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Eight days after its primary election, California officials are still counting ballots. That in itself isn’t a big deal — many states give election officials more than a week to tally votes, and ...

This morning, the New York Times’ editorial board joined a growing chorus of voices singing an increasingly impatient song: California takes too damn long to count its ballots. In an editorial ...

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Shasta county has one of the state’s highest rates of suicide and gun ownership. Here’s how locals are trying to combat it Like many men in the mountainous California county of Shasta, about 200 miles ...

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