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Drought-ravaged LA seeks surprising source of water: A contaminated Superfund site

LOS ANGELES — As drought and climate change ravage California’s once-reliable supply of drinking water, officials in Los Angeles are setting their sights on a relatively new, almost untapped resource for the city’s 4 million residents: the Superfund site in their own backyard.

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‘Some scars are for ever’: the grief of losing a child to gun violence during the holidays

End of the year can be painful for those who have lost loved ones to firearm crime, but forming new traditions can help ease trauma

The Guardian - US

To cut fossil fuels, California needs power lines, fast. Building them takes a decade

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A century ago, thousands of Californians flocked to opening day for the Vaca-Dixon substation to hear the world’s longest and highest-voltage power line hum with electricity for the first time. It was an engineering marvel, built by hundreds of men and their mules in just two years.

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A world gone mad: Schizophrenia and a journey through California’s failed mental health system

LOS ANGELES — Standing in the dappled sunlight of a Westside city park, Anthony Mazzucca was trying to make a point. The words flew out of him, like birds, a flock of words. He laughed at the thought.

Los Angeles Times

Federal officials say urgent action needed to protect shrinking Colorado River reservoirs

LAS VEGAS — With Colorado River reservoirs nearing dangerously low levels, the federal government has given basin states a Jan. 31 deadline to negotiate major water cuts and stave off a possible collapse in supplies.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified, California showcase record graduation rates; other measures show setbacks

LOS ANGELES — The state of California and the Los Angeles Unified School District achieved record-high graduation rates last year despite the lingering effects of the crippling pandemic and a historic spike in student absences, prompting praise and skepticism over the new numbers.

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Avon hit with $40 million verdict in California talc lawsuit

Avon Products Inc. was ordered by a California jury to pay $10.3 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her cancer on talc in its cosmetics, in the first such case the company has lost in U.S. litigation.

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Sharon Osbourne rushed to hospital after medical emergency, TMZ reports

Sharon Osbourne was reportedly rushed to a hospital Friday night after suffering a medical emergency while shooting a television show in California.

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P-22, LA celebrity mountain lion, euthanized due to severe injuries

LOS ANGELES — The mountain lion P-22, who lived in the heart of Los Angeles for more than a decade and became the face of an international campaign to save California’s threatened puma population, was “compassionately euthanized” Saturday morning, according to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife’s director, because…

Los Angeles Times

Sharon Osbourne rushed to hospital after ‘medical emergency’

Osbourne reportedly ‘fell ill’ while filming a new paranormal activity show in California

The Independent UK

Sharon Osbourne 'rushed to hospital' while filming paranormal show

The TV personality was in California when she was taken to hospital

Wales Online

Sharon Osbourne rushed to hospital after 'suffering terrifying medical emergency'

TV star Sharon Osbourne, 70, had been filming a paranormal TV show in California when she fell ill suddenly, according to TMZ

Daily Mirror

San Francisco Bay Area struck by magnitude 3.6 earthquake

‘Stuff fell off the shelves at my house. First time ever in an earthquake’

The Independent UK

Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?

Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium. But a toxicologist says eaten in moderation, it's nothing to worry about.

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Jason Kidd on growing up around Bill Russell in Oakland, California

An underrated hotbed for NBA basketball that gave us the 11-time champ, Jason Kidd had a front row seat.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Oil and gas drillers mobilize to kill a key California environmental rule

The oil and gas industry, which has been accustomed to getting its own way from California regulators for decades, suffered a rare defeat this year.

Tribune News Service

Here are 5 new laws that will improve abortion access in California in 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California cemented its status as a pro-choice haven with a package of bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in September. The measures, which followed the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, sought to protect abortion access both for Californians and those coming here from…

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The University of California and workers reached a tentative deal to end strike

The monthlong strike by graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers disrupted classes at all 10 campuses. The agreement needs to be ratified before the strike officially ends.

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More than 50% of trans and non-binary youth in US considered suicide this year, survey says

The alarmingly high rates of depression, anxiety and suicide attempts are spread across liberal and conservative regions

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Federal judge to block part of California gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

A federal judge issued a tentative ruling Friday that blocks half of a California gun bill that state legislators, at the behest of Gov. Gavin Newsom, modeled after the controversial Texas law allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers.

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California State Athletic Commission adds new rule for combat sports officials traveling out of state

Following a recent judging controversy involving Doug Crosby, CSAC has added a new rule regarding out-of-state assignments.

The Independent UK

University of California workers reach deal to end strike

The University of California has reached an agreement with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike at the prestigious state system

Los Angeles Times

After five-week strike, UC and graduate student workers reach tentative agreement

In a major breakthrough in the five-week strike that shut down classes and unleashed grading turmoil, the University of California and the union leadership representing 36,000 graduate student workers reached a tentative labor agreement Friday that would boost their pay and improve benefits.

Los Angeles Times

California man and his alleged partner face life terms in dark web drug operation

LOS ANGELES — A California man and his alleged partner in cybercrime took to the dark web to peddle, among other drugs, thousands of fake oxycodone pills that were laced with fentanyl, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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These are the results in the top five most expensive California State Assembly elections

Elections for all 80 seats in the California State Assembly took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Of the 80 districts up for election in 2022, 78 had a general election with more than one candidate.

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