California’s wildfire season has been relatively calm this year, but Governor Gavin Newsom isn’t taking it for granted. He signed a batch of bills Wednesday to improve wildfire prevention, response, and recovery.

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(Photo: The Carr Fire tears through Shasta, Calif., Thursday, July 26, 2018. Fueled by high temperatures, wind and low humidity, the blaze destroyed multiple homes and at least one historic building - Noah Berger / AP Photo)

Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have exempted new road projects in wildfire-prone areas from the state’s sweeping environmental review requirements.

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(Photo: Abandoned vehicles line Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 - Noah Berger / AP)

New law gives college sexual assault survivors more time to files lawsuits.

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(Photo: Bob Moffitt – Capital Public Radio)

The red liquid that a protester in the California Senate Gallery threw onto the chamber’s floor last month was, in fact, human blood.

Story by Ben Ader.

(Photo: California police have arrested Rebecca Dalelio, who threw a feminine hygiene device containing "what appeared to be blood" onto the floor of the state Senate on Friday - Sacramento County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Thursday, October 3, 2019