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Virus Rages as New Rules Challenge California City's Mettle
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in California’s San Joaquin Valley and filling its hospitals
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Coronavirus Kills 8, Infects Over 350 at California Poultry Plant Now Told to Shut Down
A poultry-processing plant where at least 358 workers have tested positive for the coronavirus and eight have died was ordered by county health officials in California to temporarily shut down, officials said Thursday.
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California Withholds Virus Money From 2 Defiant Cities
Two cities in California’s Central Valley defied the state’s health orders by allowing all businesses to open during the pandemic, and now Governor Newsom is withholding money from them.
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California's Central Valley Now a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Central California has become a coronavirus hot spot, with infection rates ranging higher than the rest of the state.
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California's Central Valley Is Now a Coronavirus Hot Spot
As coronavirus cases spike in California’s Central Valley, the state will send “strike teams” to help staff hospitals in the vast agricultural region and spend $52 million to speed up testing and help infected people quarantine so they don’t infect others, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. The aid is going to eight counties that are home to more than 4…
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's California Water Plan
A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to pump more water to the agricultural Central Valley, which critics said would threaten endangered species and salmon runs.
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High-Speed Rail CEO Brian Kelly: How the Bullet Train Can Get Back on Track
High Speed Rail’s latest construction spending numbers show that the promise of “rammed up construction” over the summer of 2019 barely materialized, putting the overall project further behind schedule and threatening to derail High Speed Rail from a federal deadline which could jeopardize final completion.
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How Can California's High Speed Rail Get Back on Track?
Spending and construction on California’s High Speed Rail project slowed down once again last month. Senior investigative reporter Stephen Stock sat down with CEO Brian Kelly to find out how high speed rail can possibly get back on track.
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'It Was Unnecessary': California Utility Faces Gripes Over Deliberate Blackouts
More than 1.5 million people in Northern California were in the dark Thursday, most for a second day, after the state’s largest utility cut off electricity to more customers to prevent wind-fueled wildfires amid dry weather and strong winds sweeping through the region. Pacific Gas and Electric cut power to more than 300,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area...
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California Power Outage: What Happens When the Lights Go Out
Power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses went out early Wednesday, affecting millions of people in California. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said a forecast of extreme wind and dry weather has created fire danger of unprecedented scope, prompting it to initiate the largest preventive outage in state history to reduce the risk of wildfires sparked by faulty...
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Tornadoes and ‘Gustnadoes' Seen Near Davis
If you were in Solano or Yolo counties Saturday you couldn’t have missed it. Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings were active from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. from a storm dropping nickel sized hail and at least one tornado, according to the Sacramento office of the National Weather Service.
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Man Imprisoned for Santa Clara Co. Murder Allegedly Kills Fellow Inmate
A 54-year-old man serving a life sentence for a murder in Santa Clara County is accused of killing a fellow inmate at a prison in the Central Valley on Tuesday night, according to state corrections officials.
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California Governor Announces Deal to Cap Rising Rent Prices
California Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a deal with apartment owners and developers Friday on legislation that would cap how rapidly rents can rise as the state grapples with a housing crisis.
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California Man Freed After Terrorism Conviction Overturned
A California man who spent more than 14 years in prison on terrorism charges has been released from prison, nearly two weeks after a federal judge overturned his conviction.
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Northern California Man Freed After Terrorism Conviction Overturned
A California man who spent more than 14 years in prison on terrorism charges has been released from prison, nearly two weeks after a federal judge overturned his conviction.
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Oregon Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Advisory for Bay Area
Bay Area residents may catch the faint smell of smoke this weekend from a wildfire burning in southern Oregon. Starting early Saturday evening, the Bay Area will see impacts from the 9000-acre Milepost 97 fire near Canyonville, Oregon, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
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Probe to Examine Alleged ‘Sweetheart Deals' Tied to California High Speed Rail Project
The top private contractor for California’s High Speed Rail project now finds itself at the center of a state investigation for allegedly giving sweetheart deals. This is just the latest development in problems between High Speed Rail and the private contractor that is running the project — problems first exposed by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Probe Into ‘Sweetheart Deals' Tied to CA High Speed Rail
The top private contractor for California’s High Speed Rail project now finds itself at the center of a state investigation for allegedly giving sweetheart deals. This is just the latest development in problems between High Speed Rail and the private contractor that is running the project — problems first exposed by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit. Senior Investigative Reporter...
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US Won't Immediately Give Away $1B for California Rail
The Trump administration will not immediately give $1 billion it revoked from California’s high-speed rail project to another project, according to a legal agreement reached Wednesday between the two.
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California Sues Over $1B in Canceled High-Speed Rail Money
California sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from cancelling nearly $1 billion for the state’s high-speed rail project, escalating the state’s feud with the federal government.