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GOP lawyer fights California governor on stay-at-home orders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Long before Harmeet Dhillon became the leader of the legal fight against California's stay-at-home order, she was a new elementary school student in North Carolina uncomfortable because she didn't know the Christian prayer her classmates recited every morning. She told her...
Legal sports betting pitched as California budget salve
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California lawmakers on Thursday pitched legalized sports betting as a way to help prop up a state budget devastated by the economic shutdown designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, though their revised proposal immediately reignited a turf battle between powerful...
California Senate plan would reject most of governor's cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in the California Senate on Thursday rejected most of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget cuts to public education and health care programs, instead endorsing a plan that would cover the state's estimated $54.3 billion deficit by taking more money from reserves and...
San Francisco OKs shopping, worship, sports as of June 15
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will allow outdoor dining and indoor shopping, religious services and sporting events without spectators as of June 15 and give barbershops and hair salons permission to reopen in mid July, the city's mayor announced Thursday. Mayor London Breed said nail salons, tattoo...
California politicians won't get 1st pay raise in years
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state lawmakers and other top elected officials won't be getting a pay increase for the first time in five years as the state faces a major budget deficit and mass unemployment induced by the coronavirus. The California Citizens Compensation Commission, a public board...
New this week: Lady Gaga, 'Space Force,' Ghibli films on HBO
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MUSIC Lady Gaga: After taking a departure from her electro pop sound with 2016’s “Joanne” and 2018’s “A...
LA allows shopping, worship sooner than expected in pandemic
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Retail shops and offices were allowed to open Wednesday and the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. announced a plan to resume services as Los Angeles County took another step toward a reopening that seemed hard to imagine a week ago. Los Angeles, which has been proceeding...
Too soon for data, California reopens more businesses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has crafted himself as a data-driven governor, letting the facts dictate what has been a largely cautious approach to public safety amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now some California health officials are wondering if that's still the case as he moves rapidly...
Shaggy Californians welcome back hair salons, barber shops
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The mop of black hair was getting into Nathan Vick's eyes. His friends begged him to keep it; his girlfriend wanted it gone. She won. As soon as Vick saw a barbershop near him was re-opening, the 28-year-old highway worker from Huntington Beach — who's out of work...
Editorial Roundup: Florida
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ May 24 The Palm Beach Post on Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration withholding facts from the public regarding the pandemic: Throughout the pandemic, the DeSantis administration has shown us time and again that it doesn’t trust the public with the facts. For...
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