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Regulators Withdraw Controversial California Work Mask Rules
California’s workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on Tuesday.
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California High Court Rejects Scott Peterson's Death Penalty
The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction but overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, and said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the case that attracted worldwide attention.
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Golden State Killer Admits to Dozens of Rapes, Murders
A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer.
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Probe Continues Into US Coronavirus Case Believed to Be 1st From Unknown Origin
California and federal officials were in the midst of an intense effort Thursday to retrace the movements of a Northern California woman believed to be the first person in the U.S. to contract the highly contagious coronavirus with no known connection to travel abroad or other known causes.
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Calif. Man Charged With Killing 5 of His Infant Children
A California man has been arrested in the decades-old killings of five of his infant children.
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California Defies Threat of Fund Loss Over Abortion Coverage
The Trump administration on Friday threatened California with a potential loss of federal health care funds over the state’s requirement that insurance plans cover abortions.
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California Attorney General: No Charges in Stephon Clark's Shooting
California’s attorney general announced Tuesday that he won’t charge two Sacramento police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year, joining a local prosecutor in finding that the officers reasonably believed Stephon Clark had a gun as he moved toward them.
