Enjoy later sunsets while they last -- daylight saving time is coming to an end.
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"It's really all about that crossover between biology and social life and how it affects our circadian rhythms," she said. Time changes mess with sleep schedules, a potential problem when so many people are already sleep-deprived, says Dr. Phyllis Zee, a sleep researcher at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
In 2018, roughly 60% of California voters passed a ballot measure directing the Legislature to consider time changes. After receiving bipartisan support in committees, a bill to put the state on Pacific daylight time permanently stalled before the full Assembly could consider it.It turns out that, as it is with many other issues and national debates, there are competing special interests with a lot of money at play.
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