World news | The Guardian1h ago
California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/california-billionaire-tax-ballot-tech-opposition #California #WestCoast #Technology #UsNews #GavinNewsom #SiliconValley #UsPolitics #UsUnions #Money
California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls

Wealth tax criticized by billionaires and Gavin Newsom would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1bn

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Adamas Nemesis2h ago

People complain endlessly about the "gloom" that comes off the Pacific Ocean in the summer, but where else will you get an atmosphere like this? Taken in true color in Florence, Oregon: "A Coast in Grey".

#art #photography #sea #ocean #PacificOcean #WestCoast #Cascadia #Oregon #PacificCoast #PacificNorthwest #woods #forest #fog #summer

Environment | The Guardian US3h ago
Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/california-mining-lone-pine #California #NativeAmericans #Gold #WestCoast #UsNews #Environment #IndigenousPeoples #Mining
Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush

A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration green lights new projects across the American west

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Environment | The Guardian US6h ago
Lake Tahoe residents ‘horrified’ by plans to spray cancer-linked glyphosate in public lands https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/lake-tahoe-glyphosate #California #Nevada #Herbicides #Pesticides #Pollution #Environment #WestCoast #UsNews
Lake Tahoe residents ‘horrified’ by plans to spray cancer-linked glyphosate in public lands

Federal agency to use herbicide to clear lands for replanting after 2021 Caldor fire – but public reaction to plan is fierce

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World news | The Guardian17h ago
Shelter-in-place ordered in LA as blaze engulfs roof of 500,000 sq-ft warehouse https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-ammonia #LosAngeles #UsNews #WestCoast #California
Shelter-in-place ordered in LA as blaze engulfs roof of 500,000 sq-ft warehouse

Clouds of dark smoke and ammonia rose from cold storage and freezing facility in Boyle Heights near downtown

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GenX Cascadian 18h ago
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World news | The Guardian22h ago
LA leaders back investigation into police killing of two-year-old dog https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/los-angeles-police-dog-killing #LosAngeles #UsPolicing #UsNews #WestCoast #California #KarenBass
LA leaders back investigation into police killing of two-year-old dog

Officers responding to call about ‘screaming woman’, who was celebrating Knicks win, shot dog named Jameson

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US news | The Guardian22h ago
US air force names eight killed in Boeing B-52 test flight crash in California https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/b-52-crash-edwards-air-force-base-victims #California #UsNews #PlaneCrashes #WestCoast #Boeing
US air force names eight killed in Boeing B-52 test flight crash in California

Victims include four airmen, a reservist and three civilians as inquiry into Edwards crash continues

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World news | The Guardian22h ago
Two California students swept out to sea and drowned while napping on beach https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/california-students-drowned-santa-cruz #California #WestCoast #UsNews
Two California students swept out to sea and drowned while napping on beach

Friends Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were pulled out of water by rescue crews but died later at local hospitals

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US news | The Guardian1d ago
Trump’s Department of Labor claims without data that states defrauded government https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/trump-administration-state-fraud-claims #UsTaxation #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #NewYork #California #Illinois #WestCoast
Trump’s Department of Labor claims without data that states defrauded government

Keith Sonderling, acting head of the agency, threatens to withhold administrative funds from states for first time in history

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