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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Otay Mesa Detention Center to allow San Diego County health inspectors access to the 1,400-bed facility, siding with local officials over the federal government in an ongoing legal feud. https://t.co/zCH5Mj3DKJ

📸 Adriana Heldiz

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A tank at a Garden Grove aerospace plant came within a crack of exploding and forcing a toxic chemical cloud over 50,000 evacuated residents. Here's what regulators knew before it happened. https://t.co/Su1r4zz1Sq

📸 Ethan Swope, AP

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The polls have closed in California. Bookmark this site to see live election results for statewide races, including governor. https://t.co/bElcmoHZ7t

📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

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Want to know exactly who paid for your elected official’s trip to Europe? No way, say California lawmakers. https://t.co/w2RbaME1js

📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

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Commentary | Ranked-choice voting would reduce the fragmentation that makes these chaotic primaries possible. https://t.co/MipcT6cHSP

📝 Daniel Wolf
📸 J.W. Hendricks

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Commentary | In effect, some cities are robbing counties, school districts, fire protection areas and other taxing authorities by keeping 100% of transfer taxes, while denying everyone else property tax revenue. https://t.co/lHDLegsfDw

📝 Brian Hanlon
📸 Fred Greaves

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Commentary | A stagnant population eases pressure for new infrastructure but we still need to maintain what we have and expand it to meet current needs. However, water projects have languished... https://t.co/qR9ZSqykS8

📝 Dan Walters
📸 Jae C. Hong, AP

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The data, showing the first decrease in homelessness in years, provided fuel for activists challenging the Trump administration’s narrative that current homelessness policies are failing and need to be overhauled. https://t.co/S61Fm9sg67

📸 Larry Valenzuela

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For all the talk of a governor’s race between two Republicans, or even two Democrats, it’s looking like voters are in for a typical partisan matchup in November. https://t.co/iXri5AdGN8

📸 Salvador Ochoa

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The top-two primary promised to change California politics. Voters say: meh https://t.co/LBFabwjB23

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You won't see a Republican vs. Republican matchup in the California governor's race as Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton hold the top two spots. https://t.co/QSdFXwE7Q9

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Opinion | Unfortunately, as they resolve their specific differences and write a budget by the June 15 deadline, lawmakers and Newsom are more likely to continue patching budget holes than to permanently close them. https://t.co/QYr4BK1iFD

📝 Dan Walters
📸 Larry Valenzuela

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Opinion | A serious challenger would require Bass to reflect on those criticisms and to explain them — and even, perhaps, adjust to better address them. https://t.co/KkuOIMLQgu

📝 Jim Newton
📸 Carlin Stieh

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While California is home to the largest number of Native residents of any state in the U.S., it has just one confirmed tribal college and little state funding support. https://t.co/rUo5EfAZNe

📸 David Fouts

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The fiercest opposition to the bill has come from what might seem like an unexpected source: The State Building and Construction Trades Council. https://t.co/SPeZL0vOk4

📸 Martin do Nascimento

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The new mandate will almost certainly end up in court, but where does that leave people now?

Here are a few things to know: https://t.co/USjZUuLXWY

📸 Gregory Bull, AP

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A Los Angeles prosecutor likened a Black murder suspect to a Bengal tiger. Decades later, the California Supreme Court found that trope showed unacceptable racial bias. https://t.co/RPB5KKit06

📸 Jeff Chiu, AP

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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Otay Mesa Detention Center to allow San Diego County health inspectors access to the 1,400-bed facility, siding with local officials over the federal government in an ongoing legal feud. https://t.co/zCH5Mj3DKJ

📸 Adriana Heldiz

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Shasta County voters appear to have ousted a controversial elections chief who promotes conspiracy theories about voter fraud, even as they approved a ballot measure that would require hand-counting ballots and voter ID... https://t.co/pY6XKkfzOy

📸 Madison Holcomb

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Lawmakers proposed a suite of bills in response to a series of CalMatters investigative stories. Eight bills are moving on in the houses of the Legislature, a jump that has previously proved difficult for similar measures. https://t.co/YgIxX3Xvsm

📷️ Fred Greaves for CalMatters