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Joe Biden and President Trump might be fighting over riots and law and order, but Black activists in California are undeterred in planning more protests against police brutality.

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Jeff LeTourneau resigns as vice chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County after he shared a Facebook post praising Ho Chi Minh

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The shutdown of the Foster Farms plant this week due to coronavirus deaths exposes lapses in one of the most dangerous workplace sectors.

In the U.S., Latinos have been disproportionate casualties of the virus. They are about 39% of the population in California, but Latinos make up 60% of positive cases and 48% of deaths.

Labor Day is here, the unofficial end of summer and the time of year we start looking toward holiday festivities. But not this year: Coronavirus concerns are canceling popular Halloween and holiday light shows around Southern California.

All drive-through testing sites run by the city will be closed over the 3-day weekend, but a few pop-up testing events will be held Friday and Saturday.

The news, nine days after the start of SDSU’s fall semester, was a significant setback for a university that brought 7,997 of 35,485 students back to campus.

The move is the second time the city has disconnected utility service at a residence accused of hosting crowded gatherings amid stay-at-home orders.

The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the California DMV to expand online services such as title transfers, registrations and driver’s license renewals, reducing the need for people to wait in person at a field office.

It’s hard to predict what may happen when California’s primary schools reopen. But when it comes to the state’s youngest students, data are more robust and reassuring.

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L.A. housing department employee’s moonlighting job with a motel led to a fine and concerns that he should have flagged dangerous practices there.

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