Forget “twindemic” – California may be in for a three-headed Cerberus of respiratory diseases this winter as the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 collide. Orange County declared a local public health emergency Monday over RSV, a common cause of pneumonia in infants that has contributed to a record number of pediatric hospitalizations and daily …
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EXCLUSIVE: founder of “Fix California” Amb. Ric Grenell says the Golden State will “soon be hit by the conservative tsunami” after the organization registered thousands of new right-wing voters ahead of election day. The nonprofit 501 (c) (4) currently enrolls more than 10,000 conservative voters per month in California – the traditionally blue state – …
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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Monday, October 31, means Halloween – a purpose-built holiday for the city of make believe. I’m Jon Healey, senior editor of the Utility Journalism Team, and I’m writing from South Pasadena, where tonight I will definitely not visit the childhood home of Michael Myers. The news …
14-year-old boy shot and killed in Northern CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in Northern California, authorities said. The teenager was found lying on the front lawn of a home in the North Highlands neighborhood near Sacramento around 9 p.m. with at least one gunshot wound, according to the Sacramento County …
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The Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that on Saturday that her husband was improving in a hospital, but that the attack on him by an intruder in the couple’s home in California left her and her family “heartbroken and traumatized”. Pelosi, D-Calif., updated house members on the chilling incident in a letter to …
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Two people were fatally stabbed Thursday at a Los Angeles County mall and a suspect was arrested, authorities said. Officers went to the scene just before noon in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, and found a woman in the parking lot of the Destination O Eight mall. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A …
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THE BUZZ: California will make a massive shift to zero-emission vehicles in the coming years, but voters don’t seem keen on funding it. A new poll released last night by the Public Policy Institute of California found just 41 percent of likely voters would vote yes to Proposition 30, the voting measure that would tax …
A specter haunts California’s affluent suburbs and beachside communities: the “builder’s remedy.” In California, the state sets housing goals for local governments. Under a ten-year old law, cities and counties that fail to meet those goals or submit their plans on time must allow any housing anywhere at any height or density, as long as …
Instead, state education officials — who initially appeared to be delaying the release of student scores until after the election — divided in a way that would have guaranteed to block expected coverage. be a pandemic-driven sharp decline. Today Californians get their first statewide look at test scores that measure the pandemic’s toll on students …
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