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Cruises & Cargo Ships Regularly Break Voluntary Speed Limit Aimed at Protecting Endangered Whales
About 80 endangered whales are killed off the west coast each year by a phenomenon known as ‘ship strikes,’ which is when vessels unintentionally, and sometimes unknowingly, hit and kill whales.
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Deported Veterans Could Return to U.S. Under Proposed Law
A new push in U.S. Senate for legislation to stop deportation of immigrant veterans for minor crimes.
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‘A Gang With Badges': California Cannabis Growers Accuse Police of Theft, Widespread Corruption
Three Mendocino County marijuana farmers and a former police officer from Texas have filed a new federal lawsuit alleging widespread theft, corruption, and coverups among law enforcement officials policing the Emerald Triangle, the Northern California region world-renown for the cannabis grown there.
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More Than 2,600 Travelers Banned for Not Complying With Mask Mandate
As the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and more people get vaccinated by the day, a growing number of air travelers say they’re fed up with the federal mask mandate and are refusing to wear a face cover while flying.
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Newly Unsealed Grand Jury Transcripts Shed New Light on Sheriff Gun Permit Scandal
NBC Bay Area Senior Investigative Reporter dug through more than a thousand pages of newly-released grand jury testimony from the Santa Clara County Sheriff pay-to-play gun permit scandal.
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Family Reclaims Home After Being Forced Out By Renter, They Say
After a San Mateo family’s year-long battle with a woman renting a room in their house, the family said Tuesday their nightmare is nearly over.
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Stanford Professor Warns COVID Shelter-in-Place Orders Are ‘Killing People'
Infectious disease experts and epidemiologists from universities like Stanford, Yale, Harvard and Oxford say current shelter-in-place policies are not effectively protecting vulnerable people from COVID-19, while devastating public health in ways that will lead to irreparable harm for years to come.
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Former Palo Alto Police Officer Charged After Violent 2018 Arrest of City Resident
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office filed two misdemeanor charges Tuesday against a former Palo Alto Police officer more than a year after surveillance video appeared to show him striking a handcuffed resident and slamming his head against a car windshield.
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‘The House Has Already Burned Down': An Inside Look at San Quentin's Outbreak
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit spoke to more than 15 people who were locked up or working at San Quentin during one of the state’s worse coronavirus outbreaks.
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Palo Alto Police Department Hit with New Civil Rights Lawsuit
A Palo Alto man whose late-night encounter with a police officer in July 2019 outside a local donut shop left him with a fractured bone in his face filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the Palo Alto Police Department.
