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A former rookie San Francisco police officer who was on his fourth day on the job when he fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter, the city’s top prosecutor announced Monday.
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In Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom is bogged down fighting the surging pandemic and angering lots of voters no matter what he does.
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Chefs and restaurateurs react to another shutdown of in-person dining amid L.A. County’s coronavirus surge. “We’re holding on for dear life,” one chef said. “There’s no aid in sight, nothing at all.”
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Protesters gathered Saturday at Huntington Beach Pier in defiance of the state’s coronavirus curfew that went into effect at 10 p.m.
The coronavirus is infecting more Californians daily than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns about a peak in deaths by Christmas.
Albert Bañuelos was slowly growing his restaurant business, and 2020 was set to be his best year yet. Then the pandemic hit.
A new surge of COVID-19 is battering Southern California, bearing down on exhausted healthcare workers, raising anxiety levels on hospital wards and stoking fears that there might not be enough staff and supplies for the difficult weeks ahead.
Another round of distressing COVID-19 case numbers has Los Angeles teetering on the brink of further restrictions to slow the spread of the virus — including the likely shutdown of outdoor restaurant dining.
Five California state prisons are introducing video visitation programs as in-person visits remain suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A modified stay-at-home order goes into effect for the much of California as of Saturday morning to try to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Many Southern California policing agencies say they will take an education-first approach to the state’s new limited stay-at-home order.
COVID-19 spread hits unprecedented levels in California and officials worry how bad it will get
California’s economy perked up in October, as employers brought back tens of thousands of furloughed workers. But the state has regained less than half the jobs it lost in the spring’s catastrophic coronavirus downturn.
San Francisco’s reopening has hit the brakes. The city may soon join other Bay Area counties subject to stringent restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
California has seen four consecutive days with at least 10,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases, a stretch unlike any in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In major cities such as Los Angeles, rent is falling during the COVID-19 pandemic. But in suburban markets such as the Inland Empire, rent is rising fast.
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