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California needs a lot more power to mandate electric cars by 2035

By Mark R. Whittington

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2006, file photo, inmates are housed in three tier bunks, in what was once a multi-purpose recreation room, at the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, Calif. California next year will close the prison holding about 1,500 male inmates, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration said Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in its latest step to reduce the state's incarceration footprint partly in response to the coronavirus and massive related budget cuts. Shuttering the Deuel Vocational Institution will save about $182 million annually, state corrections officials said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California to close prison amid declining inmate numbers

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

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$FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, protesters prepare to take down a makeshift oil derrick that was set up in front of the California State Office Building to protest fracking in San Francisco. California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, to end issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024, a delay criticized by many environmental groups but characterized as legally and politically realistic by another. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)$

California ban on fracking by 2024 criticized as too late

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at Cal Expo in Sacramento where he announced an executive order requiring the sale of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, a move the governor says would achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. California would be the first state with such a rule, though Germany and France are among 15 other countries that have a similar requirement. (Daniel Kim/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

Gavin Newsom phasing out gas-powered cars to fight wildfires

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This screen shot from pool video shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 that the state will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, in Sacramento, Calif. On Wednesday he ordered state regulators to come up with requirements to meet that goal. California would be the first state with such a rule, though Germany and France are among 15 other countries that have a similar requirement. (Pool via AP)

California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

In this screenshot made during a video conference call, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill into law that requires employers to notify workers if they have been potentially exposed to the coronavirus, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom also signed a law making coronavirus infections eligible for workers compensation benefits. Newsom signed both bills while on a Zoom call with supporters to ensure physical distancing during the pandemic. (Adam Beam/Zoom via AP)

California governor signs laws to protect workers from virus

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2020, file still image from California State Assembly video, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, a Democrat from Oakland, addresses lawmakers while holding her one-month-old daughter Elly in her arms during the final hours of the California legislative session in Sacramento, Calif. On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law letting more people take time off from work to bond with a new child or care for a sick family member without fear of losing their job. Wicks cast the deciding vote for that bill in August with her infant daughter by her side. (California State Assembly via AP, File)

California paid leave law among nation’s broadest

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a briefing at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in McClellan Park, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on the western wildfires. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gavin Newsom tells Trump climate change making wildfires worse

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs Assembly Bill 2147 after he toured the North Complex Fire zone with California Secretary for Environmental Protection Jared Blumenfeld and California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot in Butte County Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, outside of Oroville, Calif. AB 2147 allows inmates who have worked as firefighters to ask the court to dismiss their charges to make it easier for them to find a job once they are released. People convicted of certain violent or sex crimes would not be eligible. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

New California law helps former inmate firefighters get jobs

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, joined by state Sen. Anna Caballero, left, signs bills at a press conference at Solomon's Delicatessen in Sacramento, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. With millions of people out of work in California, Gov. Newsom on Wednesday signed a law giving tax breaks to small businesses that hire more workers over the next three months. (Daniel Kim/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

Now hiring: California offers credits to small businesses

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

An employee, who declined to give her name, makes popcorn in preparation for reopening at a Regal move theater in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom relaxed coronavirus restrictions in five more counties on Tuesday, clearing the way for restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and churches to resume indoor activities with fewer people and other modifications. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California’s rate of virus infections keeps falling

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this July 23, 2019, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to reporters at his Capitol office, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) **FILE**

California bill easing penalties for sex with minors lands on governor’s desk

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at rally calling for passage of her measure to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California is exempting about two-dozen more professions from a landmark labor law designed to treat more people like employees instead of contractors. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, signed a bill ending what lawmakers said were unworkable limits on services provided by freelance writers and still photographers, photojournalists, and freelance editors and newspaper cartoonists. It also exempts various artists and musicians, along with some involved in the insurance and real estate industries. The law that took effect this year was primarily aimed at ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, which are fighting it in court and in a November ballot measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California allows more exemptions from landmark labor law

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Approvals for new oil and gas wells up in California

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

Corinne Lam, right, and her husband Anthony Lam adjust their salon as they prepare to receive clients back inside after bringing in a chair from an outside area Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in San Diego. Their salon, Salotto Salon, is one of countless California businesses walloped by the whiplash of pandemic closings and reopenings and seemingly-ever changing guidance about how to keep its workers and customers safe from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

California salon owner booked for weeks as she reopens again

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Los Angeles Unified School District students stand in a hallway socially distance during a lunch break at Boys &amp; Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The LAUSD schools resumed classes with distance learning, but many underprivileged students still struggle, according to Mel Culpepper, CEO of Boys &amp; Girls Club of Hollywood. The facility is open for children whose parents must leave home to work. There is no charge. Snacks and lunch are provided. &quot;These kids are already behind,&quot; said Culpepper. &quot;Our mission is to help the kids and families that need us most and that's what we are doing.&quot; (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California’s charts new and slower course on reopening

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 6, 2019, file photo, Ralph Diaz, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, answers questions during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. California's corrections secretary is retiring after two years in a job that Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, said involved &quot;unparalleled challenges&quot; most recently coronavirus outbreaks that swept state prisons and increasing social pressure to ease mass incarceration. Diaz will retire Oct. 1 after 30 years with the department. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California prison chief retires amid virus, protest pressure

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

An infrared thermometer is seen near the entrance at Boys &amp; Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Los Angeles Unified School District schools resumed classes with distance learning, but many underprivileged students still struggle, according to Mel Culpepper, CEO of Boys &amp; Girls Club of Hollywood. The facility is open for children whose parents must leave home to work. There is no charge. Snacks and lunch are provided. &quot;These kids are already behind,&quot; said Culpepper. &quot;Our mission is to help the kids and families that need us most and that's what we are doing.&quot; (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California signs deal to more than double testing capacity

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press