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May 25, 2020 at 1:57 pm

California limits church capacity to 25% for reopening, adds other restrictions

LOS ANGELES — The state of California released new coronavirus health guidance for religious services on Monday, saying houses of worship must limit total attendance...

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March 23, 2018 at 10:34 am

Sacramento shooting: How police opened fire on unarmed black man with cellphone

Here’s a breakdown of the case that has sparked protests and outrage. Sacramento police fired 20 shots in Stephon Clark’s backyard.

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September 14, 2015 at 4:30 pm

California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack hit 500-year low in 2015

Researchers say this year’s record-low snowpack in California may be far more historic — and ominous — than previously realized.

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The Orange County Water District headquarters in Fountain Valley, Calif., can transform 70 million gallons of treated sewage into drinking water every day. It cost about $490 million and awaits state approval expected this month. Illustrates WATER-RECLAIM (category f) Dan Weikel (c) 2008, Los Angeles Times. Moved Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (MUST CREDIT: Los Angeles Times photo by Carlos Chavez.)

September 5, 2015 at 6:34 pm

Highly purified wastewater triggers arsenic release in aquifer, study says

The found that when highly purified wastewater was stored in an Orange County, Calif., aquifer, the water caused arsenic to escape from clay sediments in...

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March 4, 2015 at 8:23 pm

Jaw fossil shows climate change shaped human evolution, researchers say

Studded with five intact teeth, the jawbone reveals that our genus, Homo, appeared almost 500,000 years earlier than previously believed, after branching off from the...

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February 3, 2015 at 5:05 pm

Would you risk a shorter life to avoid taking a daily pill?

A new study says 1 in 3 adults would risk a shorter life span rather than take a daily pill to prevent cardiovascular disease.

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November 27, 2014 at 3:35 pm

DNA displays toughness, survives trip on the exterior of a rocket

DNA molecules smeared onto the exterior of a suborbital test rocket are capable of surviving a 13-minute trip into space and a scorching re-entry, European...

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November 17, 2014 at 9:33 pm

Doctor who died of Ebola given experimental drug ZMapp

A frantic, 36-hour effort to save the life of Dr. Martin Salia at the Nebraska Medical Center included a rare dose of the experimental Ebola...

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July 22, 2014 at 11:02 pm

More bad news in fight against persistent HIV reservoirs

July has been a particularly trying month for HIV/AIDS researchers as they mourned the loss of colleagues killed in a militant attack and received new...

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June 23, 2014 at 8:04 pm

Polio virus found in Brazil sewage

Brazilian health officers have discovered the polio virus in sewage in the World Cup host city of Campinas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday....

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