The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was scheduled to be shuttered in 2025. But California Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to expand its lifespan. Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images hide caption
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A vehicle drives by an almond orchard in Firebaugh, Calif., last year. City manager Ben Gallegos told NPR he doesn't want small cities like his to be overlooked as California prepares for a potential megastorm, a weather event made more likely by climate change. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
This city manager wants California to prepare for a megastorm before it's too late
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A search and rescue canine leaves a home leveled by the McKinney Fire on Monday in Klamath National Forest, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker declared a state of emergency in Illinois on Monday to help respond to the monkeypox outbreak. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Falcolner Ricky Ortiz poses with Pac-Man, a Harris's hawk, at the El Cerrito del Norte BART station in El Cerrito, Calif. Raquel Maria Dillon/NPR hide caption
The key to this California train station's pigeon problem? A hawk named Pac-Man
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Protesters gather outside the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles to defend abortion rights on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Lee Mitchell had three abortions before Roe v. Wade made it legal. Now she plans to volunteer as a driver and host for women who travel to California from other states where the procedure is banned. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
As states ban abortion, Californians open their arms and wallets
Danilo Manimtim and his wife, Marilou, had identical cataract surgeries, but the charges were drastically different — even though the Fresno, California, couple were covered by the same health plan. Heidi de Marco/KHN hide caption
He and his wife both got cataract surgery. His bill was 20 times higher than hers
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California Assembly member Buffy Wicks, a Democrat, speaks on the chamber floor in January 2020. In 2019, on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, she told the story of her own abortion. Krishnia Parker/California State Assembly Democratic Caucus hide caption
California lawmakers ramp up efforts to become a sanctuary state for abortion rights
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The Sacramento Police Department said 134 people dropped off firearms at a gun buyback on Saturday. The department offered gas gift cards in exchange for guns, but ran out less than an hour into the event. Steve Prezant/Getty Images hide caption
A man uses a safe injection site in New York City in January. A bill in California would allow pilot sites in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
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People pray during a prayer vigil in Irvine, Calif., Monday, May 16, 2022. The vigil was held to honor victims in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
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Solar and wind power projects have been booming in California, like the Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains, but that doesn't mean fossil fuels are fading away quickly. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption