Yes, the truckers next to you are on the phone. That’s not necessarily bad for your safety or their health. cal.news/456zKLt
📸 Adam Perez
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- In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when the salad bar runs dry, they ask the staff to refill it – over and over. cal.news/3S88t8s 📸 Anna Hoch-Kenney
- Gov. Newsom, a Democrat, opposes the billionaire tax on voters’ ballots this November. So does Xavier Becerra. That didn’t stop the state Democratic Party from narrowly endorsing it. cal.news/45LUF6B 📸 Jeff Chiu, AP
- In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. cal.news/4pTlb7v 📸 Larry Valenzuela
- President Trump’s tax law last year cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income people, over the next decade. California officials estimate Medi-Cal could lose roughly $30 billion annually. cal.news/4hV5Q4g 📸 Gary Friedman

