Gavin Newsom's Senate appointee won't run for a full term in 2024. With the top 3 Democratic contenders looking to make their mark, where does the race stand?

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From left, Reps. Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, and Barbara Lee of California, who are running in the state's 2024 US Senate race, participate in the National Union of Healthcare Workers Candidate Forum in Los Angeles on October 8, 2023.

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Whale watchers spotted a 'super rare' white orca in California

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Pod of transient killer whales including one young rare white Orca spotted in Strait of Georgia near Saturna Island on June 02, 2019.
White orcas, like this one spotted in the Strait of Georgia near Saturna Island, are rare. Whale watchers said the one seen in California may be leucistic or have a condition known as Chediak-Higashi syndrome.

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California just legalized affordable housing in church parking lots and coastal cities — and it could help solve the state's crisis

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed celebrated new laws limiting the role of environmental regulations in restricting housing development.

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I moved from California to Tennessee for my husband's job. We can finally save money, but it's been a major culture shock.

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DeLeeuw and her husband at a favorite local restaurant, Ecco on Overton Park in Memphis.

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What do homeowners in California and Florida have in common? A major insurance problem

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The frame of a house still stands as it burns in front of the rising sun during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California on October 27, 2019; A flooded house is seen in Crystal River, Florida on August 31, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall.
The frame of a house still stands as it burns in front of the rising sun during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California on October 27, 2019; A flooded house is seen in Crystal River, Florida on Augus

California's first batch of 1,200 tiny homes to address homelessness crisis will be built in an abandoned lot in Sacramento — see what they could look like

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California will spend $30 million to build 1,200 tiny homes across the state to shelter its unhoused residents.

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A pro-DeSantis super PAC stopped door-knocking in California after the state's GOP decided to award its delegates to whoever wins a majority of votes

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

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Rents in Oakland have fallen faster than anywhere else in the US for a simple reason: The city built more housing

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New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.

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Take a look inside a California saloon dating back to 1880 where Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson shot music videos — that just hit the market for $5.5 million

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Interior of 1880 Union, CA

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We moved our family of 4 into a tiny, remote cabin we bought sight-unseen. Everything was a mess at first, but now we're closer than ever.

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The ElderKin family.
The Elderkin family.

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