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LA Times reporter covering California Gov. Gavin Newsom & California politics • Carbon-based land mammal • phil.willon@latimes.com

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    My final cut for the day on Thursday's surprise decision to block in the California Legislature

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    18 hours ago

    Robbie Hunter, head of 450,000-member , lambastes move to cut funding -- "means the loss of tens of thousands of jobs,'' while "working families pay the price." Stuck in gridlock, they'l demand "our fair share of federal transportation funds."

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    May 16

    “Her employer, Cafe Services, disagreed and fired her, accusing her of stealing the $8 lunch tab, according to a letter the company gave her.” 8 dollars.

    Students and staff are rallying behind a Mascoma Valley Regional High School lunch lady fired for allowing a boy to run up an $8 lunch debt rather than go hungy. Bonnie Kimball thought she was doing the right thing and the parent did eventually pay.
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    15 hours ago

    Not exactly a couple of great days for . Three developments — demise of high-profile housing bill, major new hurdle for water tax by his fellow Dems in state Senate and Trump taking bullet train $ — all moved away from his positions.

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    18 hours ago

    Republicans have felt that abortion politics was helping them in recent months, but the sudden onset of law that prohibit abortions even in cases of rape and incest has them worried, reports.

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  6. 16 hours ago

    Here's the updated story on the fighter jet crash in Riverside.

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  7. 17 hours ago

    Here's a story I did on the 144th Fighter Wing a few years back.

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  8. 17 hours ago

    March is home to the California Air National Guard fighter jets that protect the Southern California coast from a terrorist attack. They are on duty 24/7 and the fighter jets carry live weapons. Not sure if the plane that crashed belongs to them, though.

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  9. 17 hours ago

    Plane crashes near March Air Reserve Base, 215 Freeway shut down

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    20 hours ago

    Trump administration ends pact to build California's troubled high-speed rail project, by , & me.

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    21 hours ago

    Out in Richmond for a press conference on the progress of the Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier. They’ve got a 300-foot long prototype set up. The project is set for completion in 2021.

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    20 hours ago

    Governor Newsom declined to publicly endorse on several occasions this year

    Statement by Gov. on the demise of . He’s disappointed
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  13. 21 hours ago

    California bill to add more housing in single-family neighborhoods blocked by lawmakers

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    23 hours ago

    I think they help a lot of people meet other people — but you have to be brave enough to get out there and join a group of strangers. The People Walker has a free meetup walk every month, by the way. I went on the last one. Met many interesting people.

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    24 hours ago

    didn’t just transform TV. It transformed Northern Ireland. A staffer says people used to ask if she was a member of the IRA when she traveled abroad; now they ask about the show. explains in a fascinating .

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    May 15

    I reached Nolan at his home in Arizona. "I had hoped to get one but actually I’m really hopeful that the president will issue many more pardons," he said. "There are a lot of other people that are incarcerated who would be better off at home with their family."

    Updated: Pres. Trump has pardoned Pat Nolan, former GOP lawmaker in CA taken down in FBI’s ‘Shrimpscam’ probe. Nolan has since tried to shift conservative views on justice reform. on the story:
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  17. May 15

    PG&E power lines caused California’s deadliest fire, investigators conclude

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    May 15

    You should prolly see what honey does in space.

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    Des choses étranges arrivent avec le miel quand on enlève la gravité.
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    May 15

    🌴🗣️ readers are very loyal but also very vocal about how can we better. A big complaint: We don't do enough insightful coverage of LA communities, bringing alive what it is like to live here. With we hope to improve that.

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    May 15

    Welcome to California where neighborhood groups are using the state's vaunted environmental protection laws in an effort to block the building of homeless shelters! and I explain how.

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