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Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the State Water Resources Control Board to consider changing its ocean protection standards to help boost the state’s water supplies amid climate change. SACRAMENTO ...

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Low, meanwhile, has the endorsement of the California Democratic Party and is leaning heavily on an aggressive ground game powered by the California Labor Federation and local law-enforcement unions.

California Dairies, Inc., has closed its milk processing plant in Los Banos after 99 years in operation. BART AH YOU Modesto Bee file photo California Dairies, Inc. — the state’s largest ...

I'm meeting Lambert and I'm Ashley. All we are four weeks away from election day and California voters have some big decisions to make on everything from minimum wage to prison sentences to rent ...