Category: Northern California

California Republicans Head to First Debate in Newsom Recall

August 4, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Republican candidates heading into their first televised debate Wednesday in California’s looming recall election face a gamble: whether to pile up on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom or try to undercut each other in front of a statewide audience. That’s the risk in the evening contest at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Orange County,…

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LA City Attorney Pushes To Mandate Vaccines at Indoor Establishments

August 3, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer sent a letter to county leaders Aug. 3 urging them to follow the lead of New York City and require people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor establishments such as restaurants, gyms and theaters. But while no such requirement appears to be on the…

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Victim Olympics: Go for the Gold?

August 3, 2021
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Commentary Normally, I don’t like victim Olympics. I don’t like hearing people compete to make their suffering sound worse than others. But now the game has changed. People are saying that the suffering of your ancestors gets encoded into your genes. That means my ancestors’ story could win me a lot of victim points. Hear…

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Police Identify Four Bodies in California Helicopter Crash

August 3, 2021
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Police identified the four victims in a helicopter crash, including a husband and wife, in northern California on Monday. Bill Vann, 67, the owner of an almond farm, and Susie Vann, 60, died in the crash with two friends, Bobbie Keaton, 62, and Charles Thomas Wilson, 71, according to local news station KCRA. The Robinson…

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Newsom Recall Backers Sue to Block Framing of Effort as ‘Republican Takeover’ of California

August 3, 2021
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Key backers of the recall election against California Gov. Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Democrat governor from framing the contest as a Trump-aligned Republican power grab in an official voter information guide that will be distributed publicly. Orrin Heatlie, the lead organizer of the recall campaign, and Mike Netter, a board…

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Anonymous Country Star Tips Waffle House Waitress $1,000

August 3, 2021
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By Emily Rella It’s not uncommon to receive a tip on the check when you’re working as a waitress. But for Shirell “Honey” Lackey, who works as a waitress in a Greensboro, North Carolina Waffle House, receiving a four-figure tip was anything but the norm. Lackey was working a double shift at the restaurant that went from 7 a.m….

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Nearly A Quarter Million Acres Have Burned In California Wildfires

August 2, 2021
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Massive wildfires have burned nearly a quarter million acres in California, resulting in thousands of evacuations, authorities have said. The Dixie Fire, which started on July 13, has burned over 240,000 acres and is 35% contained and the cause is still under investigation, according to the Incident Information System. Over 4,000 people have been placed…

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Mask Mandate Reinstated in San Francisco Bay Area Amid COVID Surge

August 2, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties announced Monday that they are reinstating a mask mandate for all indoor public settings as COVID-19 infections surge because of the highly contagious Delta variant. The new mandate applies to everyone, regardless of their vaccination status, and takes effect on Tuesday in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra…

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Bacon May Disappear in California as Pig Rules Take Effect

August 2, 2021
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items—bacon—hard to…

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North Carolina Mandates Vaccines for State Employees and Health Care Workers, School Board Debates on Masks

August 2, 2021
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Citing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant and “the unvaccinated,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued vaccine mandates for state employees and state-run medical facilities. On July 29, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) said in a press release that state government employees are required to…

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