#Scientists saving endangered salmon with CRISPR

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“#Scientists saving endangered salmon with CRISPR” ANTIOCH, California, June 7 – A gene-editing tool that has led to new cancer therapies and a rapid test for COVID-19 is now helping scientists find endangered species of salmon in the San Francisco Bay. The CRISPR-based Sherlock tool can identify four types of Chinook salmon, including Sacramento winter-run and Central Valley spring-run, which are both protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. “The…

#Peacocks are taking over Pasadena and ‘polarizing’ town

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“#Peacocks are taking over Pasadena and ‘polarizing’ town” It’s all fun and feathers until someone gets hurt. Los Angeles County officials are pleading with residents to refrain from feeding the hundreds of wayward peacocks across its cities. Locals say the creatures are “polarizing” some of the Southern California communities, eliciting treats from some neighbors and…

#California sea lions face ‘unprecedented rate of cancer’

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“#California sea lions face ‘unprecedented rate of cancer’” When a female adult sea lion came ashore in San Luis Obispo Cou, annty in central California recently, responders immediately knew something wasn’t right. She was thin and underweight, swayed her head back and forth and did not flee as people approached, said Dr. Cara Field, medical…

#Suspects arrested in fatal road rage shooting of 6-year-old boy

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“#Suspects arrested in fatal road rage shooting of 6-year-old boy” Two suspects were arrested Sunday in connection to the road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy on a California highway, a report said. Eriz Marcus Anthony, 24, and Lee Wynn, 23, were busted at their Costa Mesa home and are expected to be charged…

#Spooked terns abandon 2,000 eggs after drone crash

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“#Spooked terns abandon 2,000 eggs after drone crash” Enlarge Image “Drone owners are attracted by the nesting colonies of birds, and then their actions destroy it,” said a warden for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nick Molsberry. Getty Images About 2,000 tern eggs in California were abandoned after an illegal drone flight over…

#Amazon driver attacks 67-year-old woman in delivery dispute

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“#Amazon driver attacks 67-year-old woman in delivery dispute” A 21-year-old Amazon driver has been arrested after savagely attacking a 67-year-old customer Thursday following a dispute over a delivery in Castro Valley, Calif. The driver, Itzel Ramirez, engaged in a heated verbal exchange with the unnamed victim before unleashing a horrific onslaught of punches to the…

#US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

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“#US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons” A federal judge on Friday overturned California’s long-standing assault weapons ban on constitutional grounds. US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the 1989 ban on military-style rifles deprives state residents of their right to bear arms. “Under no level of heightened scrutiny can the…

#Feds never alerted authorities about Samuel Cassidy’s manifestos in 2016: report

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“#Feds never alerted authorities about Samuel Cassidy’s manifestos in 2016: report” In 2016, federal officials detained the San Jose man accused of killing nine of his colleagues last week, finding him with books on terrorism and detailed writings about how much he hated the people at his work — but nobody bothered to alert local…

#Staten Island parents seek answers after son’s Navy suicide

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“#Staten Island parents seek answers after son’s Navy suicide” A grieving Staten Island couple have one Memorial Day wish: to find out how their US Navy son died two years ago. James Bradley, 22, was found dead inside his locked room at the Port Hueneme Naval Base barracks in Ventura County, Calif., on Oct. 30,…

#Doordash glitch gives thousands to drivers then takes it back

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“#Doordash glitch gives thousands to drivers then takes it back” A Doordash glitch gave some California delivery workers thousands of dollars in extra pay — before the company yanked the money back. Some of the delivery app’s workers saw $3,000 to $4,000 extra dollars appear in their accounts and then vanish into thin air, according…