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Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for California prisons
Don ThompsonThe Associated PressSACRAMENTO (AP) – A federal appeals court on Friday, Nov. 26, temporarily blocked an order that all California prison workers must...
Missing Tennessee boy found in California, father arrested
A missing 3-year-old boy from Tennessee and a 16-year-old girl from Kentucky were found safe in Southern California and the younger child’s father was...
Thousands of giant sequoias killed in California wildfires
Brian MelleyThe Associated PressLightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to...
UC plans no resumption of standardized testing for admission
The Associated PressSpecial to Valley NewsThe University of California will continue to not use standardized tests for admissions decisions, an official told a meeting...
Trucker shortage fuels enrollment surge at California school
Eugene GarciaThe Associated PressOn a recent afternoon, Tina Singh watched nearly a dozen students at a suburban Los Angeles truck-driving school backing up their...
Research links COVID-19 in pregnancy with stillbirths
Lindsey TannerThe Associated PressPregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher...
LeBron suspended 1 game, Stewart 2 games for altercation
By: TIM REYNOLDS-- LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been suspended for one game and Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games...
Draft California political maps would reshape key districts
Kathleen RonayneThe Associated PressNewly released political maps from California’s redistricting commission would leave some members of Congress without a political home and others to...
Southern California enacts new smog rules on refineries
Robert JablonThe Associated PressDIAMOND BAR (AP) – Southern California air regulators approved new restrictions on area oil refineries and other factories that could remove tons...
Kaiser Permanente, unions reach labor deal to avert strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and six other states called off a strike...