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Byline: BRIAN MELLEY-Associated Press

07 Jan

Official: California COVID surge could ease next month

published on January 7, 2022 - 2:23 PM

(AP) — The California surge in coronavirus cases has shut down schools and sidelined thousands of police, firefighters, teachers and

06 Jan

Pandemic sidelines 800 police, firefighters in Los Angeles

published on January 6, 2022 - 1:32 PM

(AP) — A dramatic surge in coronavirus cases has sidelined more than 800 Los Angeles city police and fire personnel

06 Jan

Spike in virus cases has 300-plus hospital workers out in Fresno County

published on - 11:15 AM

(AP) – California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps through the

09 Dec

Once-logged coastal land set to be sold to save redwoods

published on December 9, 2021 - 1:15 PM

(AP) — A conservation group plans to purchase a scenic stretch of the Lost Coast in remote Northern California to

03 Dec

California official says women on boards law is toothless

published on December 3, 2021 - 1:14 PM

(AP) — A California official defending the state’s landmark law that mandates women be placed on corporate boards testified Thursday

01 Dec

California judge weighs legality of women board member law

published on December 1, 2021 - 2:13 PM

(AP) — When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s first law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies,

30 Nov

Can California legally require women on corporate boards?

published on November 30, 2021 - 1:55 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s first law requiring women on boards of publicly

22 Nov

Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees

published on November 22, 2021 - 1:48 PM

(AP) — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts

19 Nov

California wildfires torch thousands of giant sequoia trees

published on November 19, 2021 - 1:51 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll

02 Nov

Hope after wildfire: Tiny sequoias could grow into giants

published on November 2, 2021 - 2:18 PM

(AP) — Ashtyn Perry was barely as tall as the shovel she stomped into barren ground where a wildfire last

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Posted: June 30, 2025 at 2:42 pm

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