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Trauma has shaped Jennifer Siebel Newsom's life. Now it helps fuel her work for California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Written on a dry-erase board in Jennifer Siebel Newsom's office overlooking the dome of the California Capitol are two phrases: "gender equity" and "support for survivors."

Los Angeles Times

Biden announces funding to combat climate change, raises campaign money, during swing through California

PALO ALTO, Calif. — On his first trip to California since announcing his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden on Monday announced $600 million in federal funding to fight the effects of climate change after touring a Northern California nature reserve with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Los Angeles Times

Racist, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ flyers blanket lawns in Sacramento and county neighborhoods

Racist, antisemitic and homophobic flyers were found early Monday on the lawns of homes throughout areas of Sacramento, including two East Sacramento neighborhoods, a development that Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg immediately denounced.

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Commentary: Interesting times in Yosemite Valley: While famous waterfalls gush, construction booms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s easy to become blasé about Yosemite Valley. Even a touch jaded.

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Kamau, 'charismatic and iconic' African lion at California's Sacramento Zoo, dies at 16

Kamau, the African lion who was a star attraction at California’s Sacramento Zoo, has died at age 16

The Independent UK

American woman who moved to Germany 18 months ago says she feels 'so unwelcome' in country

The freelance marketer from Sacramento, California, moved to the small town of Otterberg and felt she didn't fit in. Her essay was shredded by Germans and other Europeans alike on various online forums

Daily Mirror

Gavin Newsom says Fox News, host Sean Hannity are on a ‘doom loop about California’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom accused Fox News of airing a “doom loop about California” while quibbling with conservative talk show host Sean Hannity over taxes, guns and the state’s population loss, in the second of a two-part interview that aired Friday.

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'All we received was abandonment' — Migrants sent to Sacramento by DeSantis speak out

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — They saw themselves in the video that Florida officials offered up as proof of their consent to travel to California, but they said it's not what it seemed.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom's right on stricter gun laws but he misfired on his proposed constitutional amendment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has a good target, but the aim is off in his effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a gun-control mandate.

Los Angeles Times

This cultural center spent 8 years renting a space. It was given 30 days to leave

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s been eight years since the Brazilian Center for Cultural Exchange of Sacramento moved into Midtown’s CLARA Studios — a space envisioned as a permanent home.

Tribune News Service

‘State-sanctioned kidnapping’: Texas sheriff aids probe into new DeSantis migrant flights

The Texas sheriff who last week recommended criminal charges for those behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program is collaborating with California authorities who announced a similar criminal investigation following recent flights that brought migrants from El Paso to Sacramento.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

California officials urged to help migrants flown to Sacramento secure visas for crime victims

More than four dozen immigrant rights groups sent a letter Wednesday to California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, urging him to help 36 migrants who were flown to Sacramento by Florida contractors secure visas to remain in the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Secession talks emerge in one Northern California county. Is a new state a possibility?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When considering the possibility of a 51st U.S. state, places like Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico are likely some of the first to spring to mind.

Tribune News Service

California AG demands Florida and DeSantis release records on Sacramento migrant flights

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday demanded more answers for the two private flights that ferried 36 Latin American migrants to Sacramento earlier this month, issuing a public records request to Florida authorities including the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has taken credit for the…

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The Independent UK

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls ‘reprehensible’

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are “reprehensible” and “not morally acceptable.”

Daily Mirror

Hero teen drowns trying to save his brother, 13, from chasing after football in river

Amari Quarles, a 15-year-old boy, tragically drowned in the Sacramento River in California after jumping in to save his little brother, who was reportedly struggling after a football.

Daily Mirror

NBA fans in awe of remarkable Victor Wembanyama clip ahead of Draft

Basketball star Victor Wembanyama has stunned fans with a video that has gone viral just weeks away from the NBA Draft where he is expected to be the number one pick

Salon

Newsom: DeSantis "kidnapping" migrants

California Department of Justice investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento

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The Independent UK

Florida officials share video boasting of role in California migrant flights amid calls to charge DeSantis

California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested bringing kidnapping charges against DeSantis

The Guardian - US

Florida confirms it was behind flights that left asylum seekers in California

Officials claim the people, mostly from Colombia and Venezuela, consented to the travel, refuting allegations from Gavin Newsom

Salon

Charges over DeSantis' migrant stunt

"State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," Calif. AG Rob Bonta says

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom suggests kidnap charges over Ron DeSantis’s migrant flights

California governor calls presidential hopeful a ‘small, pathetic man’

The Independent UK

California investigating whether DeSantis involved in flying asylum-seekers from Texas to Sacramento

Officials are investigating whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them — apparently without their knowledge — to California’s capital, even as faith-based groups scrambled to find housing and food for them

Axios

California's Newsom threatens Florida's DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant flights

"DeSantis you small, pathetic man," the California governor said as 2nd migrant flight in days arrived in Sacramento.

The Texas Tribune

Sheriff files criminal charges over Florida’s transport of migrants from San Antonio to Massachusetts

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office didn’t say who it has accused of unlawful restraint in connection with last year’s flight to Martha’s Vineyard paid for by Florida. On Monday, California announced it’s investigating similar flights from El Paso to Sacramento.

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