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'A risk to firefighters': Trump's drone ban makes it harder to stop wildfires
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Insiders at the interior department say a drone shortage has made it more difficult to contain the fires raging across the US More
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California lawmaker Buffy Wicks brings newborn baby to state assembly floor for vote – video
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California politician Buffy Wicks was forced to bring her newbown baby on the state assembly floor after she was denied a proxy vote. Wicks, who gave birth to a daughter in late July via C-section, had requested to vote by proxy two weeks prior and cited Covid-19 concerns. After her request was denied by the assembly speaker, Anthony Rendon, footage of Wicks nursing her child while speaking about a bill was shared widely online by prominent political figures including Hillary Clinton
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Fire and pestilence, flood and wind, the personal is political: Trump must go | Robert Reich
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Amid fire and pestilence, floods and storms, the personal is political: Trump must go
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Americans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse
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California fires: hundreds of blazes burn amid scorching heatwave – live
Newsom: state is currently battling 367 known fires
Thousands evacuate as ‘siege’ of flames overwhelms state
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From Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala Harris
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From Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala Harris
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate, a daughter of immigrants, inspires hope – and conflict – in supporters More
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If Kamala Harris wins, who might fill her California Senate seat?
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Speculation has already begun as to who might be appointed by Gavin Newsom – and several contenders are in the running More
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Oakland 'hella proud' as Harris joins Biden – despite progressives' misgivings
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Bay Area residents hail their hometown hero’s spot on the Democratic ticket, though some feel ‘cognitive dissonance’ over her record More
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‘A failed experiment’: the racist legacy of California governor Pete Wilson
Pete Wilson backed efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services and ban affirmative action. California voters will soon reconsider the banJoin us for a live digital event with former attorney general Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in 2020, Thursday at 5pm ET. Register nowFormer California governor Pete Wilson left the governor’s mansion in 1999, but his legacy lived on in the anti-diversity policies he championed and helped enshrine into California law.As governor, Wilson used his pulpit to push reforms that were widely viewed as racist – including a ban on affirmative action, a prohibition on bilingual education, and an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services. Continue reading… More
