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The circumstances of the shooting were not yet clear. Federal authorities said there were “multiple injuries and fatalities.”
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Earthquake Jolts Bay Area Residents Awake
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake was strong enough to rattle nerves in the middle of the night, especially in the heavily populated East Bay where it was centered.
Bay Area residents were awakened early Monday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3.
California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to prevent federal agents from concealing their identities with masks. The law is expected to face a legal challenge.
Federal agents blocking protesters during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo, Calif., in July. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday to prohibit facial concealment.
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In Texas, Parents Fighting Vaccinations Say Their Movement Is Winning
Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.
Deborah Glenn, a mother of three in Fort Worth, chose not to vaccinate her children.
Ash Cloud Over Mount St. Helens Conjures Memories of 1980 Disaster
A hazy cloud that emerged over the active volcano was the result of high winds rather than a new eruption.
California’s Environmental Past Confronts Economic Worries of the Present
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning.
California Democrats relaxed a landmark environmental law this year, hoping to spur more housing construction. Cities like San Francisco are struggling to build enough units.
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Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California
Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.
The Garnet Fire burning near the McKinley Grove in the Sierra National Forest in California on Monday.
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