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In this week’s newsletter: While its quick slip into financial hardship has left American bankers reeling, its UK division is surprisingly fine. But the tech sector isn’t out of trouble yetDon’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the fu…
Merrick Garland, the attorney general, tasked with moving the country ‘as close to universal background checks as possible’Joe Biden announced Tuesday a new slate of executive actions that are aimed at reducing gun violence and the proliferation of gun…
Since Christmas the state has faced an exceptionally wet winter after being plagued far more by drought in recent yearsCalifornians are bracing for the arrival of another “atmospheric river” storm on Monday after a weekend of heavy rainfall and floodin…
Search continues for seven more people after small craft suspected to have been carrying 15 migrants overturned off Black’s BeachAt least eight people were killed when two suspected smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach and one capsized, authori…
Storm expected to hit Monday after weekend of destruction and flooding left thousands without power and two people deadAnother “atmospheric river” storm was expected to hit California on Monday, after thousands of residents were left without power foll…
Announcement comes as Signature Bank was closed on Sunday by regulators – the second to fail in a weekUS financial regulators rolled out emergency measures Sunday night to stem potential contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The measures …
State officials launch lawsuit against wealthy city of Huntington Beach to force it to build new homesCalifornia officials are suing Huntington Beach, a wealthy coastal city lambasted by the state’s governor as the “poster child for nimbyism”, in an at…
Several flood advisories issued as Governor Gavin Newsom declares states of emergency in 21 countiesThere is no end in sight for California’s brutally wet winter as yet another atmospheric river storm collided with the state on Friday, bringing torrent…
Fire ecologists analysed data from over 10,000 locations and 334 wildfires to assess how post-blaze conditions affect tree growthThe ancient, towering ponderosa pines and Douglas firs that dot the west are dying off at an alarming rate – and increasing…
Jeff Neil says he intervened after thinking of his wife who was sitting next to him on flight from Los Angeles to BostonA man who led the charge in subduing a fellow passenger who tried to stab an attendant on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston and at…