#Uber, Lyft drivers win in California’s Proposition 22 ruling

#Uber, Lyft drivers win in California’s Proposition 22 ruling

“#Uber, Lyft drivers win in California’s Proposition 22 ruling” A California judge on Friday struck down a ballot measure that allowed Uber and Lyft to deny drivers benefits by classifying them as independent contractors instead of employees. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that Proposition 22 was unconstitutional. California voters in November overturned…

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#Two California cops shot, SWAT team kills suspect

#Two California cops shot, SWAT team kills suspect

“#Two California cops shot, SWAT team kills suspect” A pair of California cops were shot Wednesday while trying to contact a suspect in the traffic stop shooting of a sheriff’s deputy. The unidentified San Bernardino officers responded to a location where the department’s SWAT team was trying to corral the suspect in the Tuesday shooting,…

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#California man Cesar Torres charged with murdering Aimee Garcia

#California man Cesar Torres charged with murdering Aimee Garcia

“#California man Cesar Torres charged with murdering Aimee Garcia” A California man allegedly murdered his girlfriend and nearly killed their four children by driving into oncoming highway traffic and crashing into a tractor trailer. Cesar Torres, 31, allegedly drove the wrong way on 101 Freeway last Thursday, leading to the deadly wreck, according to the…

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#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West

“#California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West” QUINCY, Calif. — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend thunderstorms across the northern Sierra didn’t produce much rain, instead whipping up winds and unleashing…

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#California Democrats are failing the basic test of governance

#California Democrats are failing the basic test of governance

“#California Democrats are failing the basic test of governance” Will Gov. Gavin Newsom be the second Democratic governor of California to be recalled and removed from office in this (or the last) century? Polls suggest it’s possible. It would be a startling result. We have just seen the second consecutive Democratic governor of New York ousted…

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#LA man stabbed during protest over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

#LA man stabbed during protest over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

“#LA man stabbed during protest over COVID-19 vaccine mandate” A man was stabbed at a rally against mandatory vaccinations in Los Angeles Saturday after violent clashes broke out between demonstrators and counter-protestors, cops and local reports said. Hundreds of people gathered on the south lawn of LA’s City Hall around 2 p.m. for a “choose…

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#Female astrophysicist helps boost Oakland A’s pitching staff

#Female astrophysicist helps boost Oakland A’s pitching staff

“#Female astrophysicist helps boost Oakland A’s pitching staff” The Major League Baseball team that pioneered Moneyball is on the verge of a new frontier. Spaceball. The Oakland A’s have entrusted their rotation to Samantha Schultz, a 26-year-old front-office phenom and pitching analyst with a degree in astrophysics from nearby St. Mary’s College. “Every team that…

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#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’

“#Western US wildfires force ‘critical resource limitations’” The US Forest Service is reaching its breaking point with historic wildfires ravaging large swaths of northern California and 13 other western states. The agency is suffering “critical resources limitations,” deputy forester Anthony Scardina said Friday, with 21,000 federal firefighters battling the blazes, double the number needed at…

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#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states

“#Northern California wildfires destroy towns, drain resources in Western states” WESTWOOD, Calif. — A month-old wildfire burning through forestlands in Northern California lurched toward a small lumber town as blazes across the U.S. Western states strained resources and threatened thousands of homes with destruction. Crews were cutting back brush and using bulldozers to build lines…

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#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

“#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary” From the right: Dems Headed for a Shellacking Democrats’ control of the House is “in serious jeopardy,” declares David Bossie at The Washington Times. “Not only is history working against them” — a new president’s party almost always loses seats in its first midterm — but Dems…

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