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The Marshall ProjectNov 5, 2026

Gavin Newsom Issues Commutations for All 548 Californians Facing Execution

If approved by a state court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.

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Norbert Woehnl PhotographyNov 3, 2026

Autumn Light, Mountain View, California

A colorful autumn morning impression on Castro Street near the City Hall of Mountain View, California, taken on one of my many business trips to the area.

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Little Green FootballsNov 2, 2026

Marc Elias Live: Supreme Court Delivers BOMBSHELL Blow to Trump on Election Eve

On the eve of the midterm elections, the Supreme Court has refused to let the Trump administration block roughly California ballots from being counted. DOJ’s last-ditch request came after it lost at every level, from the district court to the 9th Circuit, and it relied on a list that experts found riddled with errors, including dozens of U.S. citizens wrongly flagged as noncitizens. The same day, a federal judge ruled the administration likely violated the Constitution by pressuring California ...

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TechdirtOct 29, 2026

Tech, Telecom Scholars Tell Gavin Newsom To Find His Spine

I recently noted how California’s being told by the Trump administration that it can’t enforce any of its own telecom consumer protection laws if it wants to receive $1.4 billion dollars Congress already earmarked for broadband expansion under the 2021 infrastructure bill. That means if California wants money it was already supposed to receive from...

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TechdirtOct 27, 2026

DOJ Demands California Help It Hunt Down Thousands Of ‘Illegal’ Voters Who Don’t Actually Exist

The thing about being in power is that there’s not much room left between the floor and the ceiling. The administration can fall, but only so far, because it’s still the administration. Conversely, it can only rise so far. The system of checks and balances — even when broken — limits upward trajectories. Bureaucracy generates...

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TechdirtOct 26, 2026

Trump’s Voting Fraud Squad Proudly Announces It Has Arrested 28 Of California’s 23 Million Voters

It’s essential to understand that this isn’t about protecting the integrity of elections from people who don’t have the right to vote. This is a suppression effort meant to intimidate people who do have the legal right to vote by making it seem like it might be better to sit out the mid-terms than be...

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The Marshall ProjectOct 24, 2026

Key Local and State Criminal Justice Elections to Follow in the Midterms

Congressional elections draw top attention, but down-ballot candidates and measures shape criminal justice and law enforcement for most people.

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BITVoxy GlobalOct 21, 2026

Albertsons Plans 51,000-Square-Foot Store in San Diego

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — Living in a fast-growing rural or semi-suburban community sounds idyllic until you realize you have to drive twenty minutes just to buy fresh produce or pick up a prescription. Residents in Valley Center, a growing San Diego County pocket of roughly 22,000 people, have faced that exact retail hurdle for years. […]

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BITVoxy GlobalOct 21, 2026

Albertsons Plans 51,000-Square-Foot Store in San Diego

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TechdirtOct 21, 2026

DOJ Turns A Thumb Drive And A Post-It Note Into A Lawsuit Aimed At Disrupting Voting In California

For the past several months, the DHS and DOJ have been pushing hard to make Trump’s illegal voter election conspiracy theories a reality. Trump continues to claim millions of non-citizen voters are participating in federal elections — something he persists in proclaiming despite having won two of the last three presidential races. This isn’t really...

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TechdirtOct 7, 2026

In-N-Out Stares Down A Gift Horse & Then Shoots It Dead Over Trademark

There's looking a gift horse in the mouth, and then there's deciding to shoot that gift horse in the face repeatedly for no good reason. Famed West Coast burger chain In-N-Out has an equally robust reputation as a trademark bully and bad actor. Whether it's the trademark tourism the company engages in, in which it...

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TechdirtOct 1, 2026

California’s Top Court Rules Against Rogue Sheriff Who Just Went Out And Seized 650,000 Ballots

Riverside County, California sheriff Chad Bianco is definitely one of those guys. You know the ones I mean. The kind of "law and order" hypocrite who loves the law as long as it can be used to hurt the people he doesn't like and protect the people he does like. In other words, he's a...

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TechdirtSep 21, 2026

California AG Rob Bonta Caves, Paramount Merger To Proceed With Flimsy Conditions

California AG Rob Bonta has caved to what was a relentless, bipartisan pressure campaign to settle the 12 state antitrust lawsuit against Paramount. The AGs sued Paramount last July, arguing (correctly) that the $111 billion deal would largely be anti-competitive, resulting in mass layoffs as the even bigger Larry Ellison-owned company forces labor and consumers...

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TechdirtSep 17, 2026

Trump Says California Can’t Stand Up To Big Telecom If It Wants Taxpayer Grants

As the federal U.S. government has given up on consumer protection and corporate oversight, states have filled the void with various degrees of success. That's been particularly apparent in areas like telecom, where the corruption-fueled death of federal privacy and net neutrality protections have been replicated in a handful of states like California, which passed...

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TechdirtSep 16, 2026

Paramount Funds, ‘Leaks’ Dodgy Study Saying California Will Suffer If Its Merger Is Blocked

Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers across the finish line. So they've been engaging in no shortage of dodgy behavior to try and derail the only thing left standing in their way: the 12-state antitrust lawsuit claiming that more media consolidation is anti-competitive...

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Bay By BromptonSep 13, 2026

Lake Tahoe by Brompton

America's "most beautiful bike ride" Brompton-style!

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The Marshall ProjectSep 10, 2026

Gavin Newsom Could Reshape the U.S. Death Penalty, But It’s Politically Risky

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.

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TechdirtSep 8, 2026

Paramount Caught Using ‘Astroturf’ Group To Drum Up Fake Support For Merger

We've well established how the $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets. But the kind of behaviors Paramount leadership have been engaged in to sell the deal also give a pretty clear indication what kind of company we're dealing with, and why they shouldn't be allowed to...

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The Emu Café SocialAug 31, 2026

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-31-26

We bring August to a close with one Pook-Emu Bee for the road. [caption id="attachment_7432" align="aligncenter" width="756"] I photographed this Children at Play sign on Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights on August 21, 2026.[/caption] 1 | Understanding And Dealing With Kim Jong-Un’s Resilience (Mario Alexis Portella for American Thinker. August 31, 2026.) I attribute Kim...

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TechdirtAug 26, 2026

ICE Tries, Fails To Illegally Raid An Immigration Law Office; Settles For Empty Threats Instead

The thing about raiding law offices is that they tend to be filled with people who actually know the law. A bunch of opportunistic ICE officers thought they might be able to talk their way into an illegal search, but that initiative (is that the word for this?) died out almost immediately when the interloping...

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The Emu Café SocialAug 26, 2026

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-26-26

I have a rough three-day work-stretch ahead of me, but the weekday Pook-Emu Bee links streak must continue (I will however compromise on feature images today). 1. Brainless TikTok trend causes $2,000 in damage to SoCal home (Daniel Farr for the New York Post. August 26, 2026.) States and localities should consider sentence enhancement provisions...

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The Emu Café SocialAug 25, 2026

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-25-26

I have been busy today, but the weekday streak of Pook-Emu Bee links continues. 1 | California political candidate facing six years in prison after listing dive bar as home address (Marina Peña for the California Post. August 24, 2026.) This plan was dumb enough to make me wonder whether she lives in a dive...

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The Marshall ProjectAug 19, 2026

Bodies of Evidence

Lyrics, medical records and menopause — News Inside Issue 23 looks at what gets used against us, and what gets ignored.

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TechdirtAug 18, 2026

The Ellisons Again Threaten To Move CBS/Paramount Somewhere Shittier And Hotter If State Antitrust Lawsuit Isn’t Settled

Paramount bosses Larry and David Ellison aren't having much fun in the wake of a 12 state antitrust lawsuit that risks derailing their $111 billion attempt to dominate what's left of U.S. corporate media. There's been a certain creeping desperation apparent the last month or two; whether it's the company's top lawyer claiming that critics...

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