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What makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out
A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier. It is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and lawmakers held its first hearing this week.
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Judge will appoint special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse
A judge will appoint a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates. The Friday order encompasses the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. The is prison is about 21 miles east of Oakland. It marks the first time a facility run by the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to...
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Fire burns for over 2 hours at California mansion of actor Cara Delevingne
A house fire burned for at least two hours Friday morning at a hillside home in Studio City.
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‘It was deeply hurtful': Lawsuit asks court to declare California boy with autism a ‘nuisance'
A San Jose mother says she is saddened that a former neighbor is now suing her because her child is on the autism spectrum.
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Warden ousted as FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse
The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure.
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Beverly Hills middle school expels 5 students after deepfake nude photos incident
The eighth graders were accused of using generative AI to create fake images of 16 classmates.
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New trial opens for 2 California friends after Italy court tosses convictions in Rome officer's slaying
A new trial of two American men has begun in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions.
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Neighbor with broomstick chases off dog attacking 7-year-girl in California
A 7-year-old girl walking to school was injured Thursday when she was attacked by a dog in a Victorville neighborhood.
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Club-wielding naked woman gets into fight on Venice Beach boardwalk as stunned onlookers film brawl
A bizarre altercation between two women at Venice Beach had onlookers do a double take earlier this week.
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Tourists flock to Death Valley, the driest place in the US, after storms-fueled lake forms
Satellite images released by NASA shows the lake take shape in the Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park, which straddles eastern California and Nevada
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2 children died after falling into a river at campground near Northern California's Shasta Dam
Two children died after falling into a rushing river near a Northern California campground Thursday morning, authorities said.
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Historic California palm trees come crashing down into ocean amid powerful winter storms
A severe storm that pummeled California has taken a toll on some of the state’s most iconic trees.
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California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?
It’s hard to change people’s longstanding behavior quickly and some communities have faced delays setting up organic waste-hauling contracts due to the pandemic.
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Southern California pit bull breeder killed in attack while feeding dogs
One person has died in a dog attack at a Compton, Calif. residence.
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CEO of major Nigerian bank among 6 dead in California helicopter crash, WTO official says
The CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks was killed on Friday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed in the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
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Helicopter crashes in California with 6 people on board
A helicopter crashed Friday night near Nipton, California, with six people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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5 Marines confirmed dead after helicopter crashed in California
The aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, was located Wednesday afternoon in Southern California.
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CDC investigating gastrointestinal illness outbreak onboard luxury cruise ship Queen Victoria
The CDC is investigating an outbreak on a luxury cruise ship where more than 150 people have reported gastrointestinal illness, including diarrhea and vomiting.
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Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped 50 years ago. Now she's famous for her dogs
Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint in the 1970s by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group.
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Silicon Valley becomes first county in the US to declare loneliness a public health emergency
San Mateo County, which includes part of Silicon Valley, is officially the first in the U.S. to declare loneliness as a health emergency.