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Byline: JOHN ROGERS Associated Press

25 Oct

Phil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, dies at 84

published on October 25, 2024 - 2:34 PM

Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass

11 Feb

Hustler founder and First Amendment battler Larry Flynt dies

published on February 11, 2021 - 12:55 PM

(AP) — Larry Flynt, who turned his raunchy Hustler magazine into an empire while fighting numerous First Amendment court battles

31 Jul

Trader Joe’s says no to changing ethnic-sounding label names

published on July 31, 2020 - 2:34 PM

(AP) — Trader Joe’s, which indicated earlier this month it might change the names of some of its products after

08 Jun

Bloodied store manager describes life in the age of COVID-19

published on June 8, 2020 - 1:52 PM

For weeks Samantha Clarke calmly listened to the insults and threats directed daily at her and her employees by people

13 Mar

California virus scare closes venues, delays weddings

published on March 13, 2020 - 1:08 PM

(AP) — Much of California is shutting down, with theme parks, horse-racing tracks and concert halls locking their doors while

06 Mar

California aims to avoid ‘Carmageddon’ freeway closure

published on March 6, 2020 - 1:15 PM

(AP) — It could be “Carmageddon II,” and it’s coming to a major freeway near Los Angeles on the last

09 Dec

PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfire settlement

published on December 9, 2019 - 1:06 PM

(AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric announced Friday it has reached a tentative $13.5 billion settlement resolving all major claims

01 Nov

Greta Thunberg joins LA protest of oil drilling

published on November 1, 2019 - 1:05 PM

(AP) — Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish girl who accused international leaders of standing idly by as global warming threatens

15 May

$10M XPRIZE for software that teaches illiterate to read

published on May 15, 2019 - 12:48 PM

(AP) — The challenge was to develop software that could easily be downloaded onto tablets that poor children around the

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