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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, June 16, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new study in the journal Science finds that annual prescribed burning \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001297/can-controlled-burns-reduce-californias-air-pollution\">could substantially reduce smoke pollution\u003c/a> during California’s worst wildfire years. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eight people are dead after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/b52-crash-california-edwards-air-force-base-ea237a6eec587adbbf9e7a578014ca93\">a military plane crashed\u003c/a> on Monday shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Imperial Valley data center developer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/environment/2026/06/15/imperial-valley-data-center-developer-files-lawsuit-seeking-access-to-colorado-river-water\">has filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> seeking access to water from the Colorado River. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001297/can-controlled-burns-reduce-californias-air-pollution\">\u003cstrong>New study shows how helpful prescribed burns can be in reducing smoke pollution\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Iván Higuera-Mendieta had never experienced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/wildfires\">wildfire \u003c/a>season before arriving in California as a Stanford University Ph.D. student. Then, during a bike ride around Palo Alto in the summer of 2021, the Colombian-born researcher noticed what smelled like a neighborhood barbecue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He remarked to his colleagues how interesting it was that it smelled like wood outside. He recalls their response with a laugh: “People said, ‘Well, it’s fire season, dummy. You shouldn’t be outside. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969739/smoke-from-californias-record-wildfires-is-its-own-disaster\">It’s bad for you\u003c/a>.” The experience prompted Higuera-Mendieta to investigate a question that has become increasingly urgent in California: How can we reduce smoke from future wildfires?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His research, published in the June 11 issue of \u003cem>Science,\u003c/em> found that a sustained campaign of yearly prescribed burning — in line with \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/12/31/california-certifies-statewide-programmatic-environmental-impact-review-to-protect-californians-from-catastrophic-wildfires/\">pre-existing state goals\u003c/a> — could reduce smoke severity during bad wildfire years by 25%. Averaged over a decade of good, normal and bad fire years, the net reduction in smoke pollution is about 10%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, conducted with co-author Marshall Burke, examined two decades of fire and smoke data and provides the first large-scale estimate of how prescribed-fire-like burns influence future smoke exposure. “We know that smoke is killing a lot of people. Any reduction in that is meaningful,” said Burke, \u003ca href=\"https://sustainability.stanford.edu/people/marshall-burke\">professor\u003c/a> in the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford and Higuera-Mendieta’s advisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prescribed fire, or the intentional and cautious burning of land at low severity, is a smoke solution that comes with trade-offs. A prescribed burn produces its own smoke, so the net benefits to air pollution are felt during the next wildfire, which may be soon or may be years away. “You’re not eliminating the problem,” Burke said. “But you’re making a meaningful dent in the problem, particularly in the worst years, and to me, that’s important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In past research, Burke’s group at Stanford has estimated that wildfire smoke will be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972725/wildfire-smoke-could-be-the-main-way-californians-experience-climate-change\">key way most Californians\u003c/a> will feel the harmful effects of climate change. A drying, heating atmosphere, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuel, is leading us to more severe wildfires, which are reversing decades of air quality improvements in California and across the West. Wildfire smoke will kill an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056655/wildfire-smoke-could-kill-over-5000-californians-a-year-by-2050-study-shows\">70,000 Americans each year by 2050\u003c/a>, if the planet continues to warm at its current rate, according to research Burke and colleagues published last September.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/b52-crash-california-edwards-air-force-base-ea237a6eec587adbbf9e7a578014ca93\">\u003cstrong>8 people dead in B-52 bomber crash at US Air Force base in Southern California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A B-52 bomber \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/edwards-air-force-base-history-military-crash-99ba8ecd107faaa643df27c92f195841\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">crashed shortly after takeoff\u003c/a>\u003c/span> at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight people aboard, military officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11:20 a.m. during a routine test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, which is north of Los Angeles. Black smoke rose from a large swath of charred desert near the runway on the base, with emergency vehicles nearby. Those on the B-52 included government contractors and uniformed military. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing confirmed Monday evening that two of its employees were on board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reviewing footage of the crash, it was determined that no one could have survived, Col. 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His company, a LLC called Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing (IVCM), is trying to build a massive artificial intelligence complex in the Imperial Valley that he said needs around 750,000 gallons of water per day for cooling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Imperial Valley, the only source of fresh water is the Colorado River. The mighty waterway is facing a climate change-fueled drought and has \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/06/05/colorado-river-system-track-crash/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>fallen to dangerously-low levels\u003c/u>\u003c/a> this year. Since December, Rucci and his company repeatedly pledged that their project would not need to draw on the beleaguered river and instead would rely on recycled wastewater from nearby cities. “The facility purchases municipal wastewater that would otherwise be discarded,” read a February \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://ruccilaw.com/environment/net-water-positive-how-the-ivdc-helps-save-the-salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>blog post\u003c/u>\u003c/a> on his law firm’s website. “It does not touch a single drop of the Colorado River.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, though, Rucci’s company is going to court for access to far more than a single drop. Earlier this month, IVCM filed a lawsuit against the powerful Imperial Irrigation District, or IID. 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A drying, heating atmosphere, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuel, is leading us to more severe wildfires, which are reversing decades of air quality improvements in California and across the West. Wildfire smoke will kill an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056655/wildfire-smoke-could-kill-over-5000-californians-a-year-by-2050-study-shows\">70,000 Americans each year by 2050\u003c/a>, if the planet continues to warm at its current rate, according to research Burke and colleagues published last September.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/b52-crash-california-edwards-air-force-base-ea237a6eec587adbbf9e7a578014ca93\">\u003cstrong>8 people dead in B-52 bomber crash at US Air Force base in Southern California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A B-52 bomber \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/edwards-air-force-base-history-military-crash-99ba8ecd107faaa643df27c92f195841\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">crashed shortly after takeoff\u003c/a>\u003c/span> at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight people aboard, military officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11:20 a.m. during a routine test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, which is north of Los Angeles. Black smoke rose from a large swath of charred desert near the runway on the base, with emergency vehicles nearby. Those on the B-52 included government contractors and uniformed military. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing confirmed Monday evening that two of its employees were on board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reviewing footage of the crash, it was determined that no one could have survived, Col. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, June 8, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California scientists are nervous about the fate of sea life, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001047/scientists-worry-el-nino-could-supercharge-marine-heat-wave-roiling-coastal-california\">could face a double whammy of warming water later this year.\u003c/a> Coastal waters have already warmed during an ongoing marine heat wave and could warm further if a potential super El Niño materializes. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s been nearly a week since California’s primary election and a handful of races remain too close to call. That includes in Los Angeles where the latest vote count on Sunday shows Democrat \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-mayor-race-second-place-raman-pratt-bass-runoff\">Nithya Raman overtaking Republican Spencer Pratt\u003c/a> for second place in the LA Mayor’s race.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hundreds of residents of Orange Cove in rural, eastern Fresno County are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2026-06-05/rural-fresno-county-residents-push-back-against-pilot-climate-program-ahead-of-june-decision\">speaking out against a clean energy trial\u003c/a> that city leaders agreed to. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001047/scientists-worry-el-nino-could-supercharge-marine-heat-wave-roiling-coastal-california\">\u003cstrong>Scientists worry El Niño could supercharge marine heat wave roiling coastal California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the seventh marine heat wave off California’s coast in the last seven years and this year, it could be amplified by a developing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083376/an-incoming-super-el-nino-may-bring-california-a-wet-hot-winter\">super El Niño\u003c/a>, which has the potential to raise sea surface temperatures even higher. This combined influence could disrupt ecosystems, harm or kill local marine life and attract other species north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With El Niño, the fear is that the kelp that persisted [past the marine heat wave] may now decline, and recovering kelp may not get a chance to get back to what they were before,” said Dr. Anita Giraldo Ospina, principal investigator of coastal ecosystems at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059734/monterey-bay-aquarium-revives-30-year-old-otter-tee-worn-by-taylor-swift\">Monterey Bay Aquarium\u003c/a>. She’s part of ongoing research projects into how kelp species are repopulating the area. She collects kelp spores and tiny baby urchin from glass slides and rectangular broom heads anchored to the seafloor and stores them in plastic bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baby kelp need cold, nutrient rich water to mature into tall, strong adult stipes. Giraldo Ospina worries that a massive, ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/a-heat-wave-in-the-pacific-ocean-is-killing-birds-on-cas-coast\">marine heat wave\u003c/a>, which has already raised coastal waters \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/west-coast-waters-experiencing-another-large-marine-heatwave\">by 3 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit\u003c/a>, could disrupt efforts to regrow kelp forests vital to the Monterey Bay ecosystem, depending on how warm it becomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But kelp isn’t the only species being impacted. Even a few degrees of warming can set an ecosystem out of whack and lead to the die-off of almost entire populations. As of May 20, the International Bird Rescue in Fairfield has treated \u003ca href=\"https://www.birdrescue.org/2026-california-starvation-event/\">288 starving birds\u003c/a>, including brown pelicans, cormorants and common murres. “They are the same birds people are reporting finding dead on beaches, especially in Southern California, but now in Northern California as well,” said JD Bergeron, the group’s CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bergeron said one theory is that small schooling fish — favorite food for shore birds — are seeking colder water deeper in the ocean, beyond the birds’ reach. So they do not have enough food to eat. “We have had very regular concerns with brown pelican starvation events, but this one does feel a little bit different,” Bergeron said. “We’re seeing a lot more dead birds than living ones being found.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current ocean warming \u003ca href=\"https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker\">began last May\u003c/a> near Eastern Asia and spread across the Pacific. Some waters have had little break since mid-2025, with more than 200 days of elevated temperatures, according to researchers with Climate Central, who said \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/severe-marine-heatwave-climate-change-California-Mexico\">human-caused climate change has significantly intensified the marine heat wave\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 45% of the ocean impacted “is experiencing conditions that are at least six times more likely due to human-caused warming,” Climate Central said. Without climate change, they wrote, the heat wave’s footprint would be 36% smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An El Niño event can weaken winds and slow the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water, which could further intensify the marine heat wave. Without that strong mixing, warm water lingers at the surface, causing temperatures to spike. “All the ingredients are there for a strong El Niño,” said Tom Di Liberto, media director and climate scientist with Climate Central. “If you’re making cookies, you’ve already mixed the dough, but haven’t baked them yet. We still have to wait to see if, in the summer months, these cookies get put in the oven to see if we have that strong El Niño form.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-mayor-race-second-place-raman-pratt-bass-runoff\">\u003cstrong>Raman takes slight lead over Pratt for second place in LA Mayor’s race\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman gained enough votes by Sunday evening to edge out reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, putting her in second-place for now in the closely-watched race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The L.A. City Council member and the reality star are separated by about 3,100 votes in the race for a runoff spot against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November. Votes are still being counted, and the L.A. County Registrar of Voters will receive ballots postmarked by Election Day up until seven days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On election night, Pratt had collected enough votes to put him squarely in the second spot, with a significant lead over Raman. But by late Friday, Raman had gone from just over 20% of the vote on election night to about 25%. Meanwhile, Pratt lost a couple of percentage points since Tuesday night’s early returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Mitchell, a Democratic strategist whose company tracks ballot return data, said Republicans were reflected heavily in the early returns, but as the vote counts continues, more Democrats will be represented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. County election officials said they \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://content.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/documents/canvass-update-schedule-06022026-5-29-update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>plan to release\u003c/u>\u003c/a> new vote count results every day until June 12, and regular updates until June 26. The county’s final official results must be certified by July 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2026-06-05/rural-fresno-county-residents-push-back-against-pilot-climate-program-ahead-of-june-decision\">\u003cstrong>Rural Fresno County residents push back against pilot climate program ahead of June decision\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In rural eastern Fresno County, a growing number of Orange Cove residents are speaking out after they say they were volunteered for a controversial clean-energy trial without their consent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 650 of them — nearly 20% of the electorate — signed a petition presented to the city council April 22 that voiced their opposition to the city’s participation in a short-term hydrogen blending project planned by the Southern California Gas Co.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During public comment at the council meeting, several members of the citizen’s group Orange Cove United urged city leaders to hear their concerns regarding the potentially detrimental health and safety impacts associated with a demonstration project that would change the chemical composition of the natural gas piped to the stoves, furnaces and water heaters in their homes. “I’m asking you to withdraw your support, please,” Orange Cove resident Estela Juarez implored council members during the meeting. “Please listen to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022 SoCalGas, along with three other of the state’s investor-owned utility companies, petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission to begin blending hydrogen with natural gas into the existing gas infrastructure of select municipalities as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Because hydrogen releases only water and heat when burned, it is considered a “clean” fuel. That’s opposed to natural gas, which is primarily made up of methane, a hydrocarbon that contributes to climate pollution by emitting carbon dioxide when burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2024, SoCalGas announced it had chosen the isolated farm town of Orange Cove in eastern Fresno County as the site for one of its demonstration projects. One month later, without informing residents, the city council unanimously passed a resolution directing city staff to work with the utility company on its development. Plans call for SoCalGas to construct a hydrogen blending facility on an open parcel of land adjacent to the Orange Cove High School football field for the purpose of injecting natural gas with up to 5% hydrogen gas and delivering it to the city’s utility customers. The $85 million project would be funded by ratepayers. At the conclusion of the 18-month trial, the city would return to 100% natural gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hydrogen blending is not a new concept. Mixing hydrogen with natural gas — up to 20% hydrogen in some places — is already occurring or being tested in roughly a dozen states and several foreign countries. However, despite both observed and theoretical benefits, the practice has not been universally hailed as a climate change solution due to several potential drawbacks. For residential gas consumers, the most worrisome are needless threats to health and safety while at home in their supposed safe space. Researchers at the University of York in Great Britain, where hydrogen blending has been in use since the 2010s, have shown that hydrogen-blended natural gas can increase methane emissions that can exacerbate asthma and have also been linked to other respiratory illnesses — especially when used in older appliances.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bergeron said one theory is that small schooling fish — favorite food for shore birds — are seeking colder water deeper in the ocean, beyond the birds’ reach. So they do not have enough food to eat. “We have had very regular concerns with brown pelican starvation events, but this one does feel a little bit different,” Bergeron said. “We’re seeing a lot more dead birds than living ones being found.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current ocean warming \u003ca href=\"https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker\">began last May\u003c/a> near Eastern Asia and spread across the Pacific. Some waters have had little break since mid-2025, with more than 200 days of elevated temperatures, according to researchers with Climate Central, who said \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/severe-marine-heatwave-climate-change-California-Mexico\">human-caused climate change has significantly intensified the marine heat wave\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 45% of the ocean impacted “is experiencing conditions that are at least six times more likely due to human-caused warming,” Climate Central said. Without climate change, they wrote, the heat wave’s footprint would be 36% smaller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An El Niño event can weaken winds and slow the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water, which could further intensify the marine heat wave. Without that strong mixing, warm water lingers at the surface, causing temperatures to spike. “All the ingredients are there for a strong El Niño,” said Tom Di Liberto, media director and climate scientist with Climate Central. “If you’re making cookies, you’ve already mixed the dough, but haven’t baked them yet. We still have to wait to see if, in the summer months, these cookies get put in the oven to see if we have that strong El Niño form.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-mayor-race-second-place-raman-pratt-bass-runoff\">\u003cstrong>Raman takes slight lead over Pratt for second place in LA Mayor’s race\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman gained enough votes by Sunday evening to edge out reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, putting her in second-place for now in the closely-watched race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The L.A. City Council member and the reality star are separated by about 3,100 votes in the race for a runoff spot against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November. Votes are still being counted, and the L.A. County Registrar of Voters will receive ballots postmarked by Election Day up until seven days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On election night, Pratt had collected enough votes to put him squarely in the second spot, with a significant lead over Raman. But by late Friday, Raman had gone from just over 20% of the vote on election night to about 25%. Meanwhile, Pratt lost a couple of percentage points since Tuesday night’s early returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Mitchell, a Democratic strategist whose company tracks ballot return data, said Republicans were reflected heavily in the early returns, but as the vote counts continues, more Democrats will be represented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. 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Virginia Elena moved to Santa Cruz as a kid and says weed’s an essential part of its identity. “It’s a huge part of the culture,” Elena said. “It’s always been a huge part of the music scene, the festival scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weed’s been popular here since as far back as she can remember, but since its legalization, the culture has grown more and more commercial. She said vapes and gummies started replacing joints, and that high taxes have made survival hard for small legacy operators. “I’ve seen dispensary after dispensaries go down or get sold,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnny Hamala owns the Green Spot Dispensary on Santa Cruz’s West Side. He said California regulations have been challenging. “We have just now been bumbling through to get to a good system,” he said. High taxes and strict regulations have caused many small growers he works with to go out of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state responded to industry concerns late last year by reducing its excise tax on cannabis from 19% to 15%. While Hamala celebrates the reduction, he also said regulations have fallen short in other ways, like failing to limit the amount of weed in the legal industry. “There was way too much. Way too much cannabis,” Hamala said. “You couldn’t sell it. You were lucky if you could get what it cost you to grow it to get the money out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of a growing cap led to an oversupply of weed in the market, causing prices to drop rapidly. That’s according to Whitney Economics, an industry group that collects economic data for businesses and regulators. As a result, small operators who’d been around the longest couldn’t compete in the oversaturated market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But public health groups say that same oversupply is also concerning for its effects on the consumer side. “What we have now is a bunch of people who produce too much weed and they’re looking for warm bodies to consume it,” said Lynn Silver, program director at the Public Health Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization released targeted guidelines earlier this year that scored cities based on how they protect public health and prevent kids from smoking weed. Santa Cruz scored just 42 out of 100. 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The sharp decline is the largest two-month enrollment drop for this population since California first opened Medi-Cal to all low-income residents regardless of immigration status in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative, championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, had been steadily growing until May 2025, when participation peaked at 1.48 million enrollees. Enrollment has fallen gradually since, driven in large part by passage of the sweeping federal budget bill, H.R. 1, and other state actions that will deter or discourage more immigrants from getting Medicaid coverage. “We’ve got a real chilling effect,” said Laura Sheckler, deputy director of policy and regulatory affairs at the California Primary Care Association, which represents nonprofit health clinics statewide. “A lot of actions have happened at the federal level … and then on top of that, state policies [have indicated] just a clear withdrawal from that promise of care and coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, when enrollment began to dip, it was revealed the Trump administration was sharing Medicaid data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The data \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/formsandpubs/publications/oc/Pages/2025/25-20-Statement-Federal-Use-Medi-Cal-Data-6-13-25.aspx\">included\u003c/a> names, addresses and citizenship status of Medi-Cal members. That same month, California approved a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze on undocumented immigrants, to take effect this year. The freeze has a twofold effect: It stops new adult immigrants without legal status from enrolling and blocks former recipients from re-enrolling. That means undocumented adults who lapsed on paperwork or payments for more than 90 days will lose coverage permanently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in July, the pace of disenrollments sped up. On July 4, President Trump signed the sweeping tax and spending bill, H.R. 1, which is projected to cut Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. 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But before it can expand, Zipline’s drones are flying thousands of \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/05/19/delivering-the-future-zipline-tests-drones-high-above-historic-yolo-county-cattle-ranch/\">test missions above a serene Yolo County cattle ranch\u003c/a> near Esparto. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Diego is exploring \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5810173/why-one-of-the-cities-most-dependent-on-the-colorado-river-now-has-water-for-sale\">selling its Colorado River water\u003c/a> to other states that need it. 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It’s already doing so in Dallas and elsewhere across the country. But before it can expand, Zipline’s aircraft are flying thousands of test missions above a vast Yolo County ranch near Esparto, where the Stone family has run cattle for half a century and the drones aren’t the only innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent tour of the Yolo Land & Cattle Company, co-owner Casey Stone stops to gaze at Zipline’s test site. He calls it “the space center,” a hub of activity almost hidden by the ranch’s fog-cloaked foothills about 40 miles west of Sacramento. Dozens of white drones with flashing green and red lights take to the sky. They’re hovering over the middle of his 7,500-acre property. Two-story tall drone docking towers wait for their return. Zipline engineers monitor their flight from the ground below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone describes the scene this way: “My analogy is when you see ‘Close Encounters [of the Third Kind]’, where they’re climbing around the mountain and they see the extraterrestrial space station there — that’s kind of what it is.” They might look surreal, but Zipline’s drones aren’t something out of a movie. Instead, they’re on the cutting-edge of consumer goods transportation. The company, based in South San Francisco, is in competition with tech behemoths like \u003ca href=\"https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/an-inside-look-at-amazons-prime-air-drone-delivery-center-in-pontiac\">Amazon\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/alphabet-wing-drone-delivery-22091853.php\">Google\u003c/a> to dominate the future of air deliveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yolo County, Zipline’s drones operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, flying hundreds of feet above the Stone family’s green pastures and rolling hills east of Lake Berryessa. Zipline’s Mike Rigby is in charge of the drone testing. His company believes its technology will be a game changer — one that takes millions of delivery cars and trucks off the road and replaces them with faster, cleaner electric-powered aircraft. “As our CEO famously likes to say, ‘You don’t need a 4,000 pound vehicle to chauffeur your burrito to yah,’” Rigby says. “We can do that a lot more economically and efficiently through this aircraft.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zipline drones carry up to eight pounds of goods. The company can fit everything from medicine to groceries to gardening supplies inside the six-foot-long aircraft. But rather than touching down outside your home or office, the drones themselves stay high above. Rigby, as if he’s reading from a sci-fi script, explains what happens next: “And then the zip has a small little droid unit that comes out of the belly of the aircraft on a tether. It has its own propulsion system, as well. So, it’s kind of a sub-aircraft.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Zipline perfects its deliveries across the country, the Stone ranch will be home to even more aircraft. The Yolo County planning commission last fall \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/inno/stories/news/2025/10/09/zipline-expanded-drone-testing-yolo-county.html\">gave the green light\u003c/a> for expanded testing on the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5810173/why-one-of-the-cities-most-dependent-on-the-colorado-river-now-has-water-for-sale\">\u003cstrong>Why one of the cities most dependent on the Colorado River now has water for sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even as California is offering to take less water from the drought-shrunken Colorado River, one of the state’s biggest cities that’s long been the most dependent on it curiously now has excess water to sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a good year, San Diego gets barely 8 inches of rain. And not too long ago, the picturesque coastal city was staring down major water supply shortages. It’s notoriously at the end of the line of the Colorado River “straw,” a good three-hour drive from the shrinking river itself. But today, thanks in part to aggressive water recycling and urban and agricultural conservation programs and a big bet made on salt water, San Diego has a surplus and other thirsty nearby cities and states are eager to tap it. “I don’t think we can save the Colorado River, but what we’re looking to do is show that there is an opportunity to manage the system in a new way,” says Meena Westford, director of imported water at the San Diego County Water Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Carlsbad State Beach north of the city, roughly 100 million gallons of seawater gets pumped through gravel and sand and treated via reverse osmosis at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant. About 50 million gallons a day turns into potable water. Since it came online at the site of a former coal-fired power plant in late 2015, the facility produces about 7-10% of the region’s water. Right now anyway, despite the western megadrought, they don’t need it locally. “We’re the only agency that is bringing new water into the system. This is not horse trading Colorado River water. This is really introducing and augmenting the system with new water,” Westford says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one is talking about building a pipeline from here to Arizona or trucking the extra desalinated water to Las Vegas. Westford says to think of it more like a transfer on paper. If approved by the Department of the Interior, the authority would exchange its existing Colorado River supplies stored in Lake Mead for desalinated water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But desalinated water is energy intensive and extremely expensive to make. Water from the San Diego plant is estimated to cost upwards of five to 10 times more than river water. And environmentalists like Patrick McDonough warn that building more desal plants up and down the California coast isn’t the panacea for the Colorado River crisis. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>The water produced by this massive, biggest in the Western Hemisphere desalination plant is a drop in the swimming pool compared to the entire Colorado River basin supplies issue,” says McDonough, a senior attorney with San Diego Coastkeeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people are willing to pay for it no matter the price. It’s so scary dry in the Southwest right now. It’s also been years since anyone developed new supplies. Southern Nevada Water Authority general manager John Entsminger says Las Vegas doesn’t need the water this year. “But that does not mean I’m not willing to invest in a project and a process that leaves water in Lake Mead for the greater benefit of the entire system,” Entsminger told NPR. Lake Mead and Lake Powell, reservoirs on the Colorado that are the nation’s two largest, are so low they may no longer be able to produce hydropower. Federal forecasts predict the water could get so low at the Hoover Dam that the turbines would shut down, the dreaded deadpool. The Rocky Mountains are coming off their hottest and driest winter on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/elections/2026-06-03/shasta-county-election-results-francescut-winning-county-clerk-moderate-supervisor-candidates-leading\">\u003cstrong>Controversial Shasta County clerk trailing in re-election bid\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"ArtP-subheadline\">Joanna Francescut is leading the race for Shasta County Clerk, according to preliminary results Wednesday morning. The closely watched race has become a referendum on how elections should be run in Shasta County. 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Since it came online at the site of a former coal-fired power plant in late 2015, the facility produces about 7-10% of the region’s water. Right now anyway, despite the western megadrought, they don’t need it locally. “We’re the only agency that is bringing new water into the system. This is not horse trading Colorado River water. This is really introducing and augmenting the system with new water,” Westford says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one is talking about building a pipeline from here to Arizona or trucking the extra desalinated water to Las Vegas. Westford says to think of it more like a transfer on paper. If approved by the Department of the Interior, the authority would exchange its existing Colorado River supplies stored in Lake Mead for desalinated water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But desalinated water is energy intensive and extremely expensive to make. Water from the San Diego plant is estimated to cost upwards of five to 10 times more than river water. 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Both were enjoying a comfortable early advantage over billionaire Democratic activist Steyer, who sat at about 20%, with just over half of the expected votes counted, according to an Associated Press estimate. The race will decide which two candidates move on to a November runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his remarks at his watch party in Los Angeles, Becerra noted his underdog status: Polls showed him stuck in single digits until the final six weeks of the campaign, when he surprised nearly everyone by surging into the top spot among a crowded field of Democrats. “Here in Hollywood’s hometown, we love a good underdog success story,” he said, drawing parallels between his campaign and the life his immigrant parents built in California. “Guess what? The underdog stayed in the fight. Like my parents, I never gave up. Never stopped putting one foot in front of the other. Never stopped believing in the beacon-like goodness of California. And, thankfully, neither did you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his watch party in Huntington Beach, the British-born Hilton — who became a U.S. citizen just five years ago — said it was the “honor of his lifetime” to receive over 1 million votes so far. “Change is coming to California and it’s long overdue,” Hilton said. “We’re not there yet, but it’s looking good. It looks very much as if Californians really will have the chance to vote for change in November and take our state in a new direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nothing is guaranteed for Becerra or Hilton yet. The early results could shift in part because of unusual voting patterns in this primary election: Ballot tracking data heading into Tuesday evening showed that Republicans were more likely to vote early by mail, while Democratic voters in this deep blue state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">hung onto their mail-in ballots\u003c/a> or chose to vote in person. That’s the reverse of recent elections, which saw more Democrats voting by mail and Republicans tending to vote in person on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyer urged his supporters to be patient Tuesday evening. Speaking at his watch party at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, he railed against the big companies, including PG&E and Chevron, that opposed his candidacy. “Together, we’ve scared the hell out of the corporate interests used to getting their way,” Steyer said. “It might take some time to figure out where this is going. We’re going to wait until every ballot is counted. We’re going to give democracy time to work. And we know we finished really strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/primary-election-california-congress/\">\u003cstrong>California House races could decide the majority in Congress. Who survived the primary?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All eyes are on California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/congress/\">competitive House races\u003c/a> as voters choose which candidates will face off later this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2026/06/california-primary-election-results-june-2026/\">he outcome of the state’s open primary\u003c/a>, which narrows each race to the top two vote-getters regardless of party, sets the stage for a fierce contest in November as Democrats across the country push to retake control of Congress. Victories in California are even more important after a series of court rulings gave Republicans the edge in the national redistricting arms race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Democrats have been bullish about their chances in California after voters last year approved new congressional maps that significantly decreased the number of competitive races in the state. With the House majority, Democrats could block President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, grill his cabinet officials and launch investigations into his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/us-house/#district-22\">marquee race\u003c/a> is in the Bakersfield-based 22nd District. Two Democrats are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/02/bains-villegas-democrats-central-valley/\">fighting for the chance\u003c/a> to take on Rep. David Valadao, the vulnerable Republican incumbent whose only election loss came in 2018 during Trump’s first term. The Associated Press said Tuesday that Valadao will advance to November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/jasmeet-bains-165424\">Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains\u003c/a>, a physician who has spent most of her career in hospitals and clinics that rely on Medi-Cal, has positioned herself as a moderate Democrat willing to buck her party. She has faced stiff competition from Randy Villegas, a college professor and school board trustee running as a progressive Democrat with support from the Working Families Party, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Sen. Bernie Sanders. With about half the vote tallied Tuesday night, Villegas was leading Bains by about 1,300 votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego County, Republican Jim Desmond, a County supervisor backed by the retiring incumbent, Rep. Darrell Issa, will face current San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, a Democrat in November. The Associated Press called the race late Tuesday with about 55% of the vote tallied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Von Wilpert decisively quelled a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/california-congress-cd48-democrats/\">fierce intraparty challenge\u003c/a> from fellow Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, a former labor department aide to President Barack Obama who had lost to Issa twice before. She called him anti-LGBTQ for questioning whether she could win votes outside gay-friendly Palm Springs; Campa-Najjar accused von Wilpert of racism for questioning his name changes and residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These will be just two of the races that will be closely watched come November.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nothing is guaranteed for Becerra or Hilton yet. The early results could shift in part because of unusual voting patterns in this primary election: Ballot tracking data heading into Tuesday evening showed that Republicans were more likely to vote early by mail, while Democratic voters in this deep blue state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">hung onto their mail-in ballots\u003c/a> or chose to vote in person. That’s the reverse of recent elections, which saw more Democrats voting by mail and Republicans tending to vote in person on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyer urged his supporters to be patient Tuesday evening. Speaking at his watch party at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, he railed against the big companies, including PG&E and Chevron, that opposed his candidacy. “Together, we’ve scared the hell out of the corporate interests used to getting their way,” Steyer said. “It might take some time to figure out where this is going. We’re going to wait until every ballot is counted. We’re going to give democracy time to work. And we know we finished really strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/primary-election-california-congress/\">\u003cstrong>California House races could decide the majority in Congress. Who survived the primary?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All eyes are on California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/congress/\">competitive House races\u003c/a> as voters choose which candidates will face off later this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2026/06/california-primary-election-results-june-2026/\">he outcome of the state’s open primary\u003c/a>, which narrows each race to the top two vote-getters regardless of party, sets the stage for a fierce contest in November as Democrats across the country push to retake control of Congress. Victories in California are even more important after a series of court rulings gave Republicans the edge in the national redistricting arms race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Democrats have been bullish about their chances in California after voters last year approved new congressional maps that significantly decreased the number of competitive races in the state. With the House majority, Democrats could block President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, grill his cabinet officials and launch investigations into his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/us-house/#district-22\">marquee race\u003c/a> is in the Bakersfield-based 22nd District. Two Democrats are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/02/bains-villegas-democrats-central-valley/\">fighting for the chance\u003c/a> to take on Rep. David Valadao, the vulnerable Republican incumbent whose only election loss came in 2018 during Trump’s first term. The Associated Press said Tuesday that Valadao will advance to November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/jasmeet-bains-165424\">Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains\u003c/a>, a physician who has spent most of her career in hospitals and clinics that rely on Medi-Cal, has positioned herself as a moderate Democrat willing to buck her party. She has faced stiff competition from Randy Villegas, a college professor and school board trustee running as a progressive Democrat with support from the Working Families Party, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Sen. Bernie Sanders. With about half the vote tallied Tuesday night, Villegas was leading Bains by about 1,300 votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego County, Republican Jim Desmond, a County supervisor backed by the retiring incumbent, Rep. Darrell Issa, will face current San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, a Democrat in November. The Associated Press called the race late Tuesday with about 55% of the vote tallied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Von Wilpert decisively quelled a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/california-congress-cd48-democrats/\">fierce intraparty challenge\u003c/a> from fellow Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, a former labor department aide to President Barack Obama who had lost to Issa twice before. She called him anti-LGBTQ for questioning whether she could win votes outside gay-friendly Palm Springs; Campa-Najjar accused von Wilpert of racism for questioning his name changes and residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These will be just two of the races that will be closely watched come November.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, June 2, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085535/election-day-is-here-from-governor-to-la-mayor-these-are-the-races-to-watch\">It’s election day.\u003c/a> And California’s first truly open governor’s race in decades has sparked a lot of speculation, including early fears that the state’s top-two primary system could leave Democrats shut out of the general election entirely. But that scenario is looking far less likely. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 150 immigrants detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center are on their 11th day of a hunger strike. Members of Congress toured the facility Monday to seek answers. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authorities say a months-long investigation into a Fresno County gang network has disrupted organized criminal activity throughout the Central Valley and led to dozens of arrests.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085535/election-day-is-here-from-governor-to-la-mayor-these-are-the-races-to-watch\">\u003cstrong>Election day is here. From governor to LA mayor, these are the races to watch\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">Election Day\u003c/a> is finally here in California, and ballots are due in \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">drop boxes\u003c/a> or at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place\">polling locations \u003c/a>by 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/governor\">race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has loomed large in media coverage and political advertisements. This is California’s first truly open governor’s race in more than two decades, and it has remained unsettled to the end. Polls now show three candidates likely competing for the two spots in the November general election: Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/xavier-becerra\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, Republican businessman and former Fox News host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/steve-hilton\">Steve Hilton\u003c/a>, and billionaire Democratic activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tom-steyer\">Tom Steyer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Becerra secures one of the top spots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">as the latest polling suggests\u003c/a>, it would cap one of the most surprising and dramatic comebacks in recent state political history. As recently as April, polls were showing Becerra — also a former member of Congress and California attorney general — languishing in single digits in a crowded field. But Becerra’s campaign was boosted after former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race and resigned from Congress following multiple accusations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079502/rep-eric-swalwell-candidate-for-california-governor-is-accused-of-sexual-assault\">sexual assault and harassment\u003c/a>. Shortly after Swalwell’s exit, Becerra began rising in the polls, outpacing most of his Democratic rivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078793/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-for-california-governor-giving-gop-a-front-runner\">endorsed Hilton\u003c/a> in April, propelling him to the top of the field alongside Becerra. But neither has cracked more than 25% support in most public polls — and Steyer, who’s spent more than $213 million of his own fortune in the race, remains within striking distance of the top two in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085443/new-california-governor-poll-shows-a-slim-but-growing-chance-of-2-democrats-advancing\">recent surveys\u003c/a>. That state of play helped quell fears among Democrats that a crowded field without a superstar candidate could result in two Republicans moving on to the general election, locking out Democrats entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083839/what-is-californias-jungle-primary-and-why-does-it-matter-so-much-for-the-governors-race\">top-two primary system\u003c/a>, meaning the top two vote-getters in statewide races and congressional races move on to the November runoff — regardless of party affiliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Hunger strike continues at Adelanto Detention Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>About 150 immigrants detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center are on their 11th day of a hunger strike. Members of Congress toured the facility on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://chu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-chu-aguilar-and-gomez-visit-hunger-strikers-adelanto-ice-detention\">That includes Congresswoman Judy Chu of Pasadena.\u003c/a> “For more than a decade, I have called for the closure of Adelanto, and today’s visit made clear why that call is as urgent as ever,” she said. “The detainees we met with described horrific, unacceptable living conditions that no human being should ever have to endure. The problems at Adelanto are not new, and they are not isolated. They are the result of years of neglect that have continued despite repeated warnings, congressional oversight, and detainee deaths. Adelanto has had countless opportunities to change and has failed time and again. It is time to shut down this facility once and for all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunger strikers said they’re not getting proper medical care, decent living conditions or edible food. The Department of Homeland Security denies that a hunger strike is taking place. Adelanto’s operator, the GEO Group has not responded to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Dozens arrested in Central Valley crime crackdown\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A months-long investigation into a Fresno County gang network has disrupted organized criminal activity throughout the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-joins-law-enforcement-partners-announces-results\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta stood with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a> and other law enforcement agencies on Monday to announce the results of Operation Hands Down. The multi-agency investigation spanned Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and San Joaquin counties. It targeted what investigators described as a large-scale criminal enterprise that involved gun trafficking, drug sales, and sex offenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say dozens of federal and state search warrants were served, and that led to 69 arrests and identifying one suspect in Mexico. 73 guns were also confiscated. The operation also uncovered the involvement of juveniles, including gang members as young as 15, accused of possessing and selling firearms.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085401/amid-opposition-california-regulators-approve-major-changes-to-cap-and-trade-program\">Air Resources Board voted Friday\u003c/a> to create a $4 billion fund for big polluters to invest in decarbonization projects. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">1,037 people donning white halter dresses and platinum blonde wigs descended on Palm Springs on Saturday afternoon. They broke the Guinness World Record for most Marilyn Monroe lookalikes in one place.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2026-05-29/what-it-will-take-to-represent-californias-largest-congressional-district\">\u003cstrong>What it will take to represent California’s largest congressional district\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman has spent more than a decade representing California’s liberal North Coast. Now he’s campaigning in some of the state’s most conservative counties, where concerns about wolves, ranching and federal land management dominate political conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2nd District changed after California voters approved Proposition 50 in 2025, a Democratic-backed redistricting plan designed to help the party gain U.S. House seats and counter Republican redistricting efforts elsewhere in the country. The new map expanded Huffman’s district eastward to include Siskiyou, Shasta and Modoc counties. The change has transformed one of the state’s most reliably Democratic districts into a far larger and more politically diverse region, forcing Huffman to introduce himself to voters who often hold very different views from his coastal base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman, first elected to Congress in 2012, has rarely faced a competitive race. He has won every election with more than two-thirds of the vote, representing a district that stretched along the Northern California coast from Del Norte County to the Golden Gate Bridge. He said he already knew most of his original district before winning his first election. “It was very familiar to me,” he said. “From fishing and doing some of my environmental advocacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the overwhelming Democratic support, he also represented Republican areas, including Trinity and Del Norte counties. “I’ve built great relationships with community leaders, elected officials, many of whom probably don’t even vote for me at the end of the day,” said Huffman. “But we have really productive working relationships, and to me, that’s what matters most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the district’s newly added counties, Republicans outnumber Democrats by more than 2-to-1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The political shift is also geographic. The old district was anchored by coastal communities focused on fishing, tourism and environmental issues. The new territory includes ranching and timber counties where public lands, water rights, wolves and wildfire management are often top concerns. “There’s just a lot of obstacles that we face,” said Mary Rickert, a former Shasta County supervisor and rancher. “They have to be practical and understand we just don’t fit in the same categories as what goes on in the urban areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One issue has become a symbol of that divide: wolves. Gray wolves, which are federally endangered, began returning to California in 2011 after nearly a century of absence. Their growing presence has sparked conflict in parts of Northern California where ranchers say livestock losses are mounting. Rickert said she has had 21 confirmed wolf kills on her ranching operations. “When we shipped cows a year ago out of our Siskiyou County operation,” she said, “we had 200 mother cows and only 160 calves, so there are 40 calves that were unaccounted for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rickert said ranchers are not against wolves in general, but they believe the bad wolves that attack livestock need to be killed. Huffman said wolves are among the issues he is still learning as he campaigns in the district’s eastern reaches. “California seems to have it worse than anywhere else right now,” Huffman said. “And I’m very interested in understanding exactly why that is and what are some of the strategies that can bring us to a better point of coexistence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people in rural Northern California are concerned about whether a congressman from Marin County can effectively represent the district’s rural interior. During a debate in April, Republican Paul Saulsbury said the district needs a stronger voice for rural communities. “This is not about me,” Saulsbury said. “This is about representing the people of this district. We need a voice. 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Climate, affordable housing and transit advocates, however, worry the move might mean significantly less money for their programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But climate, affordable housing and transit advocates are skeptical as to whether those projects will truly materialize. They also worry that this new program could lower the value of allowances at auction, potentially resulting in less money for California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom lauded the effort, saying it advances affordability while keeping the state on track to meet its climate targets. “California’s nation-leading cap-and-invest program has proven that we can cut pollution, create jobs, and invest in a cleaner future at the same time,” he wrote. “These are real results that Californians can see and feel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators said they were doing their best to strike a balance that also keeps oil and gas companies viable. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>There is no direction to us, as an agency, to maximize one trade-off versus another,” said Rajinder Sahota, deputy executive officer for climate change and research at CARB. “What we’re trying to do is balance all of the pieces that we’re getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Palm Springs sets world record\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>1,037 people donning white halter dresses and platinum blonde wigs descended on Palm Springs on Saturday afternoon, breaking the Guinness World Record for most Marilyn Monroe lookalikes in one place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules were simple – blonde wig, white halter dress and red lipstick. 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