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December 29, 2017 | Chris Nichols
Democratic candidate for California governor Antonio Villaraigosa described the lack of poor and minority students at state universities as a "crisis," and PolitiFact California takes a look at some of the statistics mentioned in his interview.
December 27, 2017 | Chris Nichols
PolitiFact California takes a look at some of the most extreme falsehoods in 2017 to earn a Pants on Fire! rating.
.jpg&width=480 "A firefighter monitors a house burning in Santa Rosa, Calif., Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through Northern California causing residents to flee to safety through smoke and flames as homes burned.")
December 20, 2017 | Chris Nichols
PolitiFact California takes a look at a suspicious Facebook article claiming that a Muslim man was arrested for starting the recent Northern California wildfires.
December 20, 2017
PolitiFact California Reporter Chris Nichols examines a recent story on California's wildfires that's gained significant traction online but is intentionally false.
December 15, 2017 | Chris Nichols
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen claimed the state’s gas tax increase does nothing to solve California’s notorious traffic woes.
December 13, 2017 | Chris Nichols
Eye-opening claims that California has the sixth largest economy on the planet, the highest poverty rate in the nation and that President Trump’s border wall will cost one and a half times as much as an aircraft carrier.
December 13, 2017
With President Trump’s first year in office there were plenty of claims to be fact-checked in 2017. PolitiFact reflects on its biggest lies of the year including those made by California politicians.
.jpg&width=480 "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in September 2017. (AP Photo)")
December 6, 2017 | Chris Remington
PolitiFact California Reporter Chris Nichols examines a number of claims about the GOP led tax overhaul.
