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Complications related to coronavirus claim the life of the first Golden State youth. Congress leaves without extending unemployment benefits — your move, state Legislature. And $2.1 billion heads to a vaccine whose makers hope to bring it to regulators…
A coronavirus disbeliever and Bay Area priest calls on parishioners to be holier. A state taxpayer group sues state Attorney General Xavier Becerra for failing to call a tax increase a tax increase. Plus: Inadequate testing is likely one of the reasons…
A city hiding behind the pandemic to avoid approving new housing gets another stern warning from the state. And criminal justice advocates are calling on corrections staff to not repeat its prison mistakes at youth facilities. Plus: What are the odds o…
A Big Sur tribe gets back stolen land. Gov. Gavin Newsom asks for $52 million for the Central Valley as coronavirus cases soar in the eight-county region. And speaking of Newsom, protesters chained themselves outside of his house early Monday, demandin…
Gov. Gavin Newsom sends a housing lifeline to workers on the front lines; millions of others wonder how they’ll make August rent. Plus: Is your mail late? That could be intentional.
Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater could help officials understand the prevalence of the virus in specific areas. And on the eve of what was to be the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, calls grow for Los Angeles to give up its 2028 bid.
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The Golden State, with 409,000+ coronavirus cases, now “leads” the nation. And: Trustees of the CSU system voted to require students to take ethnic studies or social justice studies, but a competing proposal in the Legislature may upend those rules.
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Under pressure to resign, USC President C.L. Max Nikias left with a generous separation package, tax records show. And why a bankruptcy by the state’s biggest oil and gas producer could cost taxpayers big. Plus: Home sales see a resurgence.
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There are no signs caseloads are easing in California and across the Southwest. And as schools furiously debate reopening and how, a rumor swirls about whether vaccines are required (I hate to give away the end, but they’re not. More on that later). Pl…
Actress Naya Rivera is presumed dead after going missing during a boat trip in Ventura County. The state and the University of California file lawsuits against the Trump administration. And a tired California mother envisioned a faster, healthier way t…