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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/california-signs-law-opt-out-browsers

California enacts law giving consumers ability to universally opt out of data sharing
The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.

🦫 California learns from its beaver reintroductions
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/california-learns-from-its-beaver-reintroductions/

California learns from its beaver reintroductions
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Tásmam Koyóm, a high Sierra meadow in California, U.S. returned to the Mountain Maidu people in 2019, is once again wet where once it had been dry. Rivulets now snake through hip-high grasses and willow thickets, feeding a […]

Up to 1,800 flights a day could be disrupted by Trump's airport cuts;
California to be hard hit
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-06/why-california-could-be-so-hard-hit-by-airport-capacity…

California airport will be hard hit by
California airports are expected to be hard hit by dramatic reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration plans to cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports to maintain travel safety during the government shutdown.

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Japke-d. denkt mee: als je het allerengste in je leven moet doen, heb je niets aan deze 13 adviezen
Iedereen moet wel eens iets engs doen. Vlak daarvoor krijg je vaak lieve goedbedoelde adviezen die totáál niet helpen. Japke-d. Bouma deed afgelopen week zélf het allerengste uit haar hele leven. En zet de slechtste tips op een rij.

"Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees

Here's a piece about $billionaires threatening to leave California because of a proposed 5% wealth tax.
Hey guys (and as far as I can tell they are all guys): Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
They say "oh, California you will lose taxes because we are gone." Boo hoo - don't these guys know the concept of a non-performing asset, you know, a thing that produces no revenue? Well, from the point of view of Calif. these guys already pay no…

Sources: wealthy Californians are quietly mobilizing on WhatsApp and calls in a long-shot bid to oust Rep. Ro Khanna, who supports a controversial wealth tax (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/ro-khanna-calif…

California Tech Executives Plot Against Rep. Ro Khanna Over Support of Wealth Tax
It’s hard right now to be a progressive Democrat in the heart of America’s tech industry.

How the insurance crisis overtook California
Insurance Commissioner Lara’s 2023 regulatory overhaul promised to ease California’s insurance crisis
but instead delivered major concessions to the industry.
Under Lara’s watch, the state’s insurer of last resort exploded
from 123,657 policies in 2019 to over 645,000,
leaving January wildfire victims underinsured.
Six of nine insurers filing under new rules
add zero new policies in high-risk zones
-…

How the insurance crisis overtook California
Insurance Commissioner Lara's 2023 regulatory overhaul promised to ease California's insurance crisis but instead delivered major concessions to the industry.

California and four other Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over its decision to freeze $10 billion in child-care and family assistance.
The lawsuit alleges the freeze is based on unsupported allegations of social services fraud and violates Congress’ spending power.
Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta decried the freeze as a part of Trump’s political vendetta against blue states at the expense of vulnerable families and children.
The $10-billion funding freeze foll…

California sues Trump admin over $10 billion freeze in childcare funds
Five states including California that are targeted by a funding freeze are suing the Trump administration, which alleges widespread fraud within the states' welfare systems.

The #Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County announced plans for a new launch site that would offer launch providers the ability to develop and fly #heavy or
#super-

Could SpaceX Starship launch in California? Site will cater to larger rockets
Bigger and more powerful rockets could be launching in the years ahead from Vandenberg base in Southern California. Will SpaceX Starship be among them?