May 23 Federal investigators work to determine cause of deadly San Diego plane crash By Julie Watson, Josh Funk, Associated Press The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed into a neighborhood, but the cause of the crash remains unclear, officials said Friday. Continue reading
May 22 Multiple people on private jet that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say By Julie Watson, Associated Press The aircraft appeared to strike at least one home and smash through half a dozen vehicles. Continue reading
May 22 Senate blocks California’s rule banning new gas-powered car sales by 2035 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, acting to kill the nation’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump’s administration has doubled… Continue reading
May 21 Senate Republicans want to block vehicle-emission rules in California. Here’s what to know By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America Congress may stop California from implementing its first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035. Continue reading
May 19 Authorities say suspect in California fertility clinic car bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings By Sarah Raza, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The explosion gutted the single-story American Reproductive Centers clinic, damaging the office space but not stored embryos. Continue reading
May 18 FBI investigates explosion at California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism By Sarah Raza, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A 25-year-old man the FBI believes was responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic left behind “anti-pro-life” writings before carrying out an attack investigators are calling an act of terrorism, authorities said Sunday. Continue reading
May 17 Explosion outside fertility clinic in California kills 1; police say act appeared ‘intentional’ By Eric Tucker, Gene Johnson, Associated Press An explosion that heavily damaged a fertility clinic in the California city of Palm Springs appears to have been intentional, local authorities said. One person was found dead, and the FBI said it was sending investigators, including bomb technicians, to… Continue reading
May 14 California Gov. Newsom outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health care access By Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in California without legal status. Continue reading
May 14 20 states sue Trump administration over conditions placed on federal transportation and disaster-relief funds By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Democratic attorneys general say the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. Continue reading
May 12 Newsom urges California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments By Janie Har, Associated Press Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps that line streets up and down the state. Continue reading