If a picture is worth a thousand words, a California woman’s ID photo says a lot about life during the pandemic.
Becerra expected to face heat over lack of experience but stress his personal and professional history at confirmation hearing
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President Joe Biden's nominee for the nation's top health position Xavier Becerra will stress his upbringing as a son of a Mexican immigrant, his father's recent passing and his history expanding health care access ...
California sheriff’s department releases video from fatal shooting
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The Orange County Sheriff's Department released new video Friday of a street stop for jaywalking that led to a shooting by its deputies assigned to a homeless outreach detail last fall. One of the two deputies invo...
The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman
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It was Swati Mohan who first delivered the news to earthlings that NASA's Perseverance rover had successfully landed on Mars. "Touchdown confirmed," she announced to roaring applause from mission control at NASA's J...
Eerste FEMA Covid-19 massa-inentingspersele is in Kalifornië oop te midde van die aanbodtekort
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Twee nuwe webwerwe vir inenting teen koronavirus het Dinsdag in Kalifornië geopen, waar stede steeds sukkel om die entstofvoorraad te verseker. Die webwerwe is die eerste wat geopen word as deel van 'n groter poging van die federale regering..
Kondoreiers in Kalifornië wat in die Oregon-dieretuin gelê is, verhoog die herstel vir die bedreigde spesie
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Eerste, Kaliforniese kondore het amper van stropery uitgesterf, loodvergiftiging en vernietiging van habitatte. Toe het die Kaliforniese veldbrande verlede somer gedreig om hul herstellende wilde bevolking te vernietig. Nou, hoop is ...
Cat has plastic buttons sewn to its face after a dog attack
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A 7-month-old kitten named Juicebox could have lost all nine of his lives when his family's dog attacked him. In plaas daarvan, he was saved by some innovative veterinarians and a handful of plastic buttons. Juicebox was bro...
A California city could be the first in the nation to require pandemic hazard pay for farmworkers
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A city in California is including farmworkers among those who must receive hazard pay for the risks they are undertaking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Coachella, a Southern California city known for its popular annu...
Sy het nooit 'n Nobelprys gewen nie. Maar vandag is hierdie baanbrekende fisikus besig om haar gesig op 'n stempel af te druk
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Chien-Shiung Wu is nie 'n huishoudelike naam nie, maar die portret van die baanbrekende fisikus kan binnekort na 'n posbus naby u kom. Haar gesig is die jongste beeld op 'n Amerikaanse posdiensstempel wat Donderdag uitgereik is. En die timin ...
Why won’t Rand Paul just wear a mask?
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Watching the Senate impeachment trial, you might have noticed something: There's one senator never wearing a mask despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That one senator is Rand Paul of Kentucky. Paul has long ta...
A proposed law in California seeks to ban NDAs that prevent workers from speaking up about discrimination and abuse
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A California state legislator has introduced a bill aimed at empowering more workers to speak up about alleged discrimination and abuse by banning certain provisions in confidentiality agreements. Staats Sen.. Connie ...
A student athlete sparked national change after being disqualified from a volleyball match for wearing a hijab
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US high school volleyball players no longer need approval to wear religious head coverings during matches, thanks to a 14-year-old Muslim player who inspired the rule change. The National Federation of State High Sc...
Supreme Court gives partial win to California churches fighting Covid restrictions
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A divided Supreme Court blocked California's Covid-related ban on indoor worship services in a late-night order Friday but allowed other restrictions targeting houses of worship to remain in place. This is a breakin...