Category: Northern California

UK Antitrust Regulator Looks Into Microsoft’s $16 Billion Nuance Deal

December 13, 2021
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Britain’s antitrust regulator said on Monday it will look into Microsoft Corp.’s $16 billion purchase of artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which has been stepping up its regulation of Big Tech, said it was considering if the deal would result in lesser competition in the…

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Rain, Snow Fall as California Braces for Brunt of Storm

December 13, 2021
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The Western U.S. is bracing for the brunt of a major winter storm expected to hit Monday, bringing travel headaches, the threat of localized flooding and some relief in an abnormally warm fall. Light rain and snow fell in Northern California on Sunday, giving residents a taste of what’s to come. The multiday storm could…

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High School Teachers React to Phasing Out of D and F Grades

December 13, 2021
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Some of California’s largest school districts are dropping D and F grades for high school students. While the hope is to help students reengage in school after distance learning and to boost their chances of acceptance into the state’s public colleges, some educators find lowering the bar both offensive and detrimental. School districts…

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San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Nearly Triple COVID

December 13, 2021
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—San Francisco continues to face a drug overdose epidemic. The number of overdose deaths nearly tripled that of COVID deaths in 2020. The city’s data reveals there were a total of 713 overdose deaths, compared to 261 COVID-19 deaths in 2020. “Bad is an understatement. I would say it’s horrific, it is negligent,…

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Retiring CHP Officer Recalls Her ‘Dash’ From Cadet to Assistant Chief

December 12, 2021
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In 1994, 23-year-old Helena Williams arrived at the California Highway Patrol Academy in West Sacramento determined to become one of a handful of female CHP cadets. When the petite, 5-foot-tall, single mother of a spry 18-month-old boy joined the Academy, she knew she couldn’t achieve her goals alone. Supportive of her ambition, her father and…

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California Schools Phase out ‘D’ and ‘F’ Grades for High School Students

December 12, 2021
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As high school students transition out of distance learning imposed by pandemic restrictions, several California districts are dropping the use of “D” and “F” grades in an attempt to reengage students in school and boost entry into the state’s public colleges. Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and San Diego Unified are among…

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California and Abortion Returning to the States

December 12, 2021
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Commentary The most contentious issue by far in America the past five decades has been abortion. That’s because the U.S. Supreme Court, in its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, not only made it a new “right,” but took almost all powers to regulate it away from the states. That produced subsequent decisions, contradictory and complicated,…

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California’s Gavin Newsom Vows to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’ the Same Way Texas Restricts Abortion

December 12, 2021
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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal for a second time to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to use the Texas strategy to outlaw what his state characterizes as “assault weapons.” The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice’s challenge to the Texas…

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15 Human Rights Groups Urge NBC Not to Broadcast 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

December 10, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—15 human rights groups gathered outside the NBC Sports office in San Francisco on Friday, Dec. 10 to call on the station not to air the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. In light of Human Rights Day, the groups—comprised of Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Chinese Democracy, and other human rights campaign…

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What Elizabeth Holmes Had to Say at Her Trial: 5 Takeaways

December 10, 2021
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SAN JOSE, CALIF.—Once-lionized entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes wrapped up seven days of testimony in her criminal fraud trial Wednesday, having largely used the time to defend her actions as CEO of the startup Theranos. The company she founded had soared on the promise of innovative blood-testing technology only to crash in a sordid display of failure…

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