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- Harris and Trump are vying for working-class voters in the final weeks of the presidential campaign as Harris visited Flint, Michigan.
- U.S. employers added 254,000 jobs in September, easing concerns about a weakening labor market.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber addressed voters today, reminding them of their rights and advising law enforcement agencies on laws protecting electoral integrity.
- As California ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $130.7 million in additional funds to support local governments in addressing homelessness.
- The California Palestine Solidarity Coalition expressed disappointment with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of three bills they say censor pro-Palestine speech and ignore rising Islamophobia.