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Biden to announce executive order on gun sale background checks - Roll Call

President Joe Biden will announce an executive order Tuesday that instructs the Justice Department to increase the number of background checks on gun sales nationwide, according to senior administration officials. Biden will make the announcement from the site of a January shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., as his calls to…

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California court says Uber, Lyft can treat state drivers as independent contractors

The ruling mostly upholds a voter-approved law that said drivers for ride-share companies are independent contractors and are not entitled to benefits like paid sick leave and unemployment insurance.

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49ers pick Sam Darnold as quarterback contingency plan amid Purdy, Lance recoveries

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sam Darnold is the 49ers’ choice to fulfill their quarterback contingency plan while Brock Purdy recovers from elbow surgery and Trey Lance comes back from a fractured ankle.

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6 bodies and 154 cremated remains were stored in California warehouse, authorities say

HAYWARD, Calif. — The bodies of six people and the cremated remains of 154 others were recovered earlier this month from a former crematorium that had its license suspended five years ago, authorities said.

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49ers’ D-line adds Javon Hargrave; Raiders land Garoppolo; Broncos nab McGlinchey

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, one of the NFL’s top free agents, is coming to fortify the 49ers’ perenially stout defensive line, at a steep cost.

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California, hit by a 2nd atmospheric river, is bracing for floods again

Intense rainfall and snow is expected to fall on the state through Wednesday after grueling weather last week.

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Grammy Museum honors Latin artist Shakira in a new exhibition

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shakira has both set and shattered numerous music chart and world records.

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Lab-grown chicken nuggets and chocolate? How Calif.'s Yolo County is shaping the future of food

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Melted chocolate whirred around a melanger in California Cultured’s workshop, destined to be poured, hardened and broken into little squares. A tasty dessert, not yet legal to sell in the U.S.

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Is Disney teasing an Avatar land with multiple rides at Disneyland?

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Disneyland resort may soon be home to a version of Walt Disney World’s Pandora themed land with a banshee flight simulator and a water ride through a bioluminescent rainforest — or at least that’s what Disney’s official D23 fan group appears to be teasing.

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Regulators to protect SVB, Signature depositors, but no bailout - Roll Call

Federal regulators said Sunday they would protect all Silicon Valley Bank depositors, including those above the deposit insurance limit.

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Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Officials have known for decades that the Pajaro River levee that failed this weekend — flooding an entire migrant town and trapping scores of residents — was vulnerable but never prioritized repairs in part because they believed it did not make financial sense to protect the low-income…

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Worry builds near Pajaro River in California as Highway 1 closed, another storm approaches

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patricia Equihua couldn’t help but think of the strawberry fields Sunday. A 19-year resident of Pajaro, Equihua, a strawberry picker, was among the thousands wondering what to do after a levee along the Pajaro River breached and caused massive flooding to the unincorporated Monterey County town.

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FDIC working on finding buyer for Silicon Valley Bank, California Rep. Khanna says

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is working to find a buyer for Silicon Valley Bank and urged the U.S. government to step in and guarantee all of the bank’s deposits.

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Battered by destructive flooding, California braces for another atmospheric river storm

PAJARO, Calif. — California was bracing for another round of rain beginning Monday as officials tried to assess the damage from severe flooding along the Central Coast and Central Valley, which left scores stranded and left whole blocks under water.

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Scenes of devastation along the Pajaro River: ‘The water is still coming in. It’s rising’

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Crowds of onlookers stood on the Watsonville side of the Pajaro River Bridge looking at the swollen muddy river rushing below and the closed-off, submerged town of Pajaro on the other side.

Los Angeles Times

Levee breach in California triggers massive flooding, prompts evacuations, rescues

MENLO PARK, Calif. — A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County overnight triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues as the latest atmospheric river storm pummeled large swaths of California.

Los Angeles Times

As snow records fall along the eastern Sierra Nevada, fears loom over impending snowmelt

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Snow began falling early and hard this season at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort, and the record-breaking amounts don’t look like they’ll stop anytime soon.

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High School Esports 2023 regional/state rankings: ‘Madden NFL 23’

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After COVID-19 school chaos, California lawmakers debate role of superintendent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California children were stuck at home in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and schools reopened unevenly across the state, raising equity concerns, frustrated parents demanded action from Supertintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.

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Protesters, counterprotesters square off in Sacramento over gender-confirming health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 40 people who oppose gender-confirming health care gathered on Friday at the Capitol, while a larger group of counterprotesters marched toward the event.

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The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart in 1996 is sentenced to 25 years to life

Smart, 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1996. Prosecutors maintained that Paul Flores, now 46, killed Smart during an attempted rape.

Los Angeles Times

Roads washed out, rivers flood as deadly storm pelts California and forces evacuations

FRESNO, Calif. — California’s deadly storm season turned even deadlier Friday as the first of two atmospheric river storms descended on the state, prompting widespread evacuation orders as it flooded creeks and rivers and dropped warm, heavy rain atop the state’s near-record snowpack.

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Paul Flores receives maximum sentence for murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A Monterey County Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Paul Flores to 25 years to life in state prison for killing California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart — the maximum sentence for first-degree murder.

Los Angeles Times

At least 2 dead as storm pelts California, bringing flooding and evacuations

FRESNO, Calif. — At least two people have died as the first of two atmospheric river storms descended Friday on California, prompting widespread evacuation orders as it flooded creeks and rivers and dropped warm, heavy rain atop the state’s near-record snowpack.

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Convicted murderer Paul Flores will not get a new trial in Kristin Smart case, judge rules

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The man convicted of murdering California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart will not get a second trial, a Monterey County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

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