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Governor Says Death Penalty Decision is Personal; Victim’s Fiancée Calls it a ‘Dark Day’
Post date:“I believe I’m doing the right thing,” Newsom said. “To the extent this issue is coming faster and sooner and I would be entrusted with executing 25 human beings, I cannot do that."
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california politics
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Behind the Teachers' Strike
Post date:Los Angeles educators are on strike, leaving elementary, middle and high schools without formal instruction until further notice.
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california politics
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What Is Gerrymandering?
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california politics
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Why the Midterms Matter
Post date:Representatives drive policy. District lines drive representation. The upcoming elections, and the Census to follow, drive district lines. The fight for the next decade has already begun.
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Politics
Town Hall Los Angeles
Barbara Boxer: "Unleashed and Uncensored"
Post date:Barbara Boxer says that leaving the Senate doesn't mean retirement.
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commentary
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Brackets—California Style
Post date:It's a Crowded Field for the 2018 Governor's Race
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The Way Home
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Homeless Sales Tax Measure H Still Too Close to Call
Post date:Hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to be counted
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Social Justice Issues
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Women's Day Walkout
Post date:Four of five L.A. County Supervisor's Walkout for "A Day Without A Woman"
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california politics
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Southern Californians React to New Immigration Restrictions
Post date:New order restricts travel into the U.S. from six primarily Muslim countries
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immigration
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California Lawmakers Seek to Protect Students and Renters from Immigration Status Scrutiny
Post date:"School campuses are no place to conduct raids or investigate kids," says Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell.
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california politics
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Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez Proposes Bill to Separate Localities from State in Sanctuary Feud
Post date:Proposed legislation would permit counties throughout California to forgo implementation of any state law that could result in the loss of federal money.
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homelessness
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Measure H in 90 Seconds
Post date:Should we raise the L.A. County sales tax to pay for services for the homeless?
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commentary
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The Tortoise and the Hair
Post date:California's "President" Jerry Brown is one of the most prominent anti-Trump voices
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california politics
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Protesters Demand Shutdown of Aliso Canyon Gas Facility
Post date:Wednesday night's session on the gas facility, the first of the two-day hearing, ended an hour earlier than planned because of calls by hundreds of San Fernando Valley residents to halt the immediate reopening of the storage facility.
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immigration
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Thousands at LAX Protest Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Post date:City Attorney Mike Feuer says there are residents of this city who do not know what has happened to their loved ones.
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immigration
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Outrage over Pres. Trump's Actions at L.A.'s First Immigration Committee Meeting
Post date:"I am quite frankly stunned and overwhelmed with emotion"
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california legislature
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California Lawmakers by the Numbers
Post date:White males alone account for nearly half of the Legislature.
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california politics
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Sacramento Democrats Plot to Counter Trump
Post date:New Tactic to Fight Unwelcome Changes in Climate, Healthcare and Immigration
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Profiles/Features & Local History
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Tom Hayden: Lessons from The Sixties
Post date:"I once thought the sixties were over ... in my old age I've begun to think that these things never end."
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budget
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How Will the Sequester Cuts Affect California?
Post date:Jason Sisney of California's Legislative Analyst's Office joins Val from Sacramento and outlines the effects of the federal sequester cuts on the Golden State.