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Aaron Rodgers Gives $1 Million to Help Struggling Businesses in His California Hometown
Green Bay Packers quarterback and reigning league MVP Aaron Rodgers has donated $1 million to help 80 locally owned business in or around his hometown of Chico, California
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This Multibillion-Dollar Company Is Selling Lab-Grown Chicken in a World-First
Californian food start-up Eat Just has become the first company to receive approval for the sale of its lab-grown cultured chicken meat. And it all started with a single cell.
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Military Begins Delivering Vaccines in Texas, New York
The U.S. military is beginning to deliver shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and says service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.
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Biden's HHS Pick Xavier Becerra Says Pandemic Is Top Priority
Health secretary nominee Xavier Becerra told senators Tuesday that confronting the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to expand health insurance, rein in prescription drug costs and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in medical care.
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New California Bill Would Require Employers to Pay for Backup Child Care for Workers
A first-of-its-kind bill would require California companies with more than 1,000 employees to provide up to 60 hours of subsidized backup child care.
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California Man Charged With Trying to Help Terrorist Group
A Russian man has been charged in California with attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization, authorities said Friday.
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Driver in 90-Minute Cargo Van Pursuit Exchanges a Fist Bump at Intersection
A woman was arrested after a cargo van pursuit from Alhambra to downtown Los Angeles and back to the San Gabriel Valley.
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Pelosi, House Dems Call for Action on Hate Incidents Targeting Asian Americans
Asian American lawmakers, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats, denounced on Friday a rise in hate incidents targeting members of the Asian community across the country and called for stronger action — both by Congress and the Biden administration.
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Captain Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Boat Fire
The captain of a scuba diving boat that burned and sank off the California coast, killing 34 people, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.
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Tahiti's Sudden Tourism Restrictions Provide a Lesson to People Who Can't Wait to Travel
The French government suspended tourism to French Polynesia, Saint Martin and other territories to prevent the spread of new transmissible Covid-19 variants.
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Biden Calls CA Woman Who Wrote Letter About Job Loss
President Joe Biden personally called a California woman who was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic, during what the White House said is part of an effort to help him engage more consistently with regular Americans.
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Supreme Court: California Can't Enforce Indoor Church Service Ban
The Supreme Court is telling California it can’t enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic
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Inside One Couple's Daily Struggle to Feed Their Four Children During the Pandemic
‘Honestly, I didn’t want to let my children down. And I was really scared because obviously I have five people to take care of. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going to do.’
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One Family's Struggle With Food Insecurity: ‘I Didn't Want to Let My Children Down'
Edward Willis and Paulina Lopez have four children between the ages of 1 and 8. When they lost their income due to the pandemic, they faced themselves in a desperate struggle to make sure their children had food to eat and a place to sleep each day. The Los Angeles County couple shared their emotional journey through food and housing...
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Tesla to Recall More Than 130,000 Cars Following Regulators' Pressure
Tesla voluntarily recalled 134,951 Model S and Model X vehicles with touchscreen failures that led to the loss of several safety-related features.
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Inmate Transfer in Calif. Unleashed ‘Public Health Disaster': Report
The report provided new details on last spring’s catastrophic decision to move inmates from the California Institution for Men east of Los Angeles to San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco. The inmates were put onto buses for the more than 400-mile (680 kilometer) trip and the tight quarters increased the risk of infections spreading.
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California Tops 40,000 COVID-19 Deaths; Fatalities Still High But Cases Continue Dropping
An average of 544 people died every day in the last week, and on Saturday the state reached the grim milestone of 40,000 deaths overall, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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Horse and Pony Rescued from Devastating Mudslide
The Fremont Fire Department released video of a horse and pony being rescued from a mudslide in Monterey County.
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Utility to Pay $2B Settlement in Deadly 2018 California Fire
Southern California Edison will pay $2.2 billion to settle insurance claims from a deadly, destructive wildfire sparked by its equipment in 2018.
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Attorney Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme Sentenced to One Day Behind Bars
A San Gabriel-based attorney who pleaded guilty to taking part in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that sold temporary green cards to foreign investors was sentenced Friday to one day behind bars and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service.