California cuts ties with Walgreens after company limits access to abortion pills

Gavin Newsom said in a statement the state will not do business with any company that ‘puts women’s lives at risk’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/06/california-walgreens-business-abortion-pills-gavin-newsom

New Month And A Half Long Los Cabos Art Festival To Begin In March

https://thecabosun.com/new-month-and-a-half-long-los-cabos-art-festival-to-begin-in-march/

California’s Creative Economy Has Made a Spectacular Post-Pandemic Rebound, According to a New Report

https://news.artnet.com/market/californias-creative-economy-has-made-a-spectacular-post-pandemic-rebound-according-to-a-new-report-2262814

Gold rush: collectors snap up California artists’ work at Frieze Los Angeles

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/18/gold-rush-frieze-buyers-snap-up-la-artists-work

Eight California Art Spaces Off the Beaten Track - Scenic, historic, and oh-so-very California spaces that justify an art pilgrimage.

https://hyperallergic.com/803641/eight-california-art-spaces-off-the-beaten-track/

California Voters Say Yes to Art Education

https://hyperallergic.com/778884/california-voters-say-yes-to-art-education-proposition-28/

Propositions 26 and 27, which would have legalized sports gaming, lose big

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-08/2022-california-election-prop-26-27-sports-betting-results

They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-07/drought-drives-nenewed-interestin-in-desalination

California man blames meteorite after house goes up in flames

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/07/california-meteor-house-destroyed

California Institute of the Arts Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

https://hyperallergic.com/774973/calarts-celebrates-50th-anniversary/

Los Angeles Covid Test Positivity Up 25% In The Past Week As Concerns About Winter Wave Grow

https://deadline.com/2022/11/los-angeles-covid-cases-test-positivity-up-25-percent-winter-wave-1235164184/

Report on California Climate Impacts ‘Paints a Pretty Grim Picture’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/report-on-california-climate-impacts-paints-a-pretty-grim-picture/

Homelessness has risen 70% in California’s capital. Inside the staggering emergency

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/03/california-capital-homelessness-emergency-midterm

Today, UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA) announced the launch of Beyond the Frame:
Impressions of California, an interactive, digital experience showcasing a selection of Langson IMCA’s collection of California Impressionist paintings.

https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/5069-langson-imca-launches-interactive-digital-experience-of-californi

Going electric: Opponents clash as California aims to force diesel trucks off the road

https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/10/electric-trucks-california-rules/

California election 2022: It’s a puzzle

https://calmatters.org/politics/election-2022/2022/11/california-election-crossword-puzzle/

Review: Christina Fernandez’s photographs, on view in Riverside, are a major pivot in Chicano art

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-31/christina-fernandez-california-museum-photography

What’s at stake for California schools as the Supreme Court takes up affirmative action in college admissions

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-affirmative-action-college-17542979.php

Prop. 30 explained: The numbers you need to know

https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-ballot-measures-prop-30-key-numbers/

Would Prop. 1 allow abortions after fetal viability? Legal experts say no

https://calmatters.org/politics/election-2022/2022/10/california-abortion-law-prop-1/

Paul Pelosi attack: From nudist activism to online hate, suspect David DePape’s strange descent

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about-David-DePape-man-accused-of-17542056.php

Man released from California prison after 38 years following DNA test

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/29/man-released-from-california-prison-after-38-years-after-dna-test

A California marijuana company is being sued over the potency of its joints

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/26/business/california-marijuana-lawsuit-thc-trnd/index.html

Oil giants sell thousands of California wells, raising worries about future liability

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-27/oil-giants-sell-thousands-of-california-wells

California might levy a new tax on oil companies. Here’s what to know

https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/10/california-gas-tax/

California’s inexcusable resistance to stronger opioid overdose treatments

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/10/california-fentanyl-overdose-crisis-treatment/

Can a Ballot Measure Save Arts Education in California?

https://hyperallergic.com/769978/california-ballot-proposition-28-arts-education/

‘Votes for women!’ — 110 years ago marked the first time in California

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-25/votes-for-women-110-years-ago-marked-the-first-time-in-california

California Poised to Overtake Germany as World’s No. 4 Economy

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-24/california-poised-to-overtake-germany-as-world-s-no-4-economy

Halloween events in Southern California

https://abc7.com/halloween-celebrations-southern-california-socal/12342828/

Police investigate car buried in yard of Silicon Valley home in 1990s

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/21/california-car-buried-yard-atherton-concrete

San Francisco's disappearing neon landmarks are flickering back to life

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-neon-signs-comeback-17520447.php

Wildfires Spurred Risky Behavior in Los Angeles Mountain Lions


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wildfires-spurred-risky-behavior-in-los-angeles-mountain-lions/

‘We ain’t done dancing’: Los Angeles festival brings Black community together

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/19/california-taste-of-soul-street-festival-los-angeles

This is California’s most fiercely contested political turf

https://calmatters.org/politics/election-2022/2022/10/california-election-political-turf-bakersfield/

Could a buffer shield Californian homes from wildfire?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221019-could-a-buffer-help-paradise-california-stop-next-wildfire

Today’s heat was record breaking in these parts of the Bay Area

https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/Today-s-heat-was-record-breaking-in-these-parts-17521037.php

Why California Wildfire Activity Had Major Drop

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/climate-in-crisis/california-wildfire-activity/3034125/

Pandemic-related fraud totaled billions. California is trying to get some of it back

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/18/1128561539/pandemic-fraud-billions-california

Billy Al Bengston, painter who epitomised the visual lexicon of California culture, has died, aged 88

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/10/billy-al-bengston-obituary

Commentary: California may reallocate shrinking water supply

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/10/california-may-reallocate-shrinking-water-supply/

Is girls flag football California’s next breakout high school sport?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/girls-flag-football-high-school-17510149.php

California governor blocks Charles Manson follower’s parole

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-california-gavin-newsom-charles-manson-patricia-krenwinkel-b844a0f99380616c5691e1ff8628eeca

This is how much money you’ll get from the California gas rebate

https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/10/california-gas-rebate-4/

A California measure would tax the rich to fund electric vehicles. Why is the governor against it?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/14/california-proposition-30-gavin-newsom-electric-vehicles

California’s very warm September broke records. Here’s how 2022 compared to past years

https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-s-very-warm-September-broke-records-17505155.php

California Passed a Landmark Law About Plastic Pollution. Why Are Some Environmentalists Still Concerned?

The law shifts the responsibility for plastic pollution from consumers to companies that make and use plastic packaging. Some green groups fear it gives the industry too much leeway.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102022/california-plastics-pollution-bill/

Joan Didion’s Legacy Lives on in Los Angeles. The writer, who died last winter, is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hammer Museum

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/joan-didions-legacy-lives-on-in-los-angeles-180980915/

Waning water levels across the west – symptoms of the region’s record drought – have revealed yet another artifact.

Dubbed the “Ghost Boat” by officials, the decayed carcass of a second world war Higgins boat, used to transport troops into battle and on to beaches overseas, began to emerge from the shallows in Lake Shasta last fall. Levels have sunk low enough this year to excavate the craft fully.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/10/lake-shasta-drought-ghost-boat

California Adopts Live Events Safety Law

On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1775, which sets workplace safety training and certification standards for companies that produce live events at publicly owned and operated venues. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2023.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-adopts-live-events-safety-law