Jill McLaughlin
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Jill McLaughlin is an award-winning journalist covering politics, environment, and statewide issues. She has been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. Jill was born in Yosemite National Park and enjoys the majestic outdoors, traveling, golfing, and hiking.
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Navy Pilot Safe After Fighter Jet Crashes in Central California
It’s the second F-35 to go down this year.
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California Governor Suspends Low-Income Housing Rules for Fire-Ravaged Areas
State mandates call for affordable housing, but Pacific Palisades and other burn areas will be exempt as they rebuild after January wildfires.
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University of California Accepts Record Number of Californians, Except at Elite Campuses
Campuses UC Berkeley and UCLA reported a drop in 2025 in-state student admission offers.
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Los Angeles County to Draft Ordinance Banning Officers From Covering Their Faces
The Department of Homeland Security said masks protect federal officers from a growing number of assaults.
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FireAid Hires Attorneys to Review $100 Million in Donations for Los Angeles Victims
The celebrity fundraising organization’s law firm plans to review how the donations were disbursed after a public outcry.
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California Couple Faces Animal Cruelty Charges After Police Find 38 Dogs in Home
A paperwork error caused one of the suspects to be released from custody before he was charged.
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Authorities Find Plants, Cash, and Guns From Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in Rural California
Three suspects were arrested after two illegal marijuana farms were uncovered in Mariposa and Stanislaus counties.
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Los Angeles Mourns Death of Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg
Wallis Annenberg’s foundation gave about $1.5 billion to Los Angeles County-based organizations and nonprofits.
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Newsom Plans to Redistrict California in ‘Tit for Tat’ Response to Texas
Gov. Gavin Newsom said democracy is at stake if Texas redraws its congressional map and vowed to make up any lost blue seats in California.
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Northern California Man Faces Murder Charge in Son’s DUI Death
A 10-year-old boy was killed in a July 18 head-on collision in Napa County.
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Navy Pilot Safe After Fighter Jet Crashes in Central California
It’s the second F-35 to go down this year.
|
California Governor Suspends Low-Income Housing Rules for Fire-Ravaged Areas
State mandates call for affordable housing, but Pacific Palisades and other burn areas will be exempt as they rebuild after January wildfires.
|
University of California Accepts Record Number of Californians, Except at Elite Campuses
Campuses UC Berkeley and UCLA reported a drop in 2025 in-state student admission offers.
|
Los Angeles County to Draft Ordinance Banning Officers From Covering Their Faces
The Department of Homeland Security said masks protect federal officers from a growing number of assaults.
|
FireAid Hires Attorneys to Review $100 Million in Donations for Los Angeles Victims
The celebrity fundraising organization’s law firm plans to review how the donations were disbursed after a public outcry.
|
California Couple Faces Animal Cruelty Charges After Police Find 38 Dogs in Home
A paperwork error caused one of the suspects to be released from custody before he was charged.
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Authorities Find Plants, Cash, and Guns From Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in Rural California
Three suspects were arrested after two illegal marijuana farms were uncovered in Mariposa and Stanislaus counties.
|
Los Angeles Mourns Death of Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg
Wallis Annenberg’s foundation gave about $1.5 billion to Los Angeles County-based organizations and nonprofits.
|
Newsom Plans to Redistrict California in ‘Tit for Tat’ Response to Texas
Gov. Gavin Newsom said democracy is at stake if Texas redraws its congressional map and vowed to make up any lost blue seats in California.
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Northern California Man Faces Murder Charge in Son’s DUI Death
A 10-year-old boy was killed in a July 18 head-on collision in Napa County.
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