Some Californians received a test of the earthquake early-warning system seven hours before the appointed time, waking…
Christian Martinez
Posted inCOVID Today
Alameda County reinstates mask order as coronavirus cases soar
Alameda County has reinstated an indoor masking rule, the first time a California county has issued a mask mandate since the winter Omicron surge faded.
Posted inLatest News
15 dead, including 14 children, in Texas school shooting
More than a dozen students and a teacher were killed Tuesday in a shooting at a Texas elementary school, authorities say.
Posted inEnvironment
Wildlife officials truck chinook salmon to cooler waters in emergency move to help them spawn
Warming waters in Northern California have been lethal for winter-run salmon eggs; less than 3% hatched last year.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
With Roe vs. Wade hanging in the balance, California gears up for a fight
California officials and abortion providers spoke out after the leak of a purported U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would allow states to outlaw abortion.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
California companies with ties to Chinese aluminum giant to pay $1.8 billion for avoiding import duties
The firms sought to evade high anti-dumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions imported into the U.S.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Careful, cannabis users: Bongs may create more secondhand smoke than cigarettes
Smoking a bong creates concentrations of fine particulate matter four times greater than a cigarette or hookah, the UC Berkeley study found.
Posted inEnvironment
Feud between mail carriers, wild turkeys comes to a deadly climax near Sacramento
After months of turkey attacks on mail carriers, one U.S. Postal Service worker is under investigation for killing an aggressive bird, wildlife officials say.
Posted inEnvironment
No ifs, ands or butts: California bill would ban single-use smoking products like cigarette filters
Supporters of the bill, including Santa Cruz County’s Mark Stone, said cigarette butts and vape pods cost millions per year to clean up and pollute the environment.
Posted inCOVID 2022
Should I stay or should I go? People agonize over holiday travel plans
After sacrificing family get-togethers last Christmas, many Americans had booked plane tickets, hopeful about celebrating safely once again.