Sacramento Bee's CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO: "Legislation to end daylight saving time in California easily overcame a key hurdle on Thursday as the state Assembly advanced the controversial measure."
"Assembly Bill 807, which would ask statewide voters to repeal the 1949 initiative establishing daylight saving time in California, passed the lower chamber on a 48-6 vote. It moves to the state Senate for consideration."
"The measure by Assemblyman Kansen Chu would allow the Legislature to adjust it with a two-thirds vote – whether that be switching the dates it takes effect, getting rid of it altogether or, should the federal government authorize it, moving to daylight saving time on a year-round basis."
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Jerry Brown and other rank-and-file politicians were unanimous in their dissent over President Trump's withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
Sacramento Bee's CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO: "California Gov. Jerry Brown savaged President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to vacate the Paris climate accord as “insane” and “deviant” as he joined with like-minded governors to form alliance to uphold the agreement and pursue immediate action on climate change."
“Donald Trump has absolutely chosen the wrong course. California’s economy and America’s economy are boosted by following the Paris agreement,” Brown said on a conference call after Trump’s withdrawal from a pact with nearly 200 counties, putting the U.S. in the company of Syria and Nicaragua."
"California will resist because his effort is misguided,” Brown added in the call with reporters. “I would even say this is an insane move.”
In immigration news, Trump is revisiting SCOTUS in an attempt to get his travel ban put into affect.
WaPo's ROBERT BARNES/ANN E. MARIMOW: "The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to let it move forward with the president's plan to temporarily ban citizens from six mostly Muslim countries, elevating a divisive legal battle involving national security and religious discrimination to the nation's highest court."
"Department of Justice lawyers asked the court to overturn a decision of the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that kept in place a freeze on President Donald Trump's revised ban."
"The 10-3 ruling last week was one in a series of legal defeats for the administration, as judges across the country have said Trump's claim of protecting the nation was cover for making good on a campaign promise to ban Muslims from entry into the United States."
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Hundreds of firefighter promotions at CalFire will be able to move forward, pending individual vetting, in the wake of a cheating issue that emerged in an advancement exam. (Ed's Note: This Roundup headline was CORRECTED to delete reference to hundreds of firefighters suspected of cheating.)
Sacramento Bee's ADAM ASHTON: "Almost 300 state firefighters whose promotions were suspended after Cal Fire discovered suspected cheating on a November 2016 exam can move up the ranks as long their individual results are vetted one more time, according to a Thursday decision from the State Personnel Board."
"The board voted to allow Cal Fire to promote from an exam that it dismissed last month when it reported that it found “irregularities” on a test that captains must pass before advancing to battalion chief. Cal Fire’s decision meant 289 captains who passed the test would have to retake it this summer before moving up the ranks."
"Their union, Cal Fire Local 2881, on Thursday asked the personnel board to uphold the promotion list, arguing that only one promotion candidate allegedly cheated on the test."
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A local sixth grader from Fresno, California has claimed victory in this year's National Spelling Bee; the word that guaranteed her win? 'Marocain.'
Fresno Bee: "Sixth grader Ananya Vinay went head to head with Oklahoma eighth grader Rohan Rajeev for 20 rounds in what was described as a marathon day that began more than 12 hours earlier before winning the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday."
“It’s like a dream come true, I’m so happy right now,” she said after she was handed the trophy."
"And she put in a plug for her favorite athlete, Stephen Curry, whose Golden State Warriors were playing in the NBA Finals. “Go Curry,” she said.
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AP: "The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate deal is being met with despair in parts of Africa that are suffering from severe drought."
United CEO Oscar Munoz was recently in San Francisco, trying to tie in his company's backstory with the city's history -- an effort to reimage the company after some recent high-profile events brought unwanted, negative PR.
The Chronicle's NICHOLAS CHENG: "Following a disastrous couple of months for United Airlines’ image, CEO Oscar Munoz came to San Francisco and tried to highlight the airline’s historic connections with the city and its plans to add routes."
"In his speech to tourism officials and executives at the San Francisco Travel Association’s annual luncheon, Munoz’s tried to keep United’s hold on Bay Area fliers in one of its most important markets."
"At San Francisco International Airport, a key hub for flights along the West Coast and to Asia, United has 300 daily departures to 100 destinations."
