California Democratic Party Chair Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault and Harassment
Eric Bauman speaking in Los Angeles in 2016Keith Birmingham/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last February, as California’s Legislature was reeling from a sexual misconduct scandal, Eric Bauman, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, told the Associated Press, “Though nobody ever talked about it or knew about it, there…
Pro-Logging Republicans See an Opening in the Farm Bill
Kevin Warn/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Congress regroups after the midterms, the farm bill is back on the table. The legislation, which comes up for review twice every 10 years, funds agricultural programs in addition to food aid and conservation efforts. After failing to pass a new version…
After More Than Two Weeks, California’s Deadliest Wildfire Is Finally Contained
A neighborhood in Paradise, California, consumed by the Camp Fire.Noah Berger/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early on Sunday morning, Cal Fire, the state’s forestry and fire protection agency, announced that California’s deadliest wildfire is now 100 percent contained. Camp Fire, which decimated the town of Paradise and much of…
After the Fires, Scientists Race to Predict Deadly Mudslides
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. California continues to take stock of its unprecedented conflagrations—between the Camp Fire in the north, which on its own is the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history,…
California Wildfire Smoke Spreads 3,000 Miles Away to New York
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US East Coast has been provided a firsthand reminder of the deadly California wildfires after smoke swept across the country and caused a haze to envelop the eastern seaboard,…
Here’s What the Blue Wave Looked Like in California
Charlie Neuman/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As of last Monday, California Democrats had flipped 3 of the 10 Republican-held congressional seats they’d targeted in this year’s election. After a week of unhurried vote counting, they’ve now flipped six—including every seat in Orange County. And the final(ish) vote counts confirm just…