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Why a new California law will require tortilla makers to add an extra ingredient
In summary Folic acid is so important to infant health that it’s required to be added to cereal and bread. A new California law ensures it’ll be in tortillas. Most tortillas and corn masa products ...
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Newsom signs new law backing tribes in high-stakes gambling fight
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gambling bill that could lead to cuts to city budgets now that he’s given legal authority to tribes to sue their competitors in the gambling ...
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As extreme heat rises, Newsom blocks bill to protect California farmworkers
In summary Gov. Newsom blocks legislation to make it easier for California farmworkers to file workers’ comp claims for heat illness. It was backed by their union and opposed by business groups. Gov.
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Newsom denies jobless aid to undocumented Californians, after vetoing two other bills to help them
In summary Gov. Newsom again vetoes a bill to let undocumented immigrants apply for unemployment benefits. He earlier vetoed measures to allow them to apply for homeowner aid, and for undocumented ...
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Guest Opinion: School district is playing a ‘game of chicken’ with Shoreline funding
In a guest opinion, former Mountain View Whisman school board member Chris Chiang urges the district to accept a $6.5 million ...
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Newsom sides with health care industry in rejecting rules for prescription drug middlemen, hedge funds
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La Nina pattern brings risks of dry winter, dangerous flooding
Looming La Niña climate conditions preceded by this year's hot, dry summer could spell trouble for California's water supply ...
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Economists like Newsom’s plan to help control gas prices. Refiners don’t.
The governor wants new gas reserves to dampen seasonal price spikes. Refiners say the move would raise prices and require new ...
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Santa Rosa grower fined for violating protections for temporary ag workers
Farmworkers pick grapes from vines in Delano on Aug. 18, 2023. Photo by Julie Leopo-Bermudez for CalMatters Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m Wendy Fry. A Sonoma County wine grape and ...
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Newsom plan on gas prices clears first hurdle
Gas prices on a sign at a filling station along Highway 180 in Fresno on May 7, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local From Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ...
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California will apologize for slavery as part of reparations push
In summary As part of a California reparations package, Gov. Newsom signs a bill to officially apologize for slavery. But he vetoed others sought by reparations supporters. California’s governor ...
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Young Peninsula singers perform in Opera San José’s ‘The Magic Flute’
Evan Kronstadt, 12, of Mountain View and Augustus Solomon, 12, of Menlo Park are performing in Opera San Jose's staging of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute." The production runs through Sept. 29 in ...