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Time to ‘fall back’? When does daylight saving time end in California?

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October 14, 2024

Time to ‘fall back’? When does daylight saving time end in California?

Get ready to “fall back” California. The day when we get to throw the covers over our head and relish in that extra hour of sweet slumber is upon us.

Time to say goodbye to daylight saving time and replace dining alfresco beneath the fading golden twilight with eating our dinner indoors with all the lights on.

In 2024, the end of daylight saving time and beginning of standard time is on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 a.m.

Earlier this year, daylight saving time began at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10.

We gain an hour in November (as opposed to losing an hour in the spring) to make for more daylight in the winter mornings.

How did daylight saving time begin?

Initially known as “war time,” according to the U.S. Department of Defense, daylight saving time was first introduced in the United States in 1918 under the Standard Time Act as a measure to save on fuel costs during the First World War by adding an extra hour of sunlight to the day, according to the Library of Congress.

The U.S. abandoned daylight saving time at the federal level after the end of World War I, seeing no financial need, according to a Congressional Research Service report.

States that wanted to continue observe the daylight saving locally had the option to do so.

How was the length of daylight saving time set?

In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight saving time.

The Department of Transportation said daylight saving time saves energy, prevents traffic injuries and reduces crime.

The DOT oversees time zones and the uniform observance of daylight saving time because the railroad industry first instituted time standards.

Has the end of daylight saving time changed?

No, you are not remembering incorrectly, the end of daylight saving time has shifted.

Originally, daylight saving time began on the last Sunday of April and ended on the last Sunday of October, according to the Congressional Research Service.

In 2005, Congress amended the Uniform Time Act to expand daylight saving time to the period in effect today.

Now daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November, according to the Congressional Research Service.

This move was for energy-saving purposes.

A Department of Energy study following the amendment’s implementation found the extra four weeks of daylight saving time saved around 0.5% in total electricity daily in the U.S., equaling energy savings of 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours annually.

Will California ever get rid of daylight saving time?

There is a move among the state legislature to get rid of daylight saving time and keep standard time all year round.

Assembly Bill 1776: Year-round standard time was introduced by Assemblymember Tri Ta of Orange County earlier this year in January.

“Changing clocks twice a year is not only frustrating, but it’s dangerous for drivers and contributes to our state’s mental and physical health crises every year. When voters passed Proposition 7 overwhelmingly in 2018, they did not expect the Legislature to stall the will of the voters by refusing to take up this important measure,” said Assemblyman Ta, in a statement at the time.

In 2018, Proposition 7 passed in California with nearly 60% of the vote, calling on the Legislature to end twice-yearly time changes. According to several studies, time changes are linked to increases in vehicle accidents, seasonal depression, and other severe health issues, the statement continued.

The bill would require the state and all political subdivisions of the state to observe year-round standard time.

If the bill passed, it would put California in keeping with other states and U.S. territories that do not adhere to daylight saving time: Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation), Hawaii and territories Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

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Lingering thunderstorms bring flooding risk after atmospheric river drenches much of California – WTOP News

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November 16, 2025

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Lingering thunderstorms bring flooding risk after atmospheric river drenches much of California – WTOP News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state, but lingering thunderstorms brought the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles County that were recently ravaged by wildfire.

Flood advisories remained in place through Sunday afternoon for LA, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, where localized showers were still possible after heavy downpours on Friday and Saturday.

“Due to the abundant rainfall the past couple of days, it will not take as much rainfall to cause additional flooding/rockslide conditions,” the National Weather Service said in a Sunday update.

Authorities on Sunday were still searching for a 5-year-old girl who was swept into the ocean by 15-foot (4.6-meter) waves at a state beach in Monterey County on Friday. The girl’s father, 39-year-old Yuji Hu, of Calgary, Alberta, was killed while trying to save his daughter, sheriff’s officials said.

In Sutter County north of Sacramento, a 71-year-old man died Friday after his vehicle was swept off a flooded bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Off the coast of San Diego, a wooden boat believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. from Mexico capsized in stormy seas, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard said Saturday.

The long plume of tropical moisture that formed over the Pacific Ocean began drenching the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night and then unleashed widespread rain over Southern California on Friday and Saturday. More than 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain fell over coastal Santa Barbara County as the storm approached Los Angeles. Parts of the Sierra Nevada received more than a foot of snow.

The weather service said scattered rain could continue through Tuesday in the southern part of the state. Another storm was expected to arrive on Thursday.

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California pulls 17,000 immigrant CDLs after discovering drivers’ legal U.S. stay expired

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November 15, 2025

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California pulls 17,000 immigrant CDLs after discovering drivers’ legal U.S. stay expired

California is pulling 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants. This comes following the discovery that the expiration dates on the licenses had passed the drivers’ legally allotted time to stay in the U.S.

The federal government says California issued them illegally, while the state says the feds are overreaching. Now, some people in the trucking industry say they’re the ones caught in the middle.

“I think the DMV of California messed it up, not those guys,” said Parmander Dayal, former trucker and the owner of the 99 truck wash and smog check near Yuba City.

Dayal says he’s already seeing licenses pulled.

“Yeah, obviously, I’m going to lose some customers. There’s a lot of guys that will probably lose their licenses in the Yuba City area, too. So it’s going to have a huge impact,” he said.

The announcement comes on the heels of two crashes involving drivers from the Northern California area.

Raman Dhillon, the CEO of the North American Punjabi Trucking Association, says the blame shouldn’t fall on all the drivers.

“The cause of the problem is that your schools, your DMVs, they’re issuing licenses wrongfully. Schools are training people wrongfully. There’s a lot of factors involved. With one click, you take away licenses from all these people and disrupting the whole thing is not a wise decision,” said Dhillon.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy put out a press release this week stating in part, “The California DMV has admitted to illegally issuing 17,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to dangerous foreign drivers.”

Governor Gavin Newsom’s office says the revocation is not due to dangerous foreign drivers, but due to inconsistency with California law. It was discovered that these license expiration dates went past the drivers’ legally allotted time to stay in the United States.

“Once again, Sean ‘Road Rules’ Duffy fails to share the truth – spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader,” Newsom’s office said in a statement.

“Doing it like this, not everyone is a culprit. Not everyone is a wrong person,” said Dhillon. “Some people are in the business five, 10 years and they invested in trucks, bought the houses, bought all kinds of stuff with it.”

The U.S. Department of Transportation says notices have been issued stating their license no longer meets federal requirements and will expire in 60 days.

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Newsom Issues Warning as Trump Administration Sues California

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November 14, 2025

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Newsom Issues Warning as Trump Administration Sues California

California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a warning to the Trump Administration after the Justice Department joined a Republican-led lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to block the Golden State’s redrawing of congressional district lines. The Trump Administration is arguing that the new districts, which were approved by voters on Nov. 4, violate the Constitution.

In response to the legal action, Newsom’s press office said “these losers lost at the ballot box” and “soon they will also lose in court.”

On last week’s Election Day, California voters approved the Proposition 50 legislation to redraw California’s congressional districts, giving Democrats a stronger chance of taking five House seats from Republicans during next year’s midterm elections. The action was spearheaded by Newsom and other prominent California Democrats in response to similar recent redistricting efforts in Texas, which served to reshape several congressional districts to favor Republicans.

The battle of redistricting across the country has seen criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, with California Republicans suing in their state immediately after Prop. 50 was approved.

Now that the Justice Department has joined the lawsuit, here’s what to know about the latest legal tussle between the Trump Administration and the State of California.

What has the Trump Administration said in the lawsuit against California’s redistricting?

The DOJ describes Prop. 50 as “a rush-job rejiggering of California’s congressional district lines” in the lawsuit, arguing that “race cannot be used as a proxy to advance political interests, but that is precisely what the California General Assembly did with Proposition 50.”

Regarding race demographics, the DOJ says in a statement that it has “substantial evidence” to support its claim that ”the legislature created a new map in which Latino demographics and racial considerations predominated, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause,” which comes under the 14th Amendment.

“Race was a predominant factor in drawing at least District 13 in the Proposition 50 map,” the lawsuit claims.

“The race-based gerrymandered maps passed by the California legislature are unlawful and unconstitutional,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli of the Central District of California in a statement Thursday, adding that “California is free to draw congressional maps, but they may not be drawn based on race.”

In the lawsuit, DOJ attorneys say that Democrat lawmakers “sold a plan to promote the interests of Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. But amongst themselves and on the debate floor, the focus was not partisanship, but race.”

The legal challenge also alleges that amongst Democrats, discussions were had about the Texas redraw, and that “Proposition 50 would serve as a “shield” against “racist maps,” to counter the Texas map. “The end result is a map that manipulates district lines in the name of bolstering the voting power of Hispanic Californians because of their race,” the lawsuit claims.

TIME has reached out to the DOJ and Newsom’s press office for comment on the lawsuit.

How has Newsom responded to the lawsuit and its claims?

Newsom’s press office has commented on what has been highlighted as an error in the lawsuit’s language, whereby the California’s State Assembly is referred to as a “General Assembly.”

“When Trump’s hand-picked hacks at DOJ can’t tell California from North Carolina, you know the lawsuit is about as credible as Trump’s ‘I don’t know Epstein’ line,” said Newsom’ press office, referencing the newly-released emails from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which allege President Donald Trump knew of his conduct. Trump has long denied having had any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

“The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap,” said Trump on Truth Social, in response to the emails being released.

North Carolina, which has a General Assembly, passed approval for a new congressional map in late October, giving further advantage to Republicans in the state that was tightly contested.

It is not yet known how Newsom or the State of California will officially respond to the DOJ lawsuit.

The California Governor has previously won in court against Trump, notably in regard to the President’s deployment of the California National Guard earlier this year in response to immigration raid-related protests in Los Angeles. The deployment was made without the consent—or approval—of Newsom and other L.A. leaders.

A federal judge ruled in September that such deployment went against Federal law. In October, Newsom saw victory once again in court against the Trump Administration, after a federal judge blocked the President from sending any National Guard troops, including ones from California, to police Portland, Oregon.

Understanding the wider battle over redistricting

The redistricting rift between Democrats and Republicans was reawakened Texas announced plans to redraw its congressional districts in August. The move led Texas House Democrats to leave the state in an attempt to prevent the redraw’s approval.

But their efforts proved unsuccessful, as the new Texas congressional map was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 29. “This map ensures fairer representation in Congress. Texas will be more RED in Congress,” said Abbott.

Newsom initially told Trump to “stand down” on the redistricting efforts in Texas, but as the Texas Republicans moved forward with their efforts, he started to make his own counter-action plans.

“Today is liberation day in the state of California,” said Newsom, announcing his own redistricting effort. “Donald Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punch back.”

(The mention of “Liberation Day” was widely seen to be a nod to Trump referring to his tariff announcement in April as “Liberation Day” for America.)

The measures in Texas have also been accused of being motivated by racial demographics.

Democratic Rep. Vince Perez of the state’s 77th district said in August that, in his view, “Texas Republicans have used racial engineering to make sure Texans of color cannot meaningfully influence elections for Congress or the state legislature.”

Later that month, Democrats in Illinois, New York, and Maryland proposed new congressional maps to counter Democrat seats expected to be lost in Republican-led states. Republicans also pushed further to strengthen their numbers in other states including Florida, Indiana, and Missouri.

California’s redraw was ultimately left for the public to decide on, as voters headed to the polls on Nov. 4 to decide on Proposition 50. Over 64% of Californians voted in favor of the redraw.

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