration’s current mass deportation push \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100716/historian-draws-parallels-between-trump-and-1920s-immigration-policy\">has echoes of a long-ago immigration campaign\u003c/a>, when roughly a million people were sent to Mexico. That’s according to a historian who spoke at UC Berkeley recently.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100741/a-powerful-el-nino-is-brewing-newsom-wants-california-ready-for-the-worst\">A powerful El Niño is brewing. Newsom wants California ready for the worst\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a potentially historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">El Niño\u003c/a> continues to build, Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/21/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-to-bolster-statewide-el-nino-preparedness-protect-california/\">state of emergency\u003c/a> on Monday ahead of winter storms and high tides that could wreak havoc on the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forecasters predict that much of California could have \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=1\">above-average\u003c/a> precipitation and temperatures this winter. The potential storms could pile on top of El Niño-induced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001688/strong-el-nino-may-bring-record-sea-level-and-coastal-flooding-to-bay-area\">higher sea levels and record-high king tides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a result, Newsom is directing state agencies to begin preparing vulnerable communities and roads, stage emergency supplies and work in at-risk areas to reduce flooding potential. He has also directed state agencies to fast-track permitting and cut red tape to ready the state for El Niño effects. “We are preparing for this El Niño early because every Californian deserves to be safe in their home, connected to their community, and protected when severe weather comes,” Newsom said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/21/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-to-bolster-statewide-el-nino-preparedness-protect-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>El Niño forms when tropical trade winds weaken or reverse, allowing warm ocean water near Asia to slosh toward the Pacific Coast. That warming can reshape the jet stream and bring stormier weather across California while disrupting the ocean’s nutrient-rich upwelling, heating coastal waters, raising sea levels and stressing marine life. National forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report that the natural climate phenomenon is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">75% chance of a historic\u003c/a> event this fall and winter. Exactly what the weather will look like this fall and winter is — quite literally — still up in the air. But similar events in past El Niño years have brought torrential downpours, coastal flooding, mudslides, power outages and giant waves.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Climate-driven El Niño conditions could mean months of dangerous weather, heavy rain, strong winds, deep mountain snow, flooding, and Californians should understand this clearly,” said Caroline Thomas Jacobs, director of the California Office of Emergency Services. “Storms are among the deadliest disasters we face here in California, and one of the greatest dangers is still people underestimating the power of water.” To prepare for what might happen, the emergency proclamation mobilizes resources in support of the state’s flood-risk-reduction efforts. The California Department of Water Resources has staged 4.4 million sandbags, 400,000 tons of rock, 68 stockpile locations, eight warehouses and 211 flood material containers across the state. State leaders have not yet put a price tag on the flood work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100746/newsom-signs-new-restrictions-on-data-center-development\">Newsom signs new restrictions on data center development\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/data-centers\">Data center\u003c/a> developments in California will face new hurdles under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099195/full-on-backlash-against-data-centers-occurring-as-san-jose-courts-them\">rising concerns\u003c/a> about the facilities at the heart of the nation’s artificial intelligence boom. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The seven bills signed by Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097632/chatbots-data-centers-and-surveillance-5-silicon-valley-bills-land-on-newsoms-desk\">include provisions\u003c/a> aimed at preventing data centers from passing on their electricity costs to other ratepayers and a new requirement for developers to disclose their projected water usage. “With these laws, we are ensuring that Californians remain in the driver’s seat — and that those profiting from data centers aren’t doing so at our expense,” Newsom said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The governor vetoed the water-reporting proposal last year, citing a need to further understand impacts on data center businesses and consumers. Since then, opposition to data centers has intensified; local governments across California are considering bans or moratoriums on the projects, and Newsom has promised his administration would be “leaning in” on regulations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Two bills signed by Newsom, Senate Bill 886 and Assembly Bill 2383, would require the California Public Utilities Commission to create new power rates for data centers to cover the cost of connecting the facilities to the grid and providing them with electricity. “These are some of the nation’s strongest data center ratepayer protections — stopping Big Tech from sticking California families with the bill for their data centers while ensuring all local voices have a say on these projects and they comply with our air, water, and climate standards,” said Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, who wrote SB 886.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bills passed the Democratic-controlled Senate and Assembly largely on party-line votes, in the face of opposition from business groups such as the Data Center Coalition, whose members include Google and Microsoft. Opponents said the bills would prevent California from capitalizing on economic growth from data center construction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Merced County calls on voters to drop off ballots \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ballots will soon be mailed out to California voters for November’s mid-term election. In Merced County, officials are urging residents to drop off their ballots in-person, as the county is providing more secure ballot drop boxes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The move comes after changes last year in the US Postal Service delayed mail delivery. Earlier this year, an analysis by KVPR found nearly 3% of returned mail-in ballots from Merced County were late during the special election in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Melvin Levey, the Merced County Registrar of Voters, urged voters to get their ballots directly to a ballot drop box. As a result, Levey said the county is providing more than double the required number of 10 drop boxes. “We want to make sure that we’re giving voters as many options as possible to have a drop box, a secure drop box, directly to Merced County elections close by to them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There will be 21 drop boxes placed throughout the county, and all of them will have increased security measures.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100716/historian-draws-parallels-between-trump-and-1920s-immigration-policy\">\u003cstrong>Historian draws parallels between Trump and 1920s immigration poli\u003c/strong>cy\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was a campaign of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mass-deportations\">mass deportation\u003c/a>, with immigration authorities engaged in racial profiling and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056762/bay-area-immigrant-advocates-sue-the-trump-administration-to-end-courthouse-arrests\">disregarding the rights\u003c/a> of the people they arrested, many of whom were in the United States legally. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s a charge that’s been leveled at President Donald Trump’s current enforcement efforts, with agents detaining people they perceived as immigrants without legal status on the streets of cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis, frequently without warrants and referring to them by racial slurs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It also describes a little-known chapter of U.S. history: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002189/over-1-million-were-deported-to-mexico-nearly-100-years-ago-most-of-them-were-u-s-citizens\">“Mexican Repatriation” \u003c/a>that began amid rising xenophobia in the 1920s and gained steam during the Great Depression, said historian Marla Ramírez, who spoke about the parallels at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies last week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>An estimated 1 million people were sent to Mexico in the period between World War I and World War II, and the majority of them were U.S. citizens, according to Ramírez, a professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674295940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a recent book\u003c/a>, “Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation.” “What happened during the interwar period and what’s happening now is that we have this stereotypical image of an immigrant that’s always rooted in who’s white and who’s not white,” she said. “We see U.S. citizens of non-white phenotypes being questioned, being arrested even, because they’ve been imagined to be immigrants, even when they’re U.S. citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Recent lawsuits have alleged — through officer bodycam footage, witnesses and individual testimonies — that agents have denied some people the opportunity to produce proof of legal status during their arrest, speak to an attorney while detained or present their case to an immigration judge before they are deported. The current environment echoes the immigration policing of a century ago, Ramírez said, and it poses a danger not only to immigrants but to society as a whole. “Whenever we are willing to turn a blind eye to the civil rights and constitutional rights of a group, it becomes a dangerous, slippery slope,” she said. “It gives [the government] permission to ignore those same rights for other groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, September 21, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>We’re in the most dangerous months for wildfires across the state. And in Chico, the city is taking steps to clear out vegetation in Bidwell Park. But like a lot of cities, staff is being stretched thin and funding is limited. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Shasta College, based in Redding, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/education/2026-09-14/shasta-college-129-million-bond-election\">is seeking approval on the November ballot for a $129 million bond\u003c/a>. The money would be used to expand and remodel the college’s facilities. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Governor Gavin Newsom has once again \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/09/newsom-veto-students-wtihout-legal-status/\">vetoed a bill\u003c/a> that would have allowed California students without legal immigration status to work at public colleges and universities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Despite funding and staffing issues, Chico take steps to better protect city from wildfires \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998589/park-fire-is-now-4th-largest-in-california-history-and-growing-amid-dangerous-weather\">the Park Fire burned more than 429,000 acr\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">es\u003c/a> in Butte and Tehama counties. Igniting in Bidwell Park in Chico, the fire destroyed more than 700 homes and structures.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wildfires have always been a concern in Chico, and officials are trying to clear out vegetation to avoid another major blaze. But like lots of other cities in California, staff is being stretched thin and funding is limited.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hundreds of goats have been grazing on vegetation in Bidwell Park this summer. It’s one of the largest municipal parks in the nation and stretches through the heart of the city. “You can see what a great job that they do, and you can also see how much fuel is out there,” said Shane Romain, Chico’s Park and Natural Resources Manager. He said that since the Park Fire, wildfire suppression has been a big focus.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve, throughout the years, done different fuel reduction projects. But post Park Fire, we’ve really ramped that up,” Romain said. “It’s never-ending and we’re so far behind in the buildup of fire fuels in the park, we’re constantly playing catch up.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But staffing is a big issue. The city is already short-staffed and is lacking the necessary resources to fully fund mitigation efforts. Cities can often apply for grants or coordinate with volunteers to do the work. But that means vegetation management has to be a bigger part of the budget. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/education/2026-09-14/shasta-college-129-million-bond-election\">Shasta College seeks voter approval of $129 million bond\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Voters will decide in November whether to authorize $129.6 million in bonds for building renovations, infrastructure repairs and expanded career training facilities at \u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacollege.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shasta College\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacollege.edu/about/bond-projects/measure-c/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Measure C\u003c/a> would be repaid through property taxes. Shasta College says it would replace an expiring bond, keeping the overall tax rate property owners pay for college bonds unchanged. Property owners would continue paying that portion of their tax bill rather than seeing it expire in 2031.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district covers Shasta, Tehama and Trinity counties, along with portions of Lassen, Humboldt and Modoc counties. The community college is based in Redding.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a community forum this month, Shasta College President Frank Nigro said many of the institution’s buildings are 60 years old and need new infrastructure and upgrades to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. “They’re really not serving our students or our public very well,” he said. “They were not designed for an educational system, an economy, an entire world that runs on the internet, so the wiring was not there.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Projects \u003ca href=\"https://scmainweb.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/resources/2026-08-10-measure-c-projects-list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">would include\u003c/a> new agriculture classrooms, expansion of the emergency medical services and certified nursing assistant labs and new public safety training facilities. The bond would not be used for teacher or administrator salaries or other operating expenses.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/09/newsom-veto-students-wtihout-legal-status/\">Newsom again vetoes bill to allow undocumented college students to work on campus\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California college students without legal immigration status still cannot work at public colleges and universities after Gov. Gavin Newsom again \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-713.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vetoed a bill Sunday\u003c/a> that would have given them that right. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Bill 713\u003c/a> would have adopted an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">untested legal theory\u003c/a> that argues that a 1986 federal law barring employers from hiring workers in the country without authorization doesn’t apply to state governments. The logic? That 40-year-old law doesn’t mention state governments as a type of employer that cannot hire workers without proper status.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But for the second time in three years, Newsom decided that adopting that theory for California would expose the state’s higher-education system to the wrath of the federal government. “The current federal government has shown it is quick to wreak destruction for political spectacle — attacking California’s public higher education institutions and terrorizing immigrant communities, including students, with reckless disregard for consequences and a desire for chaos,” Newsom wrote in his veto message. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He added: “But given the gravity of this bill’s consequences — including potential criminal and civil liability for state employees — the federal courts must resolve the legality of the novel legal theory behind this legislation before we proceed. Seeking declaratory relief in federal court would provide such clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The latest bill by Assemblymember José Luis Solache, a Democrat from Lakewood, was meant to allow the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/cost-of-college-california/#1b26d91e-68aa-4023-aa9d-21e0a545a249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated 60,000 students\u003c/a> without legal immigration status at California’s community college and public universities to earn paychecks safely on campuses instead of working for cash under the table. Backers of the bill say campus jobs could be tailored to fit the students’ academic schedules or align with the research interests, such as employment in labs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The University of California itself \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/01/undocumented-students-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned\u003c/a> its review of employing students without legal status in 2024 out of fears that the federal government could punish the system by withholding federal money or prosecuting UC personnel. That decision gutted a coalition of students who led the campaign to persuade the UC to voluntarily adopt the legal theory allowing them to work. \u003c/p>\n",
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The money would be used to expand and remodel the college’s facilities. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Governor Gavin Newsom has once again \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/09/newsom-veto-students-wtihout-legal-status/\">vetoed a bill\u003c/a> that would have allowed California students without legal immigration status to work at public colleges and universities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Despite funding and staffing issues, Chico take steps to better protect city from wildfires \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998589/park-fire-is-now-4th-largest-in-california-history-and-growing-amid-dangerous-weather\">the Park Fire burned more than 429,000 acr\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">es\u003c/a> in Butte and Tehama counties. Igniting in Bidwell Park in Chico, the fire destroyed more than 700 homes and structures.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wildfires have always been a concern in Chico, and officials are trying to clear out vegetation to avoid another major blaze. But like lots of other cities in California, staff is being stretched thin and funding is limited.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hundreds of goats have been grazing on vegetation in Bidwell Park this summer. It’s one of the largest municipal parks in the nation and stretches through the heart of the city. “You can see what a great job that they do, and you can also see how much fuel is out there,” said Shane Romain, Chico’s Park and Natural Resources Manager. He said that since the Park Fire, wildfire suppression has been a big focus.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve, throughout the years, done different fuel reduction projects. 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But that means vegetation management has to be a bigger part of the budget. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/education/2026-09-14/shasta-college-129-million-bond-election\">Shasta College seeks voter approval of $129 million bond\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Voters will decide in November whether to authorize $129.6 million in bonds for building renovations, infrastructure repairs and expanded career training facilities at \u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacollege.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shasta College\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacollege.edu/about/bond-projects/measure-c/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Measure C\u003c/a> would be repaid through property taxes. Shasta College says it would replace an expiring bond, keeping the overall tax rate property owners pay for college bonds unchanged. Property owners would continue paying that portion of their tax bill rather than seeing it expire in 2031.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district covers Shasta, Tehama and Trinity counties, along with portions of Lassen, Humboldt and Modoc counties. 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Gavin Newsom again \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-713.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vetoed a bill Sunday\u003c/a> that would have given them that right. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Bill 713\u003c/a> would have adopted an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">untested legal theory\u003c/a> that argues that a 1986 federal law barring employers from hiring workers in the country without authorization doesn’t apply to state governments. The logic? That 40-year-old law doesn’t mention state governments as a type of employer that cannot hire workers without proper status.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But for the second time in three years, Newsom decided that adopting that theory for California would expose the state’s higher-education system to the wrath of the federal government. “The current federal government has shown it is quick to wreak destruction for political spectacle — attacking California’s public higher education institutions and terrorizing immigrant communities, including students, with reckless disregard for consequences and a desire for chaos,” Newsom wrote in his veto message. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He added: “But given the gravity of this bill’s consequences — including potential criminal and civil liability for state employees — the federal courts must resolve the legality of the novel legal theory behind this legislation before we proceed. Seeking declaratory relief in federal court would provide such clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The latest bill by Assemblymember José Luis Solache, a Democrat from Lakewood, was meant to allow the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/cost-of-college-california/#1b26d91e-68aa-4023-aa9d-21e0a545a249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated 60,000 students\u003c/a> without legal immigration status at California’s community college and public universities to earn paychecks safely on campuses instead of working for cash under the table. 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We explore t\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2026/08/31/immigrants-are-losing-due-process-rights-because-of-laken-riley-act-lawyers-say\">he impacts of this immigration legislation\u003c/a> more than a year after trump signed it into law.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A bill that could give the public \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/detention-facility-transparency-act-heads-to-the-governors-desk/\">more access to information about emergencies inside private immigrant detention centers\u003c/a> is on its way to becoming a law. It just needs Governor Newsom’s signature.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Students without legal status aren’t allowed to work for California’s public colleges or universities. That’s despite years of efforts by state lawmakers and advocates. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\">A bill that could change that\u003c/a> is now on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2026/08/31/immigrants-are-losing-due-process-rights-because-of-laken-riley-act-lawyers-say\">“I Thought It Was Absurd When I Heard This Was On The Table.” \u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first bill that Trump signed into law this term was a bi-partisan law targeting immigrants without legal status. \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5/text\">The law was named\u003c/a> after a college student who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant. It requires mandatory detention for immigrants who are accused of certain crimes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Under the law I’m signing today, the Department of Homeland Security will be required to detain all illegal aliens who have been arrested for theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a police officer or any crime that results in death,” Trump said before signing the act into law. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thirteen Democratic Senators and 46 Democrats in the House voted for the act, \u003ca href=\"https://levin.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-levins-statement-on-recent-votes-on-the-laken-riley-act-and-agent-raul-gonzalez-officer-safety-act\">including San Diego Congressman Mike Levin.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Levin justified his vote by citing an increase in retail thefts in his North County district. However, civil rights organizations said the new law would deny people due process protections because Laken Riley imposes mandatory detention of people after an arrest, even if they aren’t charged or convicted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After his vote in 2025, Levin said he did not believe the law took away due process protections or targeted innocent immigrants. But immigration lawyers say that’s what happened.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carlos Barrios is an immigration lawyer based in Los Angeles\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And in that respect, Laken Riley has been a problem because a basic arrest is enough. Even if the person wasn’t convicted. I thought it was absurd when I heard this was on the table and then I thought it was incredibly absurd when people voted for it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barrios represented a man who was arrested for receiving stolen property. A county judge dismissed his case in criminal court, but that didn’t matter in immigration court, where a judge used the Laken Riley Act as justification to keep him locked up.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“But it became a major issue that this person was delayed and stuck in jail for a month and a half,” said Barrios. “This person owns his own business, now he’s at risk of losing everything because he had to shut down the business for a month and a half. Bills had to be paid. They’re backed up on their mortgage payments and everything else. It creates a major impact.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management\">According to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u003c/a>, there are currently more than 65,000 people in immigration detention. More than 70% of them do not have criminal convictions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is no publicly available data that would tell us how many people have been subject to mandatory detention under Laken Riley. But individual cases show the law’s impact.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In San Diego, Noah Montague represented a man who was never even arrested for a crime. While not a lawyer, Montague is accredited to represent people in immigration court proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My client has never been arrested for any kind of crime relating to assault on a police officer. However what happened, when he was picked up by ICE, the narrative that ICE wrote said that he basically resisted arrest and that resulted in assault of a police officer,” said Montague. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No arrest, no charge, no conviction. Just the words of a federal officer. Yet, the judge invoked Laken Riley.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“There’s been no arrest for this crime, there’s been no conviction, my client has maintained that he didn’t try to do this. And the only context that this came up is a report by an ICE officer that’s actually unsigned.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Montague describes the Laken Riley Act as just one piece of Trump’s mass deportation machine. Others include courthouse arrests, travel bans,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/international/2026/08/18/liberia-agrees-to-take-1-200-third-country-deportees-from-the-u-s\"> third-country deportations\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097313/northern-california-ice-arrests-surged-this-summer\">aggressive immigration enforcement raids\u003c/a>. All with the ultimate goal of making life so difficult for immigrants that they will self deport.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“They’re kind of piecemeal pulling this policy, this policy, they just make it so unbearable that people decide they don’t want to “play the game” or go through the process,” said Montague. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Levin’s office declined multiple interview requests by KPBS. In a statement, Levin acknowledges that an arrest is not a finding of guilt and should not be allowed to become a shortcut around due process. But the text of the law he voted for specifically requires DHS to detain immigrants after an arrest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since voting for that law, Levin has become an outspoken critic of Trump’s deportation agenda. He’s voted to withhold funding for ICE, demanded more transparency from detention centers, and advocated for families of deported constituents.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\">Will Newsom Let Immigrant College Students Without Legal Status Work at Their Campuses?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab713\">AB 713\u003c/a>, is from Lakewood Democrat José Luis Solache, and it sailed through the\u003cbr>Legislature to Newsom’s desk despite GOP opposition.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It says California’s public college campuses cannot disqualify students without legal\u003cbr>status from campus employment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The UC, CSU, and community college systems enroll an estimated 60,000\u003cbr>students without legal status. While these students can get state-backed financial aid,\u003cbr>they’re ineligible for most federal grants and loans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Leading the charge for this right to work on campuses are students without legal status, immigration rights groups and legal scholars. Access to safe working conditions for students without legal status is a high priority because they’re ineligible for federal Pell grants — up to $7,400 annually — and federal student loans that come with more borrower protections than ones offered by private lenders. California awards eligible in-state students tuition waivers regardless of immigration status, so many students without legal status can at least attend a public institution tuition-free.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed a similar bill in 2024, echoing a chief worry put forward by the University of California: Any effort to employ students without proper status would incur the wrath of the Trump administration, which could attempt to pull some or all of the $17 billion in annual federal support the system gets.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>The state’s Department of Finance is recommending a no vote on Solache’s bill. The fear of federal litigation and budget cuts are the \u003ca href=\"https://leganalysis.dof.ca.gov/getPdf/15647\">main reasons why\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The UC itself \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/01/undocumented-students-2/\">abandoned\u003c/a> its own review of employing students without legal status in 2024 for those reasons. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a hearing earlier this year, Solache said, “While California has a long standing commitment to expanding access, affordability and student success in higher education, our undocumented students continue to face significant financial and structural barriers.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This bill and previous pushback has been rooted in an untested legal theory. That\u003cbr>theory says a 1980s federal law that banned employing immigrants without legal\u003cbr>status did not directly mention state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/detention-facility-transparency-act-heads-to-the-governors-desk/\">Detention Facility Transparency Act Heads to the Governor’s Desk\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb423\">bill that could give the public more access\u003c/a> to information about emergencies inside private immigrant detention centers is on its way to becoming a law. It just needs Governor Newsom’s signature. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SB 423 would require local agencies to share audio of 9-1-1 calls and written reports from inside detention centers. It was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-08-19/ie-latino-voices-paloma-esquivel-on-why-its-hard-to-get-information-from-ice-detention-centers\">prompted by questions \u003c/a>about medical care, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092950/a-judge-sent-a-doctor-to-evaluate-californias-largest-ice-detention-center-what-he-found\">allegations of sexual abuse and violence\u003c/a> against immigrants being detained.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sd33.senate.ca.gov/news/data-911-calls-ice-detention-centers-must-be-released-under-bill-going-gov-newsom\">State Sen. 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We explore t\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2026/08/31/immigrants-are-losing-due-process-rights-because-of-laken-riley-act-lawyers-say\">he impacts of this immigration legislation\u003c/a> more than a year after trump signed it into law.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A bill that could give the public \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/detention-facility-transparency-act-heads-to-the-governors-desk/\">more access to information about emergencies inside private immigrant detention centers\u003c/a> is on its way to becoming a law. It just needs Governor Newsom’s signature.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Students without legal status aren’t allowed to work for California’s public colleges or universities. That’s despite years of efforts by state lawmakers and advocates. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\">A bill that could change that\u003c/a> is now on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2026/08/31/immigrants-are-losing-due-process-rights-because-of-laken-riley-act-lawyers-say\">“I Thought It Was Absurd When I Heard This Was On The Table.” \u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first bill that Trump signed into law this term was a bi-partisan law targeting immigrants without legal status. \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5/text\">The law was named\u003c/a> after a college student who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant. It requires mandatory detention for immigrants who are accused of certain crimes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Under the law I’m signing today, the Department of Homeland Security will be required to detain all illegal aliens who have been arrested for theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a police officer or any crime that results in death,” Trump said before signing the act into law. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thirteen Democratic Senators and 46 Democrats in the House voted for the act, \u003ca href=\"https://levin.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mike-levins-statement-on-recent-votes-on-the-laken-riley-act-and-agent-raul-gonzalez-officer-safety-act\">including San Diego Congressman Mike Levin.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Levin justified his vote by citing an increase in retail thefts in his North County district. However, civil rights organizations said the new law would deny people due process protections because Laken Riley imposes mandatory detention of people after an arrest, even if they aren’t charged or convicted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After his vote in 2025, Levin said he did not believe the law took away due process protections or targeted innocent immigrants. But immigration lawyers say that’s what happened.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carlos Barrios is an immigration lawyer based in Los Angeles\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And in that respect, Laken Riley has been a problem because a basic arrest is enough. Even if the person wasn’t convicted. I thought it was absurd when I heard this was on the table and then I thought it was incredibly absurd when people voted for it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Barrios represented a man who was arrested for receiving stolen property. A county judge dismissed his case in criminal court, but that didn’t matter in immigration court, where a judge used the Laken Riley Act as justification to keep him locked up.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“But it became a major issue that this person was delayed and stuck in jail for a month and a half,” said Barrios. “This person owns his own business, now he’s at risk of losing everything because he had to shut down the business for a month and a half. Bills had to be paid. They’re backed up on their mortgage payments and everything else. It creates a major impact.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management\">According to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u003c/a>, there are currently more than 65,000 people in immigration detention. More than 70% of them do not have criminal convictions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is no publicly available data that would tell us how many people have been subject to mandatory detention under Laken Riley. But individual cases show the law’s impact.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In San Diego, Noah Montague represented a man who was never even arrested for a crime. While not a lawyer, Montague is accredited to represent people in immigration court proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My client has never been arrested for any kind of crime relating to assault on a police officer. However what happened, when he was picked up by ICE, the narrative that ICE wrote said that he basically resisted arrest and that resulted in assault of a police officer,” said Montague. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No arrest, no charge, no conviction. Just the words of a federal officer. Yet, the judge invoked Laken Riley.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“There’s been no arrest for this crime, there’s been no conviction, my client has maintained that he didn’t try to do this. And the only context that this came up is a report by an ICE officer that’s actually unsigned.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Montague describes the Laken Riley Act as just one piece of Trump’s mass deportation machine. Others include courthouse arrests, travel bans,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/international/2026/08/18/liberia-agrees-to-take-1-200-third-country-deportees-from-the-u-s\"> third-country deportations\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097313/northern-california-ice-arrests-surged-this-summer\">aggressive immigration enforcement raids\u003c/a>. All with the ultimate goal of making life so difficult for immigrants that they will self deport.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“They’re kind of piecemeal pulling this policy, this policy, they just make it so unbearable that people decide they don’t want to “play the game” or go through the process,” said Montague. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Levin’s office declined multiple interview requests by KPBS. In a statement, Levin acknowledges that an arrest is not a finding of guilt and should not be allowed to become a shortcut around due process. But the text of the law he voted for specifically requires DHS to detain immigrants after an arrest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since voting for that law, Levin has become an outspoken critic of Trump’s deportation agenda. He’s voted to withhold funding for ICE, demanded more transparency from detention centers, and advocated for families of deported constituents.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/08/students-without-legal-status-california/\">Will Newsom Let Immigrant College Students Without Legal Status Work at Their Campuses?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab713\">AB 713\u003c/a>, is from Lakewood Democrat José Luis Solache, and it sailed through the\u003cbr>Legislature to Newsom’s desk despite GOP opposition.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It says California’s public college campuses cannot disqualify students without legal\u003cbr>status from campus employment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The UC, CSU, and community college systems enroll an estimated 60,000\u003cbr>students without legal status. While these students can get state-backed financial aid,\u003cbr>they’re ineligible for most federal grants and loans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Leading the charge for this right to work on campuses are students without legal status, immigration rights groups and legal scholars. Access to safe working conditions for students without legal status is a high priority because they’re ineligible for federal Pell grants — up to $7,400 annually — and federal student loans that come with more borrower protections than ones offered by private lenders. California awards eligible in-state students tuition waivers regardless of immigration status, so many students without legal status can at least attend a public institution tuition-free.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed a similar bill in 2024, echoing a chief worry put forward by the University of California: Any effort to employ students without proper status would incur the wrath of the Trump administration, which could attempt to pull some or all of the $17 billion in annual federal support the system gets.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>The state’s Department of Finance is recommending a no vote on Solache’s bill. The fear of federal litigation and budget cuts are the \u003ca href=\"https://leganalysis.dof.ca.gov/getPdf/15647\">main reasons why\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The UC itself \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/01/undocumented-students-2/\">abandoned\u003c/a> its own review of employing students without legal status in 2024 for those reasons. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a hearing earlier this year, Solache said, “While California has a long standing commitment to expanding access, affordability and student success in higher education, our undocumented students continue to face significant financial and structural barriers.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This bill and previous pushback has been rooted in an untested legal theory. That\u003cbr>theory says a 1980s federal law that banned employing immigrants without legal\u003cbr>status did not directly mention state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/detention-facility-transparency-act-heads-to-the-governors-desk/\">Detention Facility Transparency Act Heads to the Governor’s Desk\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb423\">bill that could give the public more access\u003c/a> to information about emergencies inside private immigrant detention centers is on its way to becoming a law. It just needs Governor Newsom’s signature. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SB 423 would require local agencies to share audio of 9-1-1 calls and written reports from inside detention centers. It was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-08-19/ie-latino-voices-paloma-esquivel-on-why-its-hard-to-get-information-from-ice-detention-centers\">prompted by questions \u003c/a>about medical care, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092950/a-judge-sent-a-doctor-to-evaluate-californias-largest-ice-detention-center-what-he-found\">allegations of sexual abuse and violence\u003c/a> against immigrants being detained.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sd33.senate.ca.gov/news/data-911-calls-ice-detention-centers-must-be-released-under-bill-going-gov-newsom\">State Sen. Lena Gonzalez\u003c/a>, D-Long Beach, said she introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 423\u003c/a> because the number of people in ICE detention in California has grown dramatically during President Donald Trump’s second term, to \u003ca href=\"https://sd33.senate.ca.gov/sites/sd33.senate.ca.gov/files/pdf/SB%20423%20(Gonzalez)%20Private%20Detention%20Facility%20Fact%20Sheet_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 6,000 people\u003c/a>, and many are held for long periods in sometimes inhumane conditions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I hope Governor Newsom signs because it really gives us a signal that he means business as it pertains to really pushing back against this Trump administration,” said Gonzalez. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096334/as-ice-custody-deaths-rise-state-bill-would-force-release-of-911-call-data\">six deaths inside the state’s detention centers\u003c/a> since last September. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Friday, August 14, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Dinosaur bones and taxidermied animals get most of the attention at the Natural History Museum in LA County. But researchers are excited about \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/california-tide-pools-natural-history-museum-la\">a new collection\u003c/a> that could have big implications for monitoring climate change. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The U.S. Department of Justice says California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095240/us-doj-finds-unbroken-pattern-of-sexual-abuse-by-california-prison-staff\">failing to protect incarcerated women \u003c/a>from sexual abuse and harassment by prison staff. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A federal judge says she’s leaning toward ruling that federal immigration agents \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/08/los-angeles-warrantless-immigration-arrests-blocked/\">can not make warrantless arrests\u003c/a> under most circumstances in Los Angeles.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/california-tide-pools-natural-history-museum-la\">Inside the effort to comprehensively document California’s tide pools\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On an overcast morning in July, marine biologist Greg Rouse knelt next to a large tide pool near La Jolla’s Bird Rock. “This place is incredibly diverse in habitats,” Rouse said, scooping a sample of seawater into a plastic bag.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few miles down the beach, in his seaside lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, Rouse separated the sampled water into a petri dish. At first glance it was just water and some floating ocean debris.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But when Rouse slid the petri dish under a microscope, hundreds of nearly-microscopic animals burst into life on a high-resolution monitor: shrimps and snails, pillbug-like isopods, worms of all sorts of different shapes, and at least one bright-orange sea slug. Sampling tide pools like this is fairly routine for Rouse, but lately, it has been part of something bigger. Rouse is leading the first phase of an effort to document California’s intertidal ecosystems. That means logging every organism found in the tidal seawater, sand and rocks from San Diego to the Oregon border over the next two years. “It’s a baseline of what is here right now,” Rouse said. “It’s a shame we didn’t do this 20 or 40 years ago. But in those times, we didn’t really have the DNA technology and the cost efficiency that we have these days.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The project, called the California Intertidal Biodiversity DNA Barcode Library project, is ambitious. Nothing of this scale has been attempted in the U.S. It’s being led by a coalition of top research institutions, including Scripps, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, the California Ocean Protection Council and the Southern California Coastal Research Project. The goal is to create a comprehensive picture of California’s tidal habitats by focusing on the algae and invertebrates that live in them, including their DNA profiles. Scientists say that will let them more effectively track changes in those ecosystems.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intertidal region is made up of the narrow strip of coastline that alternates between being submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide. It’s habitats are some of the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/what-a-persistent-ocean-heatwave-means-for-sea-life-and-a-possible-el-nino-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>rising water temperatures\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/high-tides-rising-sea-levels-long-beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>sea levels\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. The two-year project launched with $10 million in state funding earlier this year but kicked into high gear this summer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last month, Rouse led a group of dozens of scientists to the tide pools, where they pulled more than 7,000 samples from the area around Bird Rock. “Anything we could see, we took. But also we took a lot of stuff you can’t see back to the lab and had many people on microscopes finding all the tiny creatures,” Rouse said. “Because most of the diversity is actually too small to see.” Testing is still underway, but so far the samples represent 1,600 species of invertebrates and algae, hundreds of which could be new to science.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095240/us-doj-finds-unbroken-pattern-of-sexual-abuse-by-california-prison-staff\">US DOJ finds ‘unbroken pattern’ of sexual abuse by California prison staff\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079668/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-video-shows-mass-force-at-california-womens-prison\">California prison officials\u003c/a> have failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff for years, the U.S. Department of Justice \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-california-womens-prisons-violate-constitution-failing-protect\">said\u003c/a> in a new report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-civil-rights-investigation-correctional-staff-sexual-abuse-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began\u003c/a> investigating the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino nearly two years ago after hundreds of incarcerated women \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003230/feds-investigate-california-prisons-where-women-say-culture-of-impunity-surrounded-abuse\">filed legal claims\u003c/a> alleging sexual exploitation by staff and an officer was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2022/12/28/cdcr-refers-internal-investigation-into-former-correctional-officer-to-district-attorney-for-charges-of-sexual-misconduct-of-incarcerated-women/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested\u003c/a> for sexually abusing at least 22 women. The department reviewed 350 allegations of sexual misconduct, interviewed prisoners and looked at body-worn camera footage. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1457771/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report\u003c/a> released Thursday, investigators said they found an “unbroken pattern” of staff sexual assault dating back over 20 years at California’s two women’s prisons. The department concluded that prison officials knew women faced a substantial risk of sexual abuse but failed to adequately protect them. Investigators pointed to gaps in surveillance camera coverage, a lack of confidential reporting options, inadequate investigations and failures to hold staff accountable — systemic problems the DOJ said amount to “deliberate indifference” and violate incarcerated women’s constitutional rights.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“None of this should be surprising to CDCR [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation], none of it should be surprising to the Legislature,” said Amika Mota, executive director of the prison advocacy organization Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition. Survivors have spent years speaking out at “hearings, in town halls, in reports,” she said, trying to get officials to address sexual abuse by prison staff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>State prison officials say they have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual assault by staff, and that they have taken steps to improve reporting options and expand the use of cameras. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Young said those reforms have not fixed the underlying problems. “Women were not being protected,” Young said in an interview with KQED. “It was the cycle that’s continuing to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/08/los-angeles-warrantless-immigration-arrests-blocked/\">Federal judge poised to restrict immigration arrest tactics in Los Angeles raids\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A judge on Thursday indicated that she’s inclined to order federal immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants in Los Angeles if they haven’t assessed their flight risk. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If she grants the order, it would be one of the most significant so far in a wide-ranging lawsuit over the government’s ongoing immigration raids in Southern California. It would force agents to fundamentally change the way they’ve conducted the sweeps at the heart of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since 1946, federal law has allowed immigration officers to arrest someone without a warrant only when they have probable cause both that the person is in the country unlawfully and that they are likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. Courts have long held that to mean that agents are required to consider the person’s ties to the community, like a person having a job, a home and a family in the community where the arrest occurs. However, in raids in Southern California and across the country, supervisors have told agents to “get out and start grabbing people,” and agents have ambushed people without knowing their immigration history and targeted Latinos at places like car washes and bus stops, court records and body camera footage show. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last month, plaintiffs attorneys in the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/immigration-agent-text-messages/\">lawsuit filed with the court\u003c/a> text messages and body cam footage that showed federal agents using racial slurs to identify targets in the Los Angeles raids. They argued the evidence showed immigration agents simply detained people who looked Latino. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s tentative ruling Thursday means agents would need to obtain “individualized, pre-arrest probable cause determinations of flight risk” in the city and the areas surrounding Los Angeles, home to 19 million people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The two-year project launched with $10 million in state funding earlier this year but kicked into high gear this summer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last month, Rouse led a group of dozens of scientists to the tide pools, where they pulled more than 7,000 samples from the area around Bird Rock. “Anything we could see, we took. But also we took a lot of stuff you can’t see back to the lab and had many people on microscopes finding all the tiny creatures,” Rouse said. “Because most of the diversity is actually too small to see.” Testing is still underway, but so far the samples represent 1,600 species of invertebrates and algae, hundreds of which could be new to science.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095240/us-doj-finds-unbroken-pattern-of-sexual-abuse-by-california-prison-staff\">US DOJ finds ‘unbroken pattern’ of sexual abuse by California prison staff\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079668/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-video-shows-mass-force-at-california-womens-prison\">California prison officials\u003c/a> have failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff for years, the U.S. Department of Justice \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-california-womens-prisons-violate-constitution-failing-protect\">said\u003c/a> in a new report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-civil-rights-investigation-correctional-staff-sexual-abuse-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began\u003c/a> investigating the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino nearly two years ago after hundreds of incarcerated women \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003230/feds-investigate-california-prisons-where-women-say-culture-of-impunity-surrounded-abuse\">filed legal claims\u003c/a> alleging sexual exploitation by staff and an officer was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2022/12/28/cdcr-refers-internal-investigation-into-former-correctional-officer-to-district-attorney-for-charges-of-sexual-misconduct-of-incarcerated-women/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested\u003c/a> for sexually abusing at least 22 women. The department reviewed 350 allegations of sexual misconduct, interviewed prisoners and looked at body-worn camera footage. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1457771/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report\u003c/a> released Thursday, investigators said they found an “unbroken pattern” of staff sexual assault dating back over 20 years at California’s two women’s prisons. The department concluded that prison officials knew women faced a substantial risk of sexual abuse but failed to adequately protect them. Investigators pointed to gaps in surveillance camera coverage, a lack of confidential reporting options, inadequate investigations and failures to hold staff accountable — systemic problems the DOJ said amount to “deliberate indifference” and violate incarcerated women’s constitutional rights.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“None of this should be surprising to CDCR [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation], none of it should be surprising to the Legislature,” said Amika Mota, executive director of the prison advocacy organization Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition. Survivors have spent years speaking out at “hearings, in town halls, in reports,” she said, trying to get officials to address sexual abuse by prison staff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>State prison officials say they have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual assault by staff, and that they have taken steps to improve reporting options and expand the use of cameras. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Young said those reforms have not fixed the underlying problems. “Women were not being protected,” Young said in an interview with KQED. “It was the cycle that’s continuing to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/08/los-angeles-warrantless-immigration-arrests-blocked/\">Federal judge poised to restrict immigration arrest tactics in Los Angeles raids\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A judge on Thursday indicated that she’s inclined to order federal immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants in Los Angeles if they haven’t assessed their flight risk. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If she grants the order, it would be one of the most significant so far in a wide-ranging lawsuit over the government’s ongoing immigration raids in Southern California. It would force agents to fundamentally change the way they’ve conducted the sweeps at the heart of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since 1946, federal law has allowed immigration officers to arrest someone without a warrant only when they have probable cause both that the person is in the country unlawfully and that they are likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. Courts have long held that to mean that agents are required to consider the person’s ties to the community, like a person having a job, a home and a family in the community where the arrest occurs. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, August 12, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Demand for pistachios is booming worldwide – from Dubai-inspired chocolate bars to pistachio cookies and lattes. But in the Central Valley, growers are worried that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/business-economy/2026-07-20/in-californias-central-valley-the-pistachio-demand-clashes-with-climate-reality\">this year’s harvest could be smaller than anticipated.\u003c/a> That’s after some unexpected weather earlier this spring. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>People in five Monterey County zones have been evacuated due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094533/big-sur-wildfire-map-evacuation-timber-fire-august-2026\">the Timber Fire in Big Sur\u003c/a>. It’s burned more than 3,000 acres and hundreds of homes are currently threatened. A portion of Highway One is now closed, due to the spread of the fire. The limited access to the area has also threatened the lives of two captive birds. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A bill advancing in the state Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/california-flock-license-plates-bill/\">would limit how long law enforcement agencies can retain data from license plate readers. \u003c/a>The proposal caps that retention period at 30 days. And it comes amid growing concern that license plate reader data is being shared and used inappropriately.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/business-economy/2026-07-20/in-californias-central-valley-the-pistachio-demand-clashes-with-climate-reality\">In California’s Central Valley, growing pistachio demand met with climate challenges\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Earlier this spring, Joe Coelho’s pistachio orchard in Fresno County seemed to be headed for a strong season. Then came an unexpected stretch of heat. It “took place right in the middle of bloom,” Coelho said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Temperatures rose into the 90s at one of the critical points of the pistachio blooming process. Recently, as Coelho walked through rows of pistachio trees, he was in a waiting period to see how much of the crop would actually fully develop this year. He carefully examined pistachio shells, looking for “a blank,” which is a shell without a pistachio kernel inside – a sign of the climate’s toll on a sensitive crop. He found some.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The uncertainty over the climate’s impact comes as the global pistachio demand continues to grow. This boom is fueled by viral food trends like Dubai-style chocolate and pistachio-filled desserts that fill internet algorithms. Scott Fryer, vice president of global marketing for American Pistachio Growers, said that in 2024, there were about 54 products on grocery store shelves across the U.S. that mentioned “Dubai-style chocolate.” In 2025, that number nearly tripled.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The trend has added to demand that was already growing before this year’s pistachio season. Fryer said it could turn out that the 2026 harvest is so low that it can’t meet demand. And much of the pressure of such demand would be on California, which produces 99% of U.S. pistachios, according to Gurreet Brar, an associate professor of pomology at Fresno State who focuses on pistachio physiology and horticulture. “Pistachio is a really economically important crop in California,” Brar said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pistachio farmers don’t seem to be in a position to increase production to meet a growing demand. Pistachio trees, like many others, take years to produce enough nuts for a typical commercial harvest. This means that each orchard is a long-term investment with no guarantee that it will offer the crop that growers – and consumers – expect each season. But when they do have a normal blooming season, pistachios are a durable crop. “Pistachios are usually taken as a much more resilient crop than almonds or other crops grown in the Valley,” Brar said. “They’re more drought-tolerant, they’re more salt-tolerant, and we have adapted pistachios to California conditions really well.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For farmers like Coelho, a small harvest translates to a significant drop in revenue. He estimates that it costs roughly $4,000 per acre each year to farm a pistachio orchard. He needs to produce about 1,400 pounds of pistachios per acre at an average price to break even. “You have to be really thoughtful about your profitability when you’re right on the margin of potentially making money,” Coelho said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Slow growth for Timber Fire in Big Sur\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People in five Monterey County zones have been evacuated due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094533/big-sur-wildfire-map-evacuation-timber-fire-august-2026\">the Timber Fire in Big Sur.\u003c/a> It’s burned more than 3,000 acres and hundreds of homes are currently threatened.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Highway 1 through the area is closed as of Tuesday afternoon, according to \u003ca href=\"http://facebook.com/CHPMontereyArea/posts/pfbid02uw4JfN9qfALuPZPfNdvpXudf2biSbDYyKpzWd4eLDa8ZL3YFNDT31v6DtGK14KVEl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZbu4bh0otqLTgT290--IY08IZBIbun6MTi4fWvnXvz-dM2w7D8XfNYQblr0Zr3M6yAMckFePzamu63zIFgOgNM3qE51GaEWkMCj18OplAKFIAeDCZ7X4jJAGzbdm9pWAkvuAPIV9vl8CVUw2ZyLpaxu8qCj2V_zxqLk5ZL7531pkGGO7ftz-3zSZlj27cuHekY&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Facebook post \u003c/a>by the California Highway Patrol. But visitors were being strongly advised to avoid Big Sur altogether over the past few days even when the route was open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Limited road access to the area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-08-11/timber-fire-reaches-2-000-acres-new-offshore-drilling-proposal-worries-locals\">also threatened the lives of two captive birds.\u003c/a> The Ventana Wildlife Society sanctuary was caring for the condors when the fire broke out. Executive director Kelly Sorenson said he and others worked the phones to figure out how they could free the birds. “The two birds are stuck in this pen and we can’t get up there to care for them, to provide any food or water while they’re held captive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The organization did receive good news Tuesday as its senior wildlife biologist was escorted to the sanctuary by Forest Service firefighters. Sorenson said the condors should be fine – though the sanctuary was planning to give them a little more time to recover from lead poisoning and treatment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/california-flock-license-plates-bill/\">‘Don’t Flock me’: California, U.S. lawmakers debate license plate reader technology\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpd.org/Home/Components/News/News/2699/262\">bank robbers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/redwood-city-police-solve-fatal-hit-and-run/\">hit-and-run drivers\u003c/a>. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/arsonist-sentenced-to-16-years-to-life-for-starting-destructive-line-fire/\">helped send\u003c/a> a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/monterey-county-man-vandalizes-flock-cameras\">police accused a suspect\u003c/a> in Monterey County of yanking down three of them with his pickup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re called automated license plate readers. Every day, untold numbers of Californians drive past the thousands of cameras that at least 230 police and sheriffs’ departments have posted along roadways or installed on their patrol cars. The cameras in real time capture and read plate numbers, then \u003ca href=\"https://ncric.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/California-Law-Enforcement-ALPR-FAQ.pdf\">cross-referenc\u003c/a>e them with law enforcement databases of vehicles police want to locate, such as stolen cars, getaway vehicles or those that may be carrying a missing or wanted person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since 2019, California Democratic lawmakers have unsuccessfully sought to further restrict how police use the technology. They’re trying again this year \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb1013\">with a bill\u003c/a> that would add limits on how long police may retain license plate data, how they access it and with whom they share it. Police agencies and officers’ unions across the state oppose the latest measure, which is similar to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb274\">a bill\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This bill is about one simple principle: Protecting the privacy and safety of Californians while ensuring law enforcement tools are used responsibly before it’s too late,” the author of this year’s legislation, Riverside Democratic Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/sabrina-cervantes-36813\">Sabrina Cervantes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279703#t=168&f=03e459111a80032d25ad98083c53988e\">told the Assembly privacy committee\u003c/a> last month. She did not respond to a request for an interview from CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cervantes’ bill would generally limit to 30 days the amount of time agencies could keep license plate data, unless it pertains to an active investigation or is part of a search for missing people. It also sets limits around who can access the data and adds training and search-tracking requirements. Police and sheriffs’ departments would be prohibited from entering into contracts with camera companies that provide default access to plate databases that federal and out-of-state police can search.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Critics of the technology cite high-profile examples of California police using license plate data inappropriately, including to stalk or harass innocent people. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/10/newsom-vetoes-license-plate-reader-regulations/\">As CalMatters reported last year\u003c/a>, California officers have repeatedly violated an 11-year-old state law that prohibits sharing the data with federal authorities and others outside the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 39 police agencies and officers’ unions oppose \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb1013\">Senate Bill 1013\u003c/a>. Combined, they have spent at least $5.6 million on legislative campaigns since 2000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/\">CalMatters Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. Police say the technology has proven invaluable at helping them solve crimes.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pistachio farmers don’t seem to be in a position to increase production to meet a growing demand. Pistachio trees, like many others, take years to produce enough nuts for a typical commercial harvest. This means that each orchard is a long-term investment with no guarantee that it will offer the crop that growers – and consumers – expect each season. But when they do have a normal blooming season, pistachios are a durable crop. “Pistachios are usually taken as a much more resilient crop than almonds or other crops grown in the Valley,” Brar said. “They’re more drought-tolerant, they’re more salt-tolerant, and we have adapted pistachios to California conditions really well.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For farmers like Coelho, a small harvest translates to a significant drop in revenue. He estimates that it costs roughly $4,000 per acre each year to farm a pistachio orchard. He needs to produce about 1,400 pounds of pistachios per acre at an average price to break even. “You have to be really thoughtful about your profitability when you’re right on the margin of potentially making money,” Coelho said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Slow growth for Timber Fire in Big Sur\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People in five Monterey County zones have been evacuated due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094533/big-sur-wildfire-map-evacuation-timber-fire-august-2026\">the Timber Fire in Big Sur.\u003c/a> It’s burned more than 3,000 acres and hundreds of homes are currently threatened.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Highway 1 through the area is closed as of Tuesday afternoon, according to \u003ca href=\"http://facebook.com/CHPMontereyArea/posts/pfbid02uw4JfN9qfALuPZPfNdvpXudf2biSbDYyKpzWd4eLDa8ZL3YFNDT31v6DtGK14KVEl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZbu4bh0otqLTgT290--IY08IZBIbun6MTi4fWvnXvz-dM2w7D8XfNYQblr0Zr3M6yAMckFePzamu63zIFgOgNM3qE51GaEWkMCj18OplAKFIAeDCZ7X4jJAGzbdm9pWAkvuAPIV9vl8CVUw2ZyLpaxu8qCj2V_zxqLk5ZL7531pkGGO7ftz-3zSZlj27cuHekY&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Facebook post \u003c/a>by the California Highway Patrol. But visitors were being strongly advised to avoid Big Sur altogether over the past few days even when the route was open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Limited road access to the area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-08-11/timber-fire-reaches-2-000-acres-new-offshore-drilling-proposal-worries-locals\">also threatened the lives of two captive birds.\u003c/a> The Ventana Wildlife Society sanctuary was caring for the condors when the fire broke out. Executive director Kelly Sorenson said he and others worked the phones to figure out how they could free the birds. “The two birds are stuck in this pen and we can’t get up there to care for them, to provide any food or water while they’re held captive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The organization did receive good news Tuesday as its senior wildlife biologist was escorted to the sanctuary by Forest Service firefighters. Sorenson said the condors should be fine – though the sanctuary was planning to give them a little more time to recover from lead poisoning and treatment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/california-flock-license-plates-bill/\">‘Don’t Flock me’: California, U.S. lawmakers debate license plate reader technology\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpd.org/Home/Components/News/News/2699/262\">bank robbers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/redwood-city-police-solve-fatal-hit-and-run/\">hit-and-run drivers\u003c/a>. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/arsonist-sentenced-to-16-years-to-life-for-starting-destructive-line-fire/\">helped send\u003c/a> a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/monterey-county-man-vandalizes-flock-cameras\">police accused a suspect\u003c/a> in Monterey County of yanking down three of them with his pickup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re called automated license plate readers. Every day, untold numbers of Californians drive past the thousands of cameras that at least 230 police and sheriffs’ departments have posted along roadways or installed on their patrol cars. The cameras in real time capture and read plate numbers, then \u003ca href=\"https://ncric.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/California-Law-Enforcement-ALPR-FAQ.pdf\">cross-referenc\u003c/a>e them with law enforcement databases of vehicles police want to locate, such as stolen cars, getaway vehicles or those that may be carrying a missing or wanted person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since 2019, California Democratic lawmakers have unsuccessfully sought to further restrict how police use the technology. They’re trying again this year \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb1013\">with a bill\u003c/a> that would add limits on how long police may retain license plate data, how they access it and with whom they share it. Police agencies and officers’ unions across the state oppose the latest measure, which is similar to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb274\">a bill\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This bill is about one simple principle: Protecting the privacy and safety of Californians while ensuring law enforcement tools are used responsibly before it’s too late,” the author of this year’s legislation, Riverside Democratic Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/sabrina-cervantes-36813\">Sabrina Cervantes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279703#t=168&f=03e459111a80032d25ad98083c53988e\">told the Assembly privacy committee\u003c/a> last month. She did not respond to a request for an interview from CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cervantes’ bill would generally limit to 30 days the amount of time agencies could keep license plate data, unless it pertains to an active investigation or is part of a search for missing people. It also sets limits around who can access the data and adds training and search-tracking requirements. 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But local farmers here are still feeling the effects of the outbreak. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A Shasta County judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2026-08-07/sweeping-shasta-county-election-changes-temporarily-blocked-in-court\">has blocked\u003c/a> a number of controversial changes to the elections system that voters approved earlier this year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Jury selection begins this week in latest Meta trial\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Wednesday in Oakland, the federal trial between four state attorneys general, including California AG Rob Bonta, and Meta begins with jury selection. The case is looking at whether the company deliberately engineered addiction into Facebook and Instagram, aimed them at children, and lied to the public about the risks.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a consumer protection case, not a personal injury case or a free speech case,” said KQED Silicon Valley Senior Editor Rachael Myrow. “The attorneys general are asking for civil penalties and for Meta to hand over profits it made from underage users. In pre-trial filings, they’ve calculated those penalties could run as much as $1.4 trillion. That’s roughly what Meta is worth on Wall Street these days. But money isn’t the only ask. The states also want a court order forcing Meta to redesign its platforms to change the features that keep young people scrolling.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meta has argued that social media addiction isn’t a real diagnosis. The company also argued that Facebook and Instagram are not aimed at children particularly, although Meta recently developed a teen-specific version of Instagram. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected both of those arguments before trial. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opening arguments in the case are scheduled for August 18.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094247/cyclosporiasis-cyclospora-outbreak-rise-californaia-cases-symptoms-parasite-explosive-diarrhea-lettuce\">Cyclosporiasis cases in California are way up\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Amid the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090791/cyclosporiasis-symptoms-california-parasite-explosive-diarrhea-foodborne-cyclospora-michigan-outbreak-fruits-vegetables-incubation-antibiotics#california-cases\">national outbreaks \u003c/a>of cyclospora — a foodborne parasite that causes explosive diarrhea, which has sickened tens of thousands of people nationally and led to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/michigan-cyclospora-outbreak-deaths-cf058908cdfd1bfd405d15e7079bed14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two reported deaths\u003c/a> — California health officials have reassured residents: The state remains one of the few unaffected by the outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as the California Department of Public Health confirmed that none of the iceberg lettuce being investigated as a source of the outbreak was distributed in the state, cases of cyclosporiasis in California have nonetheless jumped up in the last few months. After reporting only 41 cyclosporiasis cases from January to June this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Cyclosporiasis.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDPH’s most recent data \u003c/a>shows that the 2026 number has now risen to 215 “confirmed and probable” cases as of July 15, including 13 hospitalizations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For context, based on their 2015-2025 figures, CDPH’s annual average for cyclosporiasis cases is 106. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR26-024.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">“Most cases”\u003c/a> of cyclospora in California tend to be linked to residents traveling to international destinations with cyclosporiasis outbreaks, CDPH said. But the agency also suspects that this year there have been “increased cases in travelers to areas with cyclosporiasis outbreaks, whether international or domestic.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The outbreak is also impacting produce growers in California. The Central Coast and nearby valleys produce most of the United States’ leafy greens. But right now, Tony Alameda, an owner of Top Flavor Farms in San Juan Bautista, said people aren’t buying. “”It’s a shame because it has nothing to do with anything we’ve done in the region, and yet you’re just impacted,” Alameda said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said some growers aren’t harvesting 30% to 40% of their crop because of the reduced demand.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2026-08-07/sweeping-shasta-county-election-changes-temporarily-blocked-in-court\">Sweeping Shasta County election changes temporarily blocked in court\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Shasta County judge has blocked a number of controversial changes to the elections system that voters approved earlier this year. Judge Benjamin Hanna granted a preliminary injunction Friday morning to stop Shasta County’s Measure B from moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2026-05-01/measure-b-could-reshape-shasta-county-elections-if-courts-allow-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>would make a number of changes\u003c/u>\u003c/a> Hanna said were in direct violation of state law, like hand-counting ballots and severely restricting mail-in voting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The California Attorney General sued the county shortly after the measure passed. The county board of supervisors voted to not defend the measure in court, so instead the proponents who got the measure on the ballot took the county’s place.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In his ruling, Judge Hanna said that while charter counties have additional powers, those can’t extend beyond the state constitution. 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But \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/07/california-governor-hilton-profile/\">the Republican gubernatorial candidate\u003c/a> has a long history of political consulting in England, and much of the messaging there can be seen in his current campaign. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>California’s Latino Legislative Caucus is rolling out a set of bills to boost state oversight of federal immigration detention centers. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A person has been arrested on suspicion of starting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093925/northern-california-gann-fire-burns-9363-acres-more-than-1400-under-evacuation-orders\">the Gann Fire\u003c/a>, which continues to burn in Calaveras County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/07/california-governor-hilton-profile/\">Who is Steve Hilton? Here’s how he has rebranded himself multiple times\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When Steve Hilton first came to live in California, the political strategist had already gone through a few rebrands. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It was 2008 and the British Conservative Party was ascendant after a decade of losses. Hilton, a top adviser to future Prime Minister David Cameron, was a source of great curiosity for the British press; he eschewed suits, rode a bike to work, sometimes went shoeless and avoided reporters. He was also at the center of the party’s turnaround, widely credited with refreshing its image from stale and imperious to socially tolerant, environment-minded and diversity-conscious. While he was on a temporary stint in Silicon Valley, the British press couldn’t help noticing a similarity between Cameron and Hilton and the Golden State’s then-governor, moderate Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That was the last time a Republican was governor of California. Eighteen years later, Hilton is trying to pick up Schwarzenegger’s mantle in a dramatically different moment for California and American politics. After finishing second in last month’s top-two primary, he faces long odds in the November general election against Democratic former state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Democrats have dominated the state since Schwarzenegger left office; a Republican hasn’t won a statewide seat since before Cameron became prime minister. And though anti-tax sentiments still run deep, so too does hatred of President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Hilton. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It could help Hilton that he cuts an unlikely figure for a MAGA man. A professional advertiser, Hilton spent the first half of his career softening the public images of the Conservatives, of multinational corporations accused of causing various social ills and of capitalism itself, in contrast to the bombastic politics of today. His beliefs, documented in decades of British press coverage and his own books, don’t line up neatly on the political spectrum. But they also make him hard to pin down. Over the years he’s praised several policy ideas that contradict the deregulatory campaign he’s run today and in the past. In London, he was known as a fount of eccentric ideas who also pushed to slash welfare, loosen labor laws, cut government employment, privatize government services and even floated reducing maternity leave. In 2015, from Silicon Valley, he wrote a book endorsing a higher national living wage in the U.K., generous family leave policies and forcing factory farms to pay for the environmental and health costs of their operations. “He’s quite difficult to put in a box,” said Giles Gibbons, a friend and former business partner at a firm the pair founded in the late 1990s to advise brands on social responsibility. “He challenges the orthodoxy and the process of doing things. He’s a contrarian, in many ways.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, in his latest rebrand, Hilton has taken on a different tone. After moving to Silicon Valley permanently in 2012 and running a political tech startup, he landed a Fox News show, “The Next Revolution,” in 2017. Over six years on the network, he aligned himself closely with the Trump circle, calling for an audit into the 2020 election that President Joe Biden won, promoting the conspiracy theory that Dr. Anthony Fauci was responsible for the pandemic and railing against American colleges for \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/media/woke-colleges-universities-steve-hilton-education\">spreading “the woke mind virus.”\u003c/a> He also occasionally criticized key conservative figures and in 2019 endorsed “asset reparations” in the form of business and home loans for African Americans to make up for the generational economic harm of racist policies, a position anathema to Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail now, he’s gregarious with reporters. He has ditched the ultracasual dress of his younger years — “You’ve got to be respectful of the office, so I’ve stepped up sartorially,” he explained — and the talk of corporate social responsibility — “I don’t think it’s the priority” — in favor of a campaign more aligned with a conventional American Republican in 2026. He sports a “save girls’ sports” bracelet and has a “family first” agenda to promote adoption, prenatal care and “marriage and family formation” and discourage abortion. He’s promising steep tax cuts and business deregulation. He has vowed to overturn many of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction rules that he calls a product of the “climate agenda” — more than a decade after he advised Cameron in the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/14/cameron-wants-greenest-government-ever\">“greenest government ever.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But he denies being inconsistent. “I’m not an ideologue, I’m very pragmatic in my approach,” he said. “I don’t like being told what to do myself, and I don’t want to tell anyone else what to do with their life either, and I think that’s a very Californian attitude.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>California Legislative Latino Caucus demands more oversight of detention centers \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s Latino Legislative Caucus is rolling out a set of bills to boost state oversight of federal immigration detention centers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At least 57 people have died in ICE custody since President Trump returned to office – six of them in California. And the state Attorney General and other watchdogs have documented medical neglect and inhumane treatment in the eight facilities in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Isaac Bryan with the California Black Caucus said protecting people in detention is not just a Latino issue, it’s everyone’s issue. “Human rights violations are happening every single day and the consequences are lethal. And that is why the legislation being introduced is so important,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One bill – for state health inspections of ICE jails – has passed the state Senate with unanimous, bipartisan support.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093925/northern-california-gann-fire-burns-9363-acres-more-than-1400-under-evacuation-orders\">Northern California Gann Fire burns more than 10,000 acres\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/wildfires\">Gann Fire \u003c/a>raging east of Stockton has reached 10,374 acres as of Thursday morning. 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A state fund is helping displaced workers land well-paying jobs in other industries, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001488/californias-displaced-oil-and-gas-workers-fund-is-a-lifeline-now-advocates-say-its-time-to-expand\">that lifeline could soon disappear.\u003c/a> \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a $47 million verdict to the family of a stoneworker who died of silicosis. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A new report has determined \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/edison-eaton-fire-cause-la-county-fire-report\">the cause of the deadly and destructive Eaton Fire\u003c/a> in Los Angeles County. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A federal judge in Los Angeles is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/08/los-angeles-immigration-lawsuit-contempt/\">holding the Department of Homeland Security in contempt\u003c/a> for denying an order to make digital copies of communications from personal cellphones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001488/californias-displaced-oil-and-gas-workers-fund-is-a-lifeline-now-advocates-say-its-time-to-expand\">California’s displaced oil and gas workers’ fund is a lifeline. Now advocates say it’s time to expand\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Joe Villarreal spent his second day at Northwest Metrology honing a new skill: calibrating torque wrenches. The company’s Bakersfield headquarters is packed with pressure gauges, weights, and other specialized tools — all designed to ensure that everything from defibrillators to scales for weighing aircraft work without fail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have an extensive client list,” said owner Wayne Moule, who has been serving hospitals, refineries and aerospace companies for decades.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Moule has a hard time finding employees who are a good fit for the painstaking work. “People come in, give us resumes that look great,” Moule said, “but they just don’t have the work ethic. They don’t care about the accuracy. They say they calibrate a piece of equipment, and they don’t. 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He was laid off last year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Villarreal landed his new job at Northwest Metrology in May through a state program designed to mitigate the impact on oil and gas workers as California transitions away from fossil fuels. The program connected Villarreal with three case managers who invited him to weekly “job hubs” that featured presentations from employers looking to hire. With no experience in calibration, he was reluctant to apply for the job but decided, “I should at least go talk to them ’cause it don’t hurt.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2045 has accelerated the decline of the oil and gas industry, which employs an estimated 94,000 people in high-paying, often unionized jobs with benefits. Since 2020, the closure or conversion of six refineries has eliminated roughly 2,000 jobs, dislodging highly skilled workers from decades-long careers spent extracting and refining crude oil into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt and petrochemicals.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Displaced Oil and Gas Workers Fund is California’s most tangible effort to help workers transition to comparable jobs in other industries. The $30 million fund, created through a state law in 2022, provides grants to local workforce development boards, unions, and other groups in the most affected areas of the state: Kern, Contra Costa and Los Angeles counties. State records indicate the fund has helped more than 630 workers transition to new careers. And that could be an undercount, as grant recipients say they’ve helped closer to a thousand workers like Villarreal get training and find new jobs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even with its successes, proponents of the program say it’s falling short. They are urging the state to extend it beyond the current end date in 2027 and provide new benefits, including wage replacement during transitions, college credits for on-the-job experience and at least two years of financial support during apprenticeships.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Jury awards family millions following silicosis death\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Los Angeles County jury has \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brayton-purcell-llp-announces-47-million-verdict-in-the-fourth-artificial-stone-countertop-fabrication-silicosis-trial-302842877.html\">awarded a $47 million dollar verdict\u003c/a> to the family of a stoneworker who died of silicosis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hundreds of stonecutters are suing manufacturers and distributors of artificial stone, the countertop material linked to silicosis, an aggressive and incurable lung disease. Wilmer Ruben Martinez Paredes was only 41 when he died, leaving three kids and a wife. In 2023, she sued a host of companies, including artificial stone distributor Dal-Tiles, and major manufacturers like Cambria, Caesarstone and Cosentino.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her attorney James Nevin says this is the third U.S. verdict so far in favor of workers. “A very young family was left without their husband, father, and there’s nothing that can make up for that. But you know this verdict gives them some measure of justice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This comes as a bill from California Republican Congressman Tom McClintock is advancing in Washington DC. 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With no experience in calibration, he was reluctant to apply for the job but decided, “I should at least go talk to them ’cause it don’t hurt.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2045 has accelerated the decline of the oil and gas industry, which employs an estimated 94,000 people in high-paying, often unionized jobs with benefits. Since 2020, the closure or conversion of six refineries has eliminated roughly 2,000 jobs, dislodging highly skilled workers from decades-long careers spent extracting and refining crude oil into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt and petrochemicals.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Displaced Oil and Gas Workers Fund is California’s most tangible effort to help workers transition to comparable jobs in other industries. The $30 million fund, created through a state law in 2022, provides grants to local workforce development boards, unions, and other groups in the most affected areas of the state: Kern, Contra Costa and Los Angeles counties. State records indicate the fund has helped more than 630 workers transition to new careers. And that could be an undercount, as grant recipients say they’ve helped closer to a thousand workers like Villarreal get training and find new jobs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even with its successes, proponents of the program say it’s falling short. They are urging the state to extend it beyond the current end date in 2027 and provide new benefits, including wage replacement during transitions, college credits for on-the-job experience and at least two years of financial support during apprenticeships.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Jury awards family millions following silicosis death\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Los Angeles County jury has \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brayton-purcell-llp-announces-47-million-verdict-in-the-fourth-artificial-stone-countertop-fabrication-silicosis-trial-302842877.html\">awarded a $47 million dollar verdict\u003c/a> to the family of a stoneworker who died of silicosis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hundreds of stonecutters are suing manufacturers and distributors of artificial stone, the countertop material linked to silicosis, an aggressive and incurable lung disease. Wilmer Ruben Martinez Paredes was only 41 when he died, leaving three kids and a wife. In 2023, she sued a host of companies, including artificial stone distributor Dal-Tiles, and major manufacturers like Cambria, Caesarstone and Cosentino.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her attorney James Nevin says this is the third U.S. verdict so far in favor of workers. “A very young family was left without their husband, father, and there’s nothing that can make up for that. But you know this verdict gives them some measure of justice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This comes as a bill from California Republican Congressman Tom McClintock is advancing in Washington DC. 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They warned it would violate privacy and due process. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>California is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/social-service-funds-lawsuit-personal-info-4917888297602fa55b4d4980b48fb5d3\">suing the Trump administration\u003c/a> in an effort to protect the private information of people on a federal cash assistance program. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Washington state is in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/08/03/nx-s1-5918018/washington-spokane-wildfires-evacuations\">its most destructive wildfire season on record.\u003c/a> It’s been a rough fire summer around the West, but not necessarily in California.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093249/california-teacher-misconduct-database-bill-failed-al-muratsuchi\">Bill that would have added accountability for teacher misconduct fails in Sacramento \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A last-ditch legislative attempt to help California school districts keep problematic teachers out of the classroom has collapsed following opposition from unions and the state teacher licensing agency that a proposed searchable database would violate privacy and subject educators to unfair treatment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposed database, introduced by a Democratic member of the state Assembly in June, would have allowed schools to see if applicants for public school teaching positions had been reported to the state after they were fired or resigned over claims of misconduct. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The California Federation of Teachers pushed back, warning that teachers could land in the database even if schools had not determined they committed serious misconduct. “We would support legislation that targets substantiated reports of egregious misconduct,” said Tristan Brown, a lobbyist with the California Federation of Teachers. “We live in a state with Silicon Valley. The state should be able to support a system that is up to date and tracking substantiated reports of misconduct.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi had proposed to make it easier for schools to screen teacher applicants after \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/california-fired-teacher-sexual-harassment\">a KQED-ProPublica investigation\u003c/a> published in May. The news outlets revealed how delays and inaction, combined with a lack of transparency, allowed educators to get new jobs after school districts reported them to the state teacher licensing agency for sexual harassment or other misconduct. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort by Republican lawmakers to address the issue also hit roadblocks earlier this year. “When the safety of a child does not meet a legislative priority, that’s a head-scratcher for me,” said Republican Assemblymember Tom Lackey, who co-authored the first attempt to create the teacher database. “I think being sympathetic to the offender is on the wrong side of this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both bills were modeled on a law the Legislature passed in 2025 mandating the creation of a database by next summer that will allow employers to search the names of school support staff, such as bus drivers, custodians and teaching assistants, who are under investigation by their schools or have substantiated complaints of egregious misconduct. The database for school support staff passed after months of tense negotiations. Under that system, employees’ names would be removed from the database if school investigations fail to substantiate claims of egregious misconduct. The bill passed despite opposition from unions, but the system that will be put in place is still being refined. But that law explicitly does not apply to public school teachers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The system currently in place for public school educators is a patchwork with a fair number of gaps. School districts have long been required to report to the state any teacher who is fired or who resigns due to misconduct. But the state’s teacher licensing agency, which collects all of those reports, is restricted by state law in what information the agency can share while it investigates. 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A federal government lawyer later said the move was largely in response to news reports about possible fraud.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Wildfire activity explodes in Washington state; California generally spared thus far \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In central and eastern Washington, extreme fire weather — with dry winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kuow.org/2026-08-03/smoke-heat-headed-for-western-washington-as-wildfires-grow-to-the-east-and-north\">fueled explosive fire growth over the weekend.\u003c/a> Three fast-moving fires in the Spokane area have burned through more than 7,000 acres, destroyed at least 700 structures, and forced the evacuation of about 65,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The historic fire disaster in Spokane looks familiar. As with the Tubbs, Camp, Lahaina or Eaton Fires, neighborhoods upwind from highly-flammable vegetation were destroyed during a hot, dry, windy spell, after severe-to-extreme drought.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is not in a strong drought right now, unlike much of the rest of the West, and has so far escaped the worst fires. But weather and climate expert Daniel Swain said that could soon change. “I do expect there to be a growing amount of fire activity in the coming days as fuels really dry out, even though I don’t expect there to be any extreme fire weather conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, August 3, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>California lawmakers are returning to Sacramento from summer recess on Monday — and a fight is already brewing over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093409/inside-the-fight-for-the-future-of-californias-climate-dollars\">the future of the state’s climate fund.\u003c/a> Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration has changed environmental rules to prevent higher gas prices. And that could lead to less money for affordable housing, transit and other projects to reduce carbon emissions. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The executive board of the California Democratic Party threw its support behind Proposition 40, the so-called billionaire’s tax on the November ballot. If approved, the measure would impose a 5%, one-time tax on billionaires’ assets to pay for healthcare. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The CARE court mental health program has seen \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/la-county-says-a-program-meant-to-help-people-with-serious-mental-illness-is-gaining-traction\">an increase in participation\u003c/a>, according to officials in Los Angeles County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093409/inside-the-fight-for-the-future-of-californias-climate-dollars\">Inside the fight for the future of California’s climate dollars\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As state lawmakers return to the Capitol from summer recess on Monday, Democrats are spoiling for a fight with Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> over the future of California’s signature climate fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Less than a year ago, Newsom and the Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998536/newsom-signs-climate-energy-bills-charting-state-course-through-perilous-mid-transition\">extended\u003c/a> the cap-and-trade program to 2045, renaming it cap-and-invest — a clear signal about lawmakers’ thoughts on the fiscal benefits of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052825/whats-next-for-californias-landmark-climate-program\">the system\u003c/a>. By requiring major polluters to purchase permits to account for their emissions, it raises billions of dollars a year for programs ranging from high-speed rail to affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the climate fund could shrink by as much as half due to new rules governing cap-and-invest, forcing lawmakers to make tough choices about how to spend the polluter proceeds — all while Newsom argues the program was never meant to be a permanent source of revenue. Their negotiations could come to a head in the next few weeks, before the final legislative session of the governor’s tenure comes to a close. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The cap-and-invest rules, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085401/amid-opposition-california-regulators-approve-major-changes-to-cap-and-trade-program\">approved\u003c/a> by the California Air Resources Board this spring, are expected to drastically reduce the number of pollution permits, known as allowances, that are auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund over the next three years. Instead, more pollution allowances will be given away to companies covered by the cap, such as oil refineries and factories, to prevent them from leaving California. “There is tension here insofar as there was an effort to rebrand the program as cap-and-invest — and now there are some serious concerns about the magnitude of the investments that will be coming out of this program,” said Kyle Meng, a professor of environmental economics at UC Santa Barbara. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom signed the reauthorization of cap-and-invest in September, as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055461/california-lawmakers-reach-last-minute-deals-on-climate-energy\">sweeping negotiations\u003c/a> on climate and energy that included a bill meant to boost the state’s oil industry by making it easier to drill in Kern County. Air regulators at CARB got to work designing a cap that would allow the state to achieve its climate goals — including reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 — while also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053867/affordability-concerns-at-center-of-cap-and-trade-renewal-debate\">addressing affordability\u003c/a>, a top priority for lawmakers during last year’s reauthorization debate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first set of cap-and-invest rules unveiled in January drew fierce lobbying from the oil industry, which had already seen the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910826/california-considers-more-drilling-and-other-concessions-to-big-oil-as-gas-prices-rise\">closure of refineries\u003c/a> in Los Angeles and Benicia in the last two years that supplied roughly 20% of the state’s refining capacity. A Chevron executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q1/californias-economy-faces-threats-with-new-energy-policy-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned\u003c/a> in a March letter that the regulations would “cripple the survivability of the state’s remaining refineries.” CARB’s final blueprint, approved in May, increased the free allowances granted to polluters over the next three years. It also created the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive, which could grant companies additional allowances above the cap if they make investments in clean air technologies. The initiative is still being developed, but critics worry it could increase emissions and depress demand for allowances. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The tradeoff is a decline in the allowances given to utilities (which help fund a Climate Credit on customers’ bills) and a significant drop in allowances auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. As a result, CARB projects $2 billion annually will be deposited into the fund, roughly half the amount in recent years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>CA Democratic Party leaders support billionaire’s tax\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The executive board of the California Democratic Party \u003ca href=\"https://cadem.org/california-democratic-party-endorses-insurance-commissioner-and-statewide-ballot-measures-ahead-of-2026-general-election/\">threw its support behind Proposition 40\u003c/a>, the so-called billionaire’s tax on the November ballot. If approved, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/proposition-40-billionaire-tax/\">the measure \u003c/a>would impose a 5%, one-time tax on billionaires’ assets to pay for healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that the people who would pay the tax are the ones who benefited the most financially from recent federal tax reforms. Congress also cut tens of billions from Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California, which provides health insurance to low-income people. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093303/the-union-man-taking-on-the-democratic-establishment-with-a-billionaire-tax\">SEIU-UHW argues\u003c/a> those cuts will cause hospitals and clinics to close, costing thousands of jobs and worsening access for all patients.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opponents include Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, business interests, and some health and labor organizations. They say the proposal will backfire, causing billionaires to leave California and decreasing tax revenue in the long run. Health groups say they weren’t consulted in designing the measure and that it does not solve the long-term fiscal challenges of funding healthcare. The same groups backed propositions 41 and 42, competing measures that would place limits on new special taxes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposal has split the Democratic Party. Progressives like Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna support the measure. But Governor Gavin Newsom, gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra and a growing list of labor unions have spoken out against it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/la-county-says-a-program-meant-to-help-people-with-serious-mental-illness-is-gaining-traction\">LA County says a program meant to help people with serious mental illness is gaining traction\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After a slow start, a program that aims to bring thousands of Angelenos living with serious mental illness under court-led care has seen a spike in petitions filed in recent months, Los Angeles County officials said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CARE Court allows family members, first responders and others to ask a court — by way of a petition — to step in with a voluntary care agreement for someone living with serious, untreated mental illness, such as schizophrenia, to receive community-based mental health services. If the agreement fails, a judge could order the individual to sign on to a treatment plan.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Since launching in L.A. County in December 2023, the program saw thousands fewer petitions each year than were initially projected. But county officials said petitions filed in L.A. County jumped by about 85% between November 2025 and March 2026, with March seeing a total of 68 petitions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Martin Jones, a program manager with the L.A. County Department of Mental Health, attributed the increase to working with hospitals, first responders and other groups to identify and refer people who might need help. “We’re doing quite a bit of work to put tools in their hands to also help them identify and refer folks to us who might benefit from the support,” Jones told LAist. “I think we’re approaching the project from several fronts and we’re seeing the results of that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Proponents of CARE Court say it provides a less restrictive and structured way to stabilize people living with a mental illness, and they say the recent increase in petitions shows that the program is gaining traction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some mental health and civil liberties advocates don’t see it as a positive development. “The number of petitions says nothing about outcomes, which is the real point of the program,” said Eve Garrow, policy analyst at the ACLU of Southern California. “Positive outcomes are really miniscule compared to the population in need.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Analysis of the program statewide has shown that about half of the petitions end up getting dismissed, but L.A. 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