#LA County announces business curfew to curb COVID-19 case rise

#LA County announces business curfew to curb COVID-19 case rise

“#LA County announces business curfew to curb COVID-19 case rise” Los Angeles County officials on Tuesday announced strict new coronavirus restrictions — including a 10 p.m. curfew on businesses — in an effort to combat spiking coronavirus cases. Beginning on Friday, restaurants, bars and non-essential retail businesses will be required to close between 10 p.m….

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#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat

#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat

“#California wine country adapting to annual wildfire threat” SAN FRANCISCO — Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets provide ceremonies an alluring backdrop that every year draws millions of visitors. But harvest season now overlaps with fire season as wildfires, too, have become…

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#Media still in denial and other commentary

#Media still in denial and other commentary

“#Media still in denial and other commentary” Libertarian: Media Still in Denial After 2016, “a healthy media might have learned from its mistakes, engaged in soul-searching and tried to gain some insights into the working-class coalition that Trump had assembled,” but instead, this year they touted polls that were no more accurate, sighs Reason’s Robby…

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#Ballot propositions nix progressive ideas — but OK drug use

#Ballot propositions nix progressive ideas — but OK drug use

“#Ballot propositions nix progressive ideas — but OK drug use” Voters even in strongly Democratic states just rejected progressive ideas in a host of ballot proposals. Perhaps most notably, Californians slapped down several initiatives, including a bid to expand rent control as well as Proposition 16, which would have lifted a decades-long ban on affirmative…

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#Uber, Lyft stock soars after California Proposition 22 passes

#Uber, Lyft stock soars after California Proposition 22 passes

“#Uber, Lyft stock soars after California Proposition 22 passes” Uber and Lyft’s stock prices soared Wednesday after California voters allowed the ride-hailing giants to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Uber shares surged 11.5 percent in premarket trading while Lyft’s spiked about 14.8 percent as of 7:54 a.m. after the passage…

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#nine-month-old conjoined twins by head separated successfully

#nine-month-old conjoined twins by head separated successfully

“#nine-month-old conjoined twins by head separated successfully” Sacramento twin girls who were born conjoined at the head were successfully separated in an extensive, day-long surgical procedure Friday. Nine-month-old Abigail and Micaela Bachinskiy underwent a 24-hour surgery at UC Davis Medical Center and were successfully separated in the early hours of Friday morning reports KCRA3. The…

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#Sherri Papini case remains unsolved four years after kidnapping

#Sherri Papini case remains unsolved four years after kidnapping

“#Sherri Papini case remains unsolved four years after kidnapping” It’s been four years since California “super mom” Sherri Papini vanished during a broad-daylight jog, and then reappeared with an astounding, never-corroborated tale of a kidnapping by two women. Pepini has long since resumed a quiet, suburban life with her husband, son and daughter — yet…

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