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https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2024/10/new-law-requires-california-schools-to-teach-about-historical-mistreatment-of-native-americans.html
New law requires California schools to teach about historical mistreatment of Native Americans
The law will take effect in a state home to the second-most federally recognized Indigenous tribes in the country.The Associated Press (oregonlive)
California panel calls attention to ties between Southwest climate crisis and cancer disparities
#health #California #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
California panel calls attention to ties between Southwest climate crisis and cancer disparities - Cronkite News - Prescott eNews
“You cannot be a healthy person in an unhealthy home. This planet is our home,” said Dr. Leticia M. Nogueira of the American Cancer Society. Photo taken onPrescott eNews
"Mark Harvey, who was Trump’s senior director... on the National #Security Council... [stated] that #Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for #California after deadly #wildfires in 2018 because of the state’s #Democratic leanings.
But Harvey said Trump changed his mind after Harvey pulled #voting results to show him that heavily damaged Orange County, California, had more Trump supporters than the entire state of #Iowa."
https://www.eenews.net/articles/helene-isnt-the-first-time-trump-inserted-politics-into-a-natural-disaster/
#GOP #Politics #USA #News #Climate
Helene isn’t the first time Trump inserted politics into a natural disaster - E&E News by POLITICO
Former White House advisers said Trump hesitated as president to provide disaster aid to California because of the state's Democratic leanings.Scott Waldman, Thomas Frank (E&E News by POLITICO)
Big Bear Lake, US
A firefighter walks through smoke as the Line Fire burns over 43,000 acres in San Bernardino County, #California.
Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images
Free admission to the aquarium this month for residents of Monterey county
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/visit/admission-tickets/locals
Free for Monterey County Locals | Monterey Bay Aquarium
To celebrate the Aquarium's 40th anniversary, we invite all Monterey County residents to visit for free during October 2024. Thank you for supporting us over the years!www.montereybayaquarium.org
Cheer! 👍
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California has banned legacy admissions at private colleges like USC & Stanford.It’s now illegal for colleges to consider whether a student is related to alumni or donors during the admissions process.
The real affirmative action in college admissions is dead
California law will ban legacy, donor admissions at colleges, universities
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher education, including at Stanford and USC.Jaweed Kaleem (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-29/newsom-signs-bill-to-require-health-insurance-companies-cover-ivf
Newsom signs bill requiring health insurance companies to cover IVF
Newsom signed a bill that requires IVF to be covered by healthcare insurance and extends benefits to LGBTQ+ families seeking to have children.Mackenzie Mays (Los Angeles Times)
As someone from an island, the ocean has always brought me comfort and joy.
I have been enjoying my exploration of Northern California's coasts and shores.
#Photography #Ocean #Sea #Nature #Wildlife #California #Outside #Outdoors
7/ Hustled up to Discovery pinnacle where some of my favorite views of mount Hitchcock and Whitney open up. I was on pace for Whitney summit by dark so I started down to Trail Crest looking forward to sunset.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
8/ I’ve got a knack for timing sunrise and sunset on trail crest from 15 visits over 2 decades making 30 individual crossings. I could tell something was brewing in the sky for sunset color but I had no idea what I was about to experience.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
6/ Flopped over Crabtree pass into the top of the Crabtree lakes basin then prepared for the chossy talus slope climb up mount Hitchcock’s east shoulder to get out. There’s an easy westward bench / slope I take, it’s not as bad as people say.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
5/ Continuing past the tarns and unnamed lakes above Sky Blue lake toward Crabtree pass, looking back to mount Langley and Cirque peak in the distance.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
4/ Moving overland up the Miter basin watershed with a nap and foot soak at Sky Blue lake.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
2/ Bluebird Saturday morning cruising through Cottonwood lakes.
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking
9/ The color transformed through shades of yellow to vermilion as the sun set through the remains of the Coffeepot wildfire smoke to the west. It was pretty overwhelming 🤯🫠
#SierraNevada #Mountains #California #Hiking #Sunset
#California sues Exxon over plastics #recycling 'deception'
September 24, 2024
BBC
"California's attorney general is suing #ExxonMobil, alleging the oil giant engaged in a 'decades-long campaign of deception' about the effectiveness of #PlasticsRecycling.
"In the civil lawsuit filed on Monday, Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Exxon of contributing to a 'deluge' of plastic pollution, while telling Californians that recycling was a fix.
"'For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they clearly knew this wasn’t possible,' Bonta said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8elg6ezlko
#ExxonKnew #Microplastics #Plastics #PlasticPollution #Greenwashing
California sues ExxonMobil over plastics recycling 'deception'
The US state alleges in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that the oil giant misled the public on recycling.BBC News
“"Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in #California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin #Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.
California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and recyclable.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law banning plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
"Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.CBS Los Angeles
→ Using AI to Replace an #Actor Is Now Against the #Law in #California
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/using-ai-replace-actor-against-law-california-1235048661/
“No one should live in fear of becoming someone else’s #unpaid #digital #puppet. Gov. Newsom has led the way in protecting #people — and families — from #AI #replication without real #consent.”
Using AI to Replace an Actor Is Now Against the Law in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills sponsored by SAG-AFTRA that extend the guild's recent AI protections.Brian Welk (IndieWire)
#Starbucks #CEO is under fire for plan to commute to #office by private #jet
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-ceo-commute-private-jet/
But while other workers will commute by car or public #transportation, Niccol will travel nearly 1,000 miles from his home in Newport Beach, #California, to Starbuck's #Seattle offices, by corporate jet, according to his offer letter, which was made public in an SEC filing.
#job #work #Problem #economy #climate #environment #co2 #transport #news
Starbucks CEO is under fire for plan to commute to office by private jet
Incoming CEO Brian Niccol is under attack from some over his planned commute from Newport Beach to Seattle.Megan Cerullo (CBS News)
“In recent weeks, #police across #California have threatened journalists with arrests for covering evictions of homeless encampments. It’s unclear why — the journalists aren’t interfering with the evictions. But they are documenting them, and clearly officers don’t want that.”
#news #media #press
https://freedom.press/news/california-officials-must-let-journalists-cover-encampment-sweeps/
California officials must let journalists cover encampment sweeps
Threats to arrest journalists are the latest in a long line of egregious press freedom violations in the Golden StateFreedom of the Press
Running Springs, #California
Highway 330 is engulfed by flames
Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images
A charred car is seen after the Bridge Fire burned mountain communities to the northeast of Los Angeles, in Wrightwood, #California. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
Views from airplane camping near the central California coast last weekend
#flying #camping #aviation #california
Google just destroyed a plan to get tech giants to hand some of their ad profits to journalism in California.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @mattdpearce.bsky.social about why Google and Meta are a threat to journalism and how they’re transforming the web.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/237_google_and_meta_are_a_threat_to_journalism_w_matt_pearce
#tech #journalism #news #media #google #meta #california
Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.Tech Won't Save Us
Lake Elsinore, #California
A firefighter walks through flames at an evacuated home in El Cariso village as the Airport fire continues
Photograph: Apu Gomes/Getty Images
The Airport Fire burns along the hillside as residents watch from the shoreline in Lake Elsinore, #California, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Rancho Santa Margarita, US
Fires burn in the hills above the #California community. #Wildfires fuelled by soaring temperatures in the western United States have scorched thousands of acres, forcing hundreds of families to flee
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
An aerial tanker combats the Airport Fire, a #wildfire burning in the hills of Orange County, #California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
#California, US
Highway 330 is engulfed by the Line Fire near Running Springs as residents attempt to leave the affected area.
Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images
