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May 11, 2026
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California Marks Ocean Day with a Coastal Stand — and a Direct Challenge to Federal Drilling Plans
California used its annual Ocean Day to send two messages simultaneously — one looking back fifty years at a landmark environmental legacy, and one looking
Newsom Opens Statewide AI Policy Effort Through “Engaged California” Platform
Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday opened California’s first-in-the-nation digital democracy platform, Engaged California, to every resident of the state for the first time, launching a
California Is About to Have 300 Data Centers. Nobody Knows Where the Water Will Come From.
About 115 miles east of San Diego, in the flat sun-bleached expanse of California’s Imperial Valley, a plot
California Gas Hits $6.01 — No State Has Ever Crossed This Threshold Before
The Iran war reached California’s gas stations Thursday in the most direct terms possible: $6.01 per gallon, a
California High-Speed Rail Cost Reaches $231 Billion — A Number That Has Shaken Sacramento
The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2026 draft business plan has produced a figure that no amount of optimism
Big Tech AI Earnings Confirm Silicon Valley as the Center of the Largest Capex Boom in History
In a single earnings night that reverberated far beyond Wall Street, four of the world’s largest technology companies
Business
Newsom’s State Parks Forward Becomes the Largest California State Park Expansion in Decades
California marked Earth Day 2026 with the most consequential expansion of its state park system in a generation. On April 22, Governor Gavin Newsom and
Entrepreneur
Sports
Real Madrid Under Pressure as Draws, Injuries, and Form Questions Mount
Real Madrid’s season has reached a tense middle phase where results look stable on paper but feel unsettled on the pitch. League draws have stacked
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