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May 18, 2022
In the San Joaquin Valley, rapidly growing school districts endure overcrowding
As the cost of housing in the Bay Area and coastal Southern California drives families inland in search of relief, some school districts in the vast San Joaquin Valley contend with rapid enrollment growth.
Much of the Sacramento Valley is under red flag warning starting Thursday
This week's temperatures are hot enough to have triggered a red flag warning through most of the region, including Sacramento. The warning will start on Thursday and end Friday night.
Sacramento-area schools seeing rise in COVID-19 cases, but don’t plan to require masks again
Despite rising cases, schools are staying away from reinstating mask mandates, instead electing to “strongly recommend” masking and urge students get vaccinated, boosted and tested.
May 17, 2022
FDA authorizes first COVID booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.
May 16, 2022
With inflation, California worries about progress on poverty
California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents.
May 16, 2022
California church shooter was motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, officials say
A gunman killed a 52-year-old man and wounded five others in an attack at a Southern California church on Sunday, authorities said.
May 16, 2022
The federal government is offering another round of free COVID tests
Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.
May 16, 2022
Job program provides some hope in neighborhood at center of Sacramento’s homelessness crisis
Sacramento’s River District Business Association has hired several homeless and formerly homeless people to help clean up trash at neighborhood encampments.
Michael Wolff: Jazz Innovator, Life Optimist
Remember jazz pianist Michael Wolff? He's best known as Arsenio Hall's sidekick and music director. Wolff has overcome many physical challenges and details it all in his recently published memoir, "On That Note."
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May 16, 2022
Is your house at risk of a wildfire? This online tool could tell you
Many people move without realizing the danger that wildfires pose to their new home. A new risk rating system could help buyers learn more on real estate sites.
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Race
Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team
May 19, 2022
Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.
Technology
Here's why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas' social media law
May 19, 2022
Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints
Television
Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show
May 19, 2022
In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.
Health
CDC advisers urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
May 19, 2022
If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees, as expected, it would open a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids.
National
A former deputy gets 18 years after 2 women drowned in a locked police van
May 19, 2022
A police van in South Carolina was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women who were trapped in a cage in the back.
Russia-Ukraine recap
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 19)
May 19, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Politics
Jan. 6 panel wants answers from lawmaker it says led a Capitol tour before the attack
May 19, 2022
Republican Barry Loudermilk denies he showed people around the complex before the insurrectionists laid siege. The committee says it has evidence contradicting that denial.
National
After the Buffalo slayings, parents struggle through talks with their children
May 19, 2022
Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.
Roe v. Wade and the future of reproductive rights in America
Oklahoma's legislature passes a bill banning nearly all abortions
May 19, 2022
If Gov. Kevin Stitt signs the bill, the legislation would go into effect immediately.
Law
Johnny Depp's former business manager and others chart the actor's rise and fall
May 19, 2022
Testifying at the behest of attorneys representing Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard were a longtime agent, a former business manager and a friend of Depp's for nearly four decades.
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