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The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT standardized test results for in-state freshmen applicants.Students walk on the campus of University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles on March 11, 2020.Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images fileThe system's Board of Regents voted Thursday to suspend the tests…

Darrell Issa | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo OAKLAND — Republican congressional candidate Darrell Issa and a conservative group are suing to block California’s move to an all-mail November election. They are legally challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s directive that elections officials mail every registered voter a ballot for the November election, making California the first state…

The University of California board of regents voted Thursday to stop using the SAT and ACT college admissions exams, reshaping college admissions in one of the largest and most prestigious university systems in the country and dealing a significant blow to the multibillion-dollar college admission testing industry. The unanimous 23-to-0 vote ratified a proposal put…

California recorded 132 new coronavirus-related fatalities Tuesday — the most in a single day since the pandemic began — as counties across the state continue cementing plans to reopen their economies. The highest number of deaths previously reported in a single day statewide was 117 in late April. Tuesday’s rise, which comes on a day…

Alex Padilla. | AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli OAKLAND — California Secretary of State Alex Padilla condemned President Donald Trump’s latest tweetstorm threatening to pull federal funding to Nevada and Michigan if they proceed with vote-by-mail drives, calling it Trump's "clearest example yet of using disinformation to try and influence the November election." Padilla, who serves as…