[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian The biggest school district in Kern County brought general education students of all grade levels back onto its campuses this fall. It had vocal support from families, the administration and the board to bring students on campus as quickly as possible. The gradual rollout at Rosedale Union...
First Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive in Southern California
[aggregation-styles] ABC7 Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As the first shipments of Pfizer's authorized COVID-19 vaccine ship out from Michigan, about 83,000 doses are expected to arrive in Los Angeles County this week. A FedEx plane carrying the region's first shipments landed at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday night,...
California’s Corporate Residents Hit the Road for Business-Friendly Alternatives
[aggregation-styles] Fox Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk earlier this week blasted California for driving a corporate exodus, likening the state to a sports team that is used to winning and has grown complacent. California, like a winning sports team that “has been winning for a long time,” has taken innovators...
Barr Worked to Keep Hunter Biden Probes From Public View During Election
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal Subscription Attorney General William Barr has known about a set of investigations involving Hunter Biden’s business and financial dealings since at least this spring, a person familiar with the matter said, and worked to avoid their public disclosure during the election campaign. Read More →...
Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Population Plummets. Is Species Near ‘Collapse’?
[aggregation-styles] The Tribune Preliminary numbers from an annual monarch butterfly population count in Pismo Beach show the insect species has suffered a devastating blow and is teetering closer to extinction. Volunteers only saw about 200 butterflies during this year’s count at the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, one of...
Fresno ICU Doctor on Packed Hospitals: ‘There is No Help on the Way’
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times The last time Dr. Eyad Almasri had a day off was in November, when he was infected with COVID-19. His symptoms were not life-threatening, but it crushed him, he said, that he couldn’t be with his patients for 10 days. A pulmonologist with the Fresno campus...
First Coronavirus Vaccines Head To States, Starting Historic Effort
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription At Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., the new ultracold freezers are ready — enough to eventually house more than 500,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in the United States. In Los Angeles, the Cedars-Sinai medical center has installed extra security cameras to...
2020’s Best Meteor Shower Is Sunday Night, Look for Multicolored Shooting Stars
[aggregation-styles] 9News Subscription A dazzling display is about to unfold in the night sky as one of the most reliable meteor showers of the entire year approaches its peak. Every year, skywatchers around the globe circle Dec. 13 on their calendars, the night that the Geminid meteor shower reaches its...
Does Your Dog Really Understand What You’re Talking About?
[aggregation-styles] CNN You might think your dog understands every word you say to him -- but chances are he isn't hanging on your every word, a new study has found. In spite of their "human-like" auditory capabilities for interpreting speech sounds, dogs do not hear the subtle differences between words...
‘I Am Not Afraid of the Gas Chamber’: Codebreakers Solve Old Zodiac Killer Cipher
[aggregation-styles] NBC News An international team of amateur sleuths claim to have decoded a half-century-old taunt by California's notorious Zodiac Killer. And federal authorities said they believe the code breakers appear to be on solid ground in following the mysterious killer who fatally stabbed or shot five people in Northern...