The latest Omicron subvariant, perhaps the most infectious yet, has gained a foothold in California. Officials say its growth advantage is worrisome.
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Newsom budget includes naloxone for middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts
Newsom’s education spending plan includes the opioid antagonist naloxone for all middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts to school budgets.
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Death toll rises to 18, cleanup continues as another storm targets California
The latest storm threatens to further swamp California, already reeling from widespread flooding, mudslides, washed-out roads and downed power lines.
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California storm death toll reaches 16 as more rain, winds hit state
A winter storm continues to lash Northern California as the state’s death toll from the extreme weather climbed to at least 16 people, including a Santa Cruz man killed at Lighthouse Field State Beach.
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Biden declares emergency as latest in ‘parade of cyclones’ takes aim at California
President Joe Biden approves an emergency declaration for California as another series of powerful winter storms bears down Monday on Northern California.
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‘The worst of it still in front of us’ as new storms set to pound a rain-weary California
More than 400,000 customers were without power in California as the latest powerful winter storm pushed through, elevating flooding danger.
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Trump’s tax returns are out. Here’s how he was able to pay so little — so often
After waiting seven years, the public gets its first view of former President Donald Trump’s returns, which document his aggressive efforts to avoid paying taxes.
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Pelé, who rose from a Brazilian slum to become the world’s greatest soccer player, dies at 82
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, who won a record three World Cup titles and helped popularize the sport in the U.S. in the 1970s, has died at age 82.
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California taxes, regulations are killing small legal weed farms the state vowed to help
Small operators across California’s legal cannabis market say government taxes, fees and regulations are threatening their survival.
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Calories, carbs and climate. Should fast food have environmental labeling?
Climate-related food labeling could be an effective tool to whittle down the beef industry’s carbon footprint, new research argues.