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LA County COVID-19 deaths hit new winter high. Why?

LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19 deaths reported weekly in Los Angeles County has hit the highest point of the season, underscoring the continued deadly risks of a disease that has ripped through the community for nearly three years.

Los Angeles Times

Jailed for life for stealing $14

David Coulson was imprisoned in California under draconian ‘tough on crime’ laws stemming from the 1990s. Now campaigners are calling for reform, reports Sam Levin

The Guardian - UK

Next stop Chicago? In-N-Out burger expanding east of Texas for first time

The beloved Southern California burger chain announced plans for a new location in Tennessee in 2026 and teases more shops to follow in other states.

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US renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman

The U.S. Department of the Interior has renamed five places in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman

The Independent UK

Berkeley's People's Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing

People's Park — among California's most contested and colorful patches of public land and a '60s era symbol of free speech and community power — is again embroiled in a battle for the ages, this time involving the University of California, Berkeley, a key environmental law and the acute student…

Los Angeles Times

Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles Times

Floodwaters could strand Monterey County residents, turn peninsula into an island

All eyes will be on Monterey County, California, on Thursday and Friday as officials warn that flooding could cut off the Monterey Peninsula from the rest of the state and shut down major roadways, including Highways 1 and 68.

Los Angeles Times

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Justin Roiland of ‘Rick and Morty’ charged with domestic violence

The co-creator of the animated Adult Swim program “Rick and Morty” reportedly faces domestic violence charges in Orange County, California.

Tribune News Service

AMA Supercross Postpones Oakland Round Due To Severe Weather

The Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship cancels its second round of 2023 at Oakland, California’s RingCentral Coliseum due to severe weather.

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Eli Lilly, insulin makers sued by California over prices

Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk AS and Sanofi were sued by California over insulin prices, which the state claims are inflated through unfair and deceptive practices and disproportionately affect low-income households and people of color.

Tribune News Service

California latest to sue drug companies over insulin prices

California says it will sue the companies that make and promote much of the nation's insulin

The Independent UK

Jonathan Lansner: Fewer Californians quit their job, but workers are still the boss

Has the California worker lost the nerve to quit and ceded control of the workplace back to the boss?

The Orange County Register

ExxonMobil publicly denied global warming for years but quietly predicted it

In perhaps one of the most cynically ironic twists in the field of climate science, new research suggests ExxonMobil may have had keener insight into the impending dangers of global warming than even NASA scientists but still waged a decades-long campaign to discredit research into climate change and its connection…

Los Angeles Times

Series of drenching California storms put dent in drought

Atmospheric rivers pounding California since late last year have coated mountains with a full winter’s worth of snow and begun raising reservoir levels but experts say it will take much more to precipitation to reverse the effects of years of drought

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Evening Standard

Missing five-year-old boy told mum ‘be calm’ before being swept away in California

“Yesterday I got to the point where I think I ran out of tears.”

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The Loop: Russia releases US Navy veteran, New York nurses end strike, and 'atmospheric river' wreaks havoc in California — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Two veto referendum campaigns and California executive departments disagree on when referendums suspend fast food workers and oil and gas laws

The campaign Save Local Restaurants filed 1 million signatures for a veto referendum to overturn California Assembly Bill 257 (AB 257), also known as the FAST Act, on Dec. 5, 2022. At least 623,212 signatures must be valid. Counties have until Jan. 25, 2023, to check a random sample of…

Tribune News Service

California’s drought has eased significantly due to heavy rains, federal government concludes

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A series of atmospheric river storms since Christmas has significantly reduced California’s drought, the federal government concluded Thursday.

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Charles White, Heisman-winning tailback for USC, dies at 64

USC announced the death of White, who is still the Trojans’ career rushing leader with 6,245 yards. The nine-year NFL veteran died of cancer in Newport Beach, California, the school said.

Los Angeles Times

Police never searched ‘catfish’ cop Austin Lee Edwards’ second home

CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Police never searched a Richmond-area apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three relatives of a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl whom police say he “catfished” online.

Los Angeles Times

What is causing the parade of storms battering California?

LOS ANGELES — California has gone from one extreme to another, from extreme drought and empty reservoirs to too much rain all at once. Beginning on New Year’s Eve, a parade of punishing storms has hit the state, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Tragically, at least 19 people have been…

Los Angeles Times

California suddenly has so much snow. A ‘great elixir for drought’ but unlikely the cure

At the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory in Donner Pass on Wednesday, snow was piled so high that lead scientist Andrew Schwartz no longer needed stairs to exit the second floor.

Daily Mirror

Tesla crashes through wall and into swimming pool as boy, 4, has to be rescued

The scary incident, which happened in Pasadena, California, US on Tuesday, saw a four-year-old boy, his mum and his gran pulled from the Tesla after plummeting into a pool

Fortune

More older adults are using marijuana for pain management. A new study sheds light on the risks.

Evening Standard

‘Don’t worry mommy’: Father reveals final words of son, 5, lost to California’s devastating floods

At least 17 people have died due to the storms while 50,000 people have been placed under evacuation orders and more than 100,000 homes and businesses have been left without power

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