Richmond soda tax measure opponents spend millions
(AP image) RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) – A group backed by the beverage industry is spending millions of dollars to defeat a soda tax measure on the Nov. 6 ballot in the San Francisco Bay area city of...
View ArticleOff-duty Calif. cop helps airport agent in Honolulu
HONOLULU (AP) — An off-duty California police officer who came to the rescue of a security agent being assaulted at the Honolulu airport was praised by federal authorities as video of the incident was...
View ArticleSwine flu found in elephant seals off California
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals....
View ArticleArborists try to clone John Muir’s Bay area tree
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — More than one hundred years after John Muir helped conserve thousands of acres of California wilderness, arborists are trying to clone a dying tree the naturalist brought to...
View ArticleCalif. elderly care home had numerous violations
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Officials say numerous violations had been found at a California assisted living site that left 14 sick and elderly patients behind last week after it was shut down by...
View ArticleCalif. company recalls prepackaged salad, sandwich
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain...
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