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The defiant ones have come to California. Of course they have. Where else would they go?
Mayors, governors, corporate executives and environmental activists from four continents are gathering in San Francisco this week to show what they can do to stave off the most catastrophic effects of climate change, even if the president of the world's most powerful country – the United States , which is also history's biggest polluter – will not.
It's a gamble. As my colleague Brad Plumer writes, these defiant ones are trying to demonstrate that they can take big steps to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that have warmed the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial age. But their efforts have not been enough to offset the effects of trump administration's rollbacks on climate policy. And the world as a whole is nowhere close to meeting the targets set under the Paris climate agreement three years ago, an agreement that President Trump intends to withdraw from the United States from.
California is not just a place where high-profile solutions are being tested. It has been a finger in the eye of the Trump administration on climate policy; for instance, it has challenged its rollbacks on fuel-efficiency standards.
On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown, who is one of the sponsors of the Global Climate Action Summit, Signed a bill requires the use of zero-carbon sources by 2045.
Vice President Al Gore struck a bullish note on the spread of zero-carbon technologies at an event on Tuesday. But he was also blunt about the pace of change. "We're still not winning," he said. "We have to make the decarbonization of the global economy the central organizing principle of human civilization."
He spoke in a dark cavernous hall at the Fort Mason Center for the Arts and Culture, surrounded by giant photographs of coal miners and receding glaciers, part of an exhibition organized by the Asia Society.
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• It's that time of year again: Apple is set to introduce three new iPhone today.[[The New York Times]
• In Castro Valley man shouting profanities stab a Republican congressional candidate with a switchblade. No one was seriously injured. [The San Francisco Chronicle]
• In Bay Area, the director may have seemed an odd fit for a six-figure job on the state's Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. But he's a friend of Governor Brown. [The San Francisco Chronicle]
• In Los Angeles Times columnist Ammar Campa-Najjar, the 29-year-old Democrat trying to unseat Representative Duncan Hunter.[[The Los Angeles Times]
• A federal judge has struck down to almost century-old advertising handguns on their premises. [The Associated Press]
• Uh-oh: Nearly 224,000 solo drivers stand to lose their car sticker on Jan. 1. [The Mercury News]
• You're here will eliminate some color options for its electric cars to streamline production. Goodbye, "Obsidian Black" and "Metallic Silver."[[Reuters]
• How exactly did the California desert become an oasis for palm trees?[[The Desert Sun]
• One way to describe Jacquie Aiche's jewelry, Instagram and even her Beverly Hills office: "That laid-back cool California girl is in everything she does."[[The New York Times]
• At his new restaurant Bavel, Ori Menashe – of Cooking Cooking Cooking and Cooking. [The New York Times]
• Chipotle is testing bacon at restaurants in the oven Orange County cities this month. [The Orange County Register]
And Finally …
Answer: This game show host started the 35th season of a much-loved quiz program sporting a beard.
Question: Who is Alex Trebek?
Yes, Mr. Trebek, in Los Angeles resident, has once again taped "Jeopardy!" Episodes in Culver City. And given the host's new look, the show's Twitter account has started a poll.
"To beard, that's the question," tweet says. "Vote now! #AlexTrebeard. "
Mr. Trebek wasted little time addressing the issue in the season's first episode on Monday.
"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to 'Jeopardy!' As we begin our 35th season," he said. "No need to inquire how I spend my summer vacation."
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