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Wildlife officials failed to capture wild turkeys before attack on Sacramento delivery driver

Last winter, a mail carrier was making deliveries in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento, California, when he was attacked by a "particularly aggressive" and "massive" male turkey.

Los Angeles Times

COVID cases surging in California after Thanksgiving holiday

SAN JOSE, Calif. — COVID-19 cases are surging in the Bay Area and California since Thanksgiving, as holiday gatherings appear to have fueled the virus’ spread among a pandemic-weary public no longer masking or lining up for the latest vaccine booster.

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'Off the charts': California hit with very high flu activity, among worst in US

LOS ANGELES — California is now reporting very high flu levels, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the respiratory illness continues to surge nationwide.

Los Angeles Times

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Legal settlement puts police agencies on notice about new use of deadly force restrictions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 law meant to reduce police shootings, law enforcement union leaders began telling officers that the new policy didn't really change much at all.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: New York will treat more mentally ill people against their will. Should California follow?

At 13, Maddie Delaney was first chair viola in the orchestra at her San Leandro middle school, keeping rhythm for the violins as her mother, Jennifer Williams, puts it — until she began to have delusions.

Los Angeles Times

In California's final congressional race, Republican John Duarte wins Central Valley seat

Republican farmer John Duarte won an open congressional seat in the Central Valley, defeating Democratic Assemblyman Adam Gray despite Democrats' strong voter registration advantage in the district.

Los Angeles Times

GOP's Duarte takes California Central Valley US House seat

Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that produced the closest congressional contest in the state this year

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More than 1,000 UC faculty members urge Newsom, lawmakers to support striking academic workers

LOS ANGELES — More than 1,000 University of California faculty members are imploring Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators to wade into the ongoing academic workers strike and urge UC leaders to meet union demands.

Los Angeles Times

Descendants of slaves in California could receive $200,000 in reparations

The panel estimates the state’s total payout for reparations to be nearly $570bn

The Independent UK

Challenge to California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers) Can Proceed

The case is not rendered moot or unripe, the court says, by the California AG's "commitment not to seek attorney's fees or costs under this provision 'unless and until a court ultimately holds that the fee-shifting provision in [a similar Texas law provision related to abortion] is constitutional and enforceable....'"

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‘Worst decision of his life.’ Jan. 6 defendant from California seeks leniency at sentencing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tommy Frederick Allan says he knows he’s going to prison, that after scaling the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on a rope, stealing an American flag and some documents from the Senate chamber and later declaring on social media that it was the…

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Student 'slave auctions' illustrate the existence of a hidden culture of domination and subjugation in US schools

In an otherwise normal football season, two California high schools abruptly canceled the remainder of their games for the same reason. Players on both teams participated in troublesome acts of racism.

The Conversation

Closed labs, cancelled classes: inside the largest strike to hit US higher education

University of California campuses come to a standstill as 48,000 student workers strike for better pay

The Guardian - US

Commentary: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better

Many companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are backing that claim by investing in vast swaths of forests to recapture carbon. It turns out this strategy isn’t working very well.

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Sidhu Moosewala Murder Mastermind Goldy Brar 'Detained' in California

There is no official confirmation on Brar's detention yet, Punjab officials said on Friday. Read on for details:

Los Angeles Times

LA County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus case and hospitalization rates have risen dramatically in Los Angeles County, which on Thursday reentered the medium COVID-19 community level for the first time since the end of the summer omicron wave.

Los Angeles Times

California set for another year of brown lawns, tight water restrictions

LOS ANGELES — Californians should brace for another year of brown lawns, tight water restrictions and increased calls for conservation as state water managers Thursday warned that severely reduced allocations are once again likely in 2023.

The Independent UK

Drought-hit California cities to get little water from state

California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to kick off 2023

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50 CHP officers take plea deals on charges connected to overtime fraud, state says

A judge recently offered to reduce felony wage theft and fraud charges against 54 California Highway Patrol officers to misdemeanors, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

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Clyburn backed by acclamation as Democrats fill out leadership team

WASHINGTON — House Democrats continued Thursday to set their leadership team for the next Congress, approving outgoing House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn as assistant Democratic leader and picking four members to run the caucus’ messaging arm, among other posts.

Capital & Main

State Intervention Is Needed to Protect Californians From Runaway Medical Bills

Rising premiums and co-pays next year could destabilize many already struggling with inflation.

Tribune News Service

Losing pandemic benefits meant losing a lifeline for many Black and older people

Two million Californians lost their unemployment benefits last September when four pandemic-era federal programs ended. Some workers scrambled to find jobs, just as employers had hoped. But others, who’d been trying to find steady work for months, had their safety net pulled out from under them.

Tribune News Service

Feds cite ‘disturbing’ past of California Jan. 6 defendant, fight his request to move trial

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are slamming efforts by a California man accused in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to have his charges dismissed, his past criminal history hidden from public view and to have his upcoming trial moved from Washington, D.C., to Sacramento.

Roll Call

Clyburn backed by acclamation as Democrats fill out leadership team - Roll Call

House Democrats approved outgoing House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn as assistant Democratic leader, among other posts.

The Conversation

Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California

Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal.

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