California

San Francisco school board’s latest crisis: Racist tweets

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SAN FRANCISCO — The vice president of San Francisco’s school board is under fire for tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans...

San Francisco school board’s latest crisis: Racist tweets

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SAN FRANCISCO — The vice president of San Francisco’s school board is under fire for tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans...

Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...

Lawsuits mount for Nevada-based Real Water, amid FDA probe

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LAS VEGAS — Lawsuits are mounting against a Las Vegas-based bottled water brand, Real Water, amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation and...

Newsom taps lawmaker Bonta as California attorney general

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated state Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who is known for pushing criminal justice reform, to be...

Oakland launches guaranteed pay plan for low-income people

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The mayor of Oakland, California on Tuesday announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per...

Stock trading app company Robinhood files plan to go public

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stock trading app company Robinhood said Tuesday that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year. ...

Intel announces Arizona expansion as chipmaker seeks footing

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CHANDLER, Ariz. — Intel announced Tuesday it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO...

Report: California wildfire sparked when tree hit power line

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LOS ANGELES — A Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings last year was caused when tree branches...

California bill aims to jumpstart ‘microstamps’ on handguns

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California's unique law requiring individual...