Public school enrollment for the current school year totaled 5,806,221 students, a decrease of 31,469 or 0.54% from the prior year, according to the California Department of Education.
S&W Atlas Iron & Metal pleads guilty to multiple counts of failing to properly dispose of hazardous waste, charges that stemmed from allegations it belched projectiles and toxins onto a high school.
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Wildlife officials estimate there are now 60,000 black bears in California, roughly triple the figure from 1998. With human-bear encounters on the rise, some rural areas want more leeway to hunt bears down.
An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state
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