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States post yellow alerts to try to nab hit-and-run drivers

Debbie Geneau was on her way to the bank in Bakersfield, California, one afternoon in July 2020, when three cars headed in the opposite direction crashed. One hit the divider and went airborne, landing on top of Geneau’s Dodge Charger, killing the 65-year-old office manager.

Tribune News Service

Searing heat spotlights West’s long-term water woes

HAYS COUNTY, Texas — Located near the resort community of Wimberly, just 45 miles southwest of Austin, Jacob’s Well has earned a near-legendary reputation as one of the most popular swimming holes in the Central Texas Hill Country. Hundreds come to the artesian spring each summer to dip into blue-green…

Tribune News Service

Nick Clegg returns to London with other Facebook owner executives

Former Lib Dem leader to divide time between UK capital and California as Meta’s head of global affairs

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators - Roll Call

Senate appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion.

Roll Call

Citing a mental health crisis among young people, California lawmakers target social media

Karla Garcia said her son’s social media addiction started in fourth grade, when he got his own computer for virtual learning and logged on to YouTube. Now, two years later, the video-sharing site has replaced both schoolwork and the activities he used to love — like composing music or serenading…

Tribune News Service

Anita Chabria: Solitary confinement is shrouded in secrecy and open to abuse. Why does California allow it?

Why have any soft feelings for those locked in solitary confinement in our prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers? They must be the worst of the worst, right? The unrepentant serial killers, the gang leaders carrying on business as usual behind bars, the criminals with nothing to lose and no…

Los Angeles Times

Deadly California wildfire wipes out scenic river town

Firefighters say they're making progress as they battle California's largest and deadliest wildfire of the year

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3 California cities could get safe injection sites to help address drug overdose deaths

LOS ANGELES — A bill allowing drug users to safely inject themselves at supervised facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland passed the state Senate Monday and is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles County moves to declare local emergency over monkeypox

One day after California declared a state of emergency because of the growing monkeypox outbreak, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency because of the illness.

Los Angeles Times

COVID-19 surge continues slow decline in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Coronavirus activity is gradually declining in California after having surged from about the beginning of April through mid-July, state health data show.

Tribune News Service

Rent-A-Center settles alleged California overpricing dispute

Officials say one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers

The Independent UK

California drought: Water conservation increasing statewide, San Francisco Bay Area saving more than Southern California

After months of failing to conserve water, Californians are finally starting to make significant progress saving as the state’s three-year drought worsens, summer heats up and local agencies are increasing rules and penalties for water wasters.

Tribune News Service

Watch: ‘Luckiest anchovy in the world’ escapes voracious whale

A photographer in California’s Monterey Bay has captured video footage showing an anchovy flying from the mouth of a lunge-feeding humpback whale.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Monkeypox Cases Continue To Spread Across the U.S. as 3 States Declare Emergencies

They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.

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The Independent UK

California passes bill for safe injection sites in three cities in bid for most progressive drug policy in US

Bill authorising safe injection sites in three Californian cities would make the state a leader in the nation of progressive drug policy

WEKU

Four people have died in Northern California's huge wildfire

The death toll doubled when two additional bodies were found within the burn zone of the McKinney Fire, the state's largest blaze of the year.

The Guardian - US

Death toll rises to four in California’s biggest wildfire this year

McKinney fire has burned more than 100 buildings in north of state as other blazes ignite in US west

Los Angeles Times

These Beverly Hills condos chase record prices with private pools, butlers and a five-star restaurant

LOS ANGELES — A $100-million boutique condominium complex rising in the vaunted Golden Triangle district of Beverly Hills is escalating Southern California's luxury vertical-living rivalry with a potential five-star restaurant, private pools and the kind of pampering that might lure elite downsizers from their sprawling estates.

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Benzinga

Pelosi Lands In Taiwan As China Begins Live Fire Exercises: What You Need To Know

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat whose visit to Taiwan on Tuesday is heating up Sino-American relations, is a longtime critic of China and has been a forthright human rights advocate throughout her career.<

Los Angeles Times

Search is on for more victims of monster McKinney fire as tide turns for firefighters

YREKA, Calif. — Officials are searching for more potential victims of the McKinney fire as improving weather conditions allowed firefighters to gain some ground on California’s largest blaze of the year.

The Independent UK

Illinois becomes third state to declare monkeypox public health emergency after New York and California

Illinois is the third state with most infections after reporting 520 cases, roughly 9 per cent of the 5,811 nationally

Tribune News Service

A California union president sent $25 gift cards to members. An uproar and reprimand followed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months ago, members of AFSCME Local 2620, the union representing therapists and social workers in California state government, received preloaded $25 debit cards in the mail.

Benzinga

Federal Agencies To Fund Minor Cannabinoids Research, California Bill On Safe Drug Consumption Sites Reaches Governor & More Cannabis Updates

Federal Health Agencies To Fund Studies On Minor Cannabinoids & Terpenes Several federal health agencies once again confirmed they will support research into the therapeutic potential of “minor cannabinoids” and cannabis terpenes.

The Independent UK

All aboard the Pacific Surfliner: a car-free journey through California

Swapping road for rails in the US’s Golden State is easier than you might think, says Megan Eaves

Radio France Internationale

French phone app developers take Apple to court, alleging abuse of monopoly

French software developers have taken legal action in California against Apple, accusing the computing and communications multinational of abusing its dominant market position by overcharging competitors.

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