By CALmatters | PUBLISHED: September 13, 2018 at 7:34 pm | UPDATED: September 13, 2018 at 7:34 pm By Ben Christopher, CALmatters State Democratic registration has flatlined, Republicans are sinking, and the share of California voters registering no party affiliation is at an all time high. Pundits and politicians speak of the “swamp,” use “politics” as a term of abuse and inveigh against the hacks and the insiders who make up the political establishment. And yet the odds are slim to nil that California voters will have an electorally viable third party to get behind anytime soon. At least according to the political insiders we asked. This election season, CALmatters is partnering with the California Target Book, an online repository of statewide campaign data compiled for Sacramento’s political class. Until the November election, we’ll be surveying Target Book’s paid subscribers—a who’s-who of state operatives from both … [Read more...] about Third party threat? California political establishment doesn’t see it coming
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High-tech ferry backdrop for 16 California clean energy laws
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Jerry Brown is using a high-tech battery-operated San Francisco Bay sightseeing ferry as the backdrop for approving 16 new laws aimed at easing global warming. The Democratic governor on Thursday signed bills into law aimed at increasing the number of zero-emission vehicles and charging stations and reducing the number of heavily polluting cars and trucks. The effort is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, which have risen even as emissions from other sources decline. His signature comes on the heels of California's new goal of phasing out electricity produced by fossil fuels by 2045. Brown signed the measures as he hosts a San Francisco summit of climate change leaders from around the world. Brown is promoting California as a global leader in combating climate change. … [Read more...] about High-tech ferry backdrop for 16 California clean energy laws
Gunman kills ex-wife, four others and himself in California
News / World by Press Association 14/09/2018, 12:46 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A gunman in southern California fatally shot his ex-wife and a man at a trucking company before chasing after another man, killing him, and then driving to a home where he shot dead a father and daughter in a nearly 40-minute rampage. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood identified the killer as 54-year-old Javier Casarez at a news conference about the shootings that claimed five victims in Bakersfield, about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Casarez fatally shot himself as a deputy closed in on him shortly after the shooting. Court records show Casarez filed for a divorce from his wife, Petra Maribel Bolanos de Casarez, in December and that it was finalised on April 12. Ms Bolanos recently filed for a change involving child support and custody over the couple’s two teenage children, and the pair had a hearing set for October 11, … [Read more...] about Gunman kills ex-wife, four others and himself in California
California gunman who killed five, including ex-wife, had recently divorced
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gunman who killed five people in Bakersfield, California, and then took his own life was recently divorced and may have forced his ex-wife to accompany him to a trucking business before shooting her and other victims, authorities said on Thursday. Javier Casarez, 54, may have planned whom he was going to target in Wednesday evening's shooting spree, but his exact motive remains unclear, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told a news conference. Detectives had a lot of work to do investigating the incident, which unfolded over half an hour within an area of several city blocks, said the sheriff, who has called such mass shootings the "new normal" in the United States. Last week, a gunman killed three people at a bank in downtown Cincinnati before he was shot to death by police. "We're seeing this across the nation, people taking handguns and shooting people with more than one victim at a time," Youngblood said on Thursday, adding: "It's … [Read more...] about California gunman who killed five, including ex-wife, had recently divorced
California governor: Trump a fool on climate legacy
Janie Har, Associated Press Updated 11:28 am PDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 Members of the group 1000 Grandmothers protest outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco where the Global Climate Action Summit is being held, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The group, which says it is made up of elder women activists working to address the climate crisis, chanted "Listen to your Grandma, no more fracking!" less Members of the group 1000 Grandmothers protest outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco where the Global Climate Action Summit is being held, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The group, which says it is made up ... more Photo: Juliet Williams, AP Members of the group 1000 Grandmothers protest outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco where the Global Climate Action Summit is being held, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The group, which says it is made up of elder women activists working to address the … [Read more...] about California governor: Trump a fool on climate legacy