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Byline: OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

05 Aug

Financially struggling zoos could be latest pandemic victims

published on August 5, 2020 - 2:00 PM

(AP) — Since the coronavirus pandemic began keeping visitors at home, the jaguars and chimpanzees at the Oakland Zoo have

08 Jul

Death row inmate dies of apparent virus complications

published on July 8, 2020 - 2:26 PM

(AP) — Another California death row inmate at San Quentin State Prison has died from apparent complications of the coronavirus

01 Jul

Citing racial bias, San Francisco will end mug shots release

published on July 1, 2020 - 12:45 PM

(AP) — San Francisco police will stop releasing the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose

14 May

San Francisco businessman to plead guilty in corruption case

published on May 14, 2020 - 1:00 PM

(AP) — A businessman charged in a public corruption case involving a former high-ranking San Francisco city official has agreed

20 Apr

Fast decisions in Bay Area helped slow virus spread

published on April 20, 2020 - 12:52 PM

(AP) — On the morning of March 15, as Italy became the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic, a half

06 Mar

At sea: Passengers off California await virus test results

published on March 6, 2020 - 1:10 PM

(AP) — Passengers on a cruise ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they

27 Feb

California is abnormally dry after low-precipitation winter

published on February 27, 2020 - 1:33 PM

(AP) — A dry beginning of the year has left most of California abnormally parched and officials are bracing for

23 Jan

California’s monarch butterflies critically low for 2nd year

published on January 23, 2020 - 12:59 PM

(AP) — The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California’s coast remains critically low for the second year in a

16 Oct

Officials eye explosion at California fuel site after quake

published on October 16, 2019 - 1:01 PM

(AP) — Officials were trying to determine Wednesday if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel storage

11 Oct

Power coming back in Northern California, fire danger eases

published on October 11, 2019 - 12:25 PM

(AP) — The lights were back on Friday for more than half of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents

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