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Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done
Many families in California are full of grief and questions about what more they could have done to save their loved ones from the deadly wildfires. Experts say these survivors are victims themselves.
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California officials warn against price gouging as rents soar in fire-stricken Los Angeles
Southern California’s expensive housing market is going to get a lot more competitive after deadly firestorms torched more than 12,000 homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area, leaving tens of thousands of people without a place to stay. Already there are reports of rent-gouging, prompting elected leaders to issue stern warnings against the practice and pleading with the…
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Retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Palisades fire: ‘It makes no sense'
A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.
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California reports first wildfire death of the 2024 season as fires persist across the West
Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season, while wind-whipped flames in Arizona have forced hundreds to flee from what tribal leaders are calling the “most serious” wildfire on their reservation in decades.
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US Police Rarely Deploy Deadly Robots to Confront Suspects
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
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Newsom Challenging Local Leaders Before Releasing $1B Funding for Homelessness
California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month, but only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce the number of unhoused people in the state, his office said Friday.
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California Details Racist Past in Slave Reparations Report
The reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and case for financial reparations.
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California Reparations Panel Convenes at Historic Church in San Francisco
Members of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force convened in a historic African American church in San Francisco on Wednesday, making their own history as they work to educate the public and develop a restitution proposal for the people harmed by the institution of slavery.
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California Panel OKs Reparations Limit for Slave Descendants
California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people regardless of lineage.
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US Cities Mark 1st Anniversary of Thai Grandfather's Killing
San Francisco on Sunday is marking the one-year anniversary of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Asian man killed in yet another attack against Asians in America.
