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Dog rescued from overheating Jeep in Livermore Costco parking lot
(KRON) — A dog was rescued from an overheating Jeep in a Costco parking lot on Thursday morning, the Livermore Police Department said. Police received reports of the dog inside the Jeep at about 11:45 a.m. The temperature at the time was 101 degrees. Livermore’s Animal Services officers arrived at the Costco parking lot and […]
VIDEO: Family of 5 coyotes, including 3 pups, spotted playing on SF baseball field
Coyote warning signs are now up in several parks across San Francisco as there have been a number of coyote/dog incidents.This comes less than three weeks after a 5-year-old girl was bitten in the butt by a coyote in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Fortunately, her injuries were minor.ABC7 News reporter J.R. Stone was in a park in San Francisco's Bernal Heights Monday and got quite the surprise.The above video you're looking at shows the first coyote pup we came across on Monday night as we put together - yes, a coyote warning story at Saint Mary's Recreation Center Field...
Statement released managing invasive barred owls to protect at-risk spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing its final environmental impact statement analyzing proposed barred owl management alternatives to protect northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls. The Service’s preferred alternative is the implementation of a proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy, which would result in the annual removal of less than one-half of 1% of the current North American barred owl population. Northern spotted owl populations are rapidly declining due to competition with invasive barred owls and...
Newsom vetoes bipartisan bill requiring state to evaluate homelessness spending
(The Center Square) – Despite broad support, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state didn't need increased oversight on how tax dollars are spent on homelessness. Newsom vetoed an unopposed bill that would have required the state to evaluate the money it gives to cities and counties for homelessness programs, saying it would create “unnecessary ongoing workload” and that other actions already to increase oversight render the bill “redundant.” Earlier this year, a state audit found the state was not adequately tracking the outcomes for...
Mendocino County homicide victim ID’d, charges not yet filed
Mendocino County investigators on Tuesday released the name of the Sonoma County man who was fatally shot last week during an argument east of Point Arena. Kevin Taeuffer, 54, of Annapolis, was pronounced dead Thursday at a home in the 38500 Block Eureka Hill Road, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday to identify the exact cause of death. ...
CA Water Regulations and Fewer Responding to NASS Surveys
**The California Water Resources Control Board has approved a regulation seeking to promote more efficient water use to address an anticipated 10% water supply shortfall by 2040. The regulation applies to the state’s largest urban retail water suppliers, which serve 95% of California. The goal is to produce about...
California has problems. AI can help solve them.
Since the University of California’s earliest days, its researchers have propelled the state’s leading industries and helped solve some of its biggest challenges. Our faculty bring curiosity, ingenuity and years of accumulated expertise to their research. But even the nimblest human brain can only crunch so many numbers in a day.
How Latinos struggle to find affordable healthcare
Marisol is a 60-year-old undocumented immigrant who lives alone in Los Angeles and works full-time. She was very excited to learn she would qualify for Medi-Cal, but her celebration was short-lived when she was told she makes "too much" money – about $36,000 annually – and was denied the state's coverage.
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