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San Diego revives Commission on the Status of Women

Megan Burke

Jade Hindmon

The San Diego City Council announced the names of the women appointed to serve on the newly revived Commission on the Status of Women.
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Lawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches

The Associated Press

The suit says says customers of Asian descent were targeted by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and city police.
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California could ban gas furnaces and gas water heaters

Erik Anderson

State regulators are taking aim at polluting household appliances as they work to comply with federal clean air standards.
Environment

Can California's grid handle more EVs?

Erik Anderson

Millions of new electric vehicles are expected to hit the road in California in the next decade.
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California becomes first state with a law to protect children's online privacy

Don Thompson

The bill requires tech companies to follow age-appropriate design code principles aimed at keeping children safe.
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Report: California women bear heavier housing-cost burden

Megan Burke

The report finds the greatest impacts on Black and Latina women, single mothers, and elderly women who live alone.
Local

Joe Musgrove finalizes 5-year $100 million deal with Padres

Bernie Wilson / AP

Musgrove grew up in El Cajon and threw the first no-hitter in Padres history — in just his second start with San Diego.
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California not counting methane leaks from idle wells

Drew Costley / AP

After 21 idle wells were found to be leaking methane — some of them explosive levels of it — in Bakersfield in May and June, the California Air Resources Board told the Associated Press that it’s not tallying leaks from idle wells.
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Downtown San Diego hotel to be vacated because of 'deplorable' conditions

City News Service

City prosecutors say the C Street Inn is being vacated and its 72 occupants will receive nearly $5,000 each in relocation costs.
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Want to vote on raising California’s minimum wage? Judge says not until 2024

Jeanne Kuang / CalMatters

A judge has ruled that a proposition to raise the California minimum wage to $18 an hour can’t go before voters until 2024. The same judge gave backers of recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom more time to qualify, but in this case he backed the secretary of state, who said proponents missed a key deadline to qualify in time for this November.