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California’s State Parks system must be overhauled and modernized, says a new report from the independent Parks Forward Commission. For example, Parks should partner with an outside non-profit organization to raise money and coordinate volunteers.

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Health Care

California Lawmakers Want To Raise The Legal Smoking Age

January 29, 2015 | Lesley McClurg

A bill introduced today in California would raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21.

Environment

Drought Expands In California, Nevada With Dry January

January 29, 2015 | Ed Joyce

The dry January has expanded the severity of drought in California and Nevada.

State Government

Gov. Brown And de León Talk Fiscal Responsibility And Austerity

January 29, 2015 | Ben Adler

In different cities at separate events today, California Governor Jerry Brown and Senate President Kevin de León talked about the state's fiscal future in very different terms.

State Government

Poll: California Voters Back Extending Prop 30 Taxes, Key Change To Prop 13

January 28, 2015 | Ben Adler

Voters appear to be open to making a key change in California’s highly-popular property tax law – and to extending the tax increases they approved in 2012.

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State Government

S&P: Cuts, Not Taxes, Turned California's Budget Around

January 28, 2015 | Ben Adler

The ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says California’s financial turnaround is largely due to state budget cuts – not the Proposition 30 tax increases or the economic recovery.

Environment

Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Sighted In Yosemite National Park

January 28, 2015 | Ed Joyce

Yosemite National Park officials said Wednesday that a rare red fox was seen by park biologists.

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State Government

Chancellor: CSU Will Work To Raise Graduation Rates

January 27, 2015 | Ben Adler

California State University Chancellor Timothy White is promising that the CSU system will increase graduation rates for freshmen and transfer students over the next decade, a key desire of Governor Jerry Brown.

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