Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District…
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Dianne Feinstein announces she won’t run for reelection in 2024
CNN — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024. “I am announcing today I will not run…
Continue ReadingHow California’s recent flooding could set the stage for a dangerous wildfire season
Originally Published: 26 JAN 23 13:49 ETBy Rachel Ramirez and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — With vast stretches of desert that…
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EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California’s drought?
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press California has experienced a devastating, multi-year drought that’s depleted reservoirs, forced officials to…
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California sees continued numeric decline, still most populous state: census
CALIFORNIA (KION-TV)- The United States Census Bureau released its findings for population growth in the United States, and California sees a…
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Reproductive freedom officially put into California Constitution
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Gavin Newsom stood with state leaders Wednesday as reproductive freedom was added to the California…
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These new California laws take effect January 2023
By Alexa Mae Asperin Published December 9, 2022 9:30 AM Updated December 12, 2022, 9:04 AM LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin…
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TJX Companies, Inc. must pay $2.05 million for unlawful disposal of hazardous waste
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni said on Tuesday that TJX Companies, Inc. must pay a $2.05 million…
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California inflation relief checks coming this week
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE Oct. 3, 2022, at 12:21 p.m.-Millions of California taxpayers will be receiving a one-time Middle…
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California ISO extends Flex Alert to Sept. 8
FOLSOM, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE Sept. 8, 2022 at 8:40 a.m.- For the ninth day in a row, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has extended…
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USGS: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles
PINNACLES, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday morning at 6:36 a.m., an earthquake registering 4.0 shook parts of central California. The quake’s epicenter was…
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California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars
By Kathleen Ronayne SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV) – California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in the…
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California heat persists, but no call for power cutbacks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Heat advisories remained in effect Thursday in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and adjacent areas but managers of…
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California spends $11 million to promote ‘red flag’ gun law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is spending $11 million on education programs promoting wider use of “red flag” laws that are designed to…
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USGS: 4.1 magnitude earthquake hits in the East Bay
Thursday morning at 5:07 a.m., an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale shook homes throughout the Bay…
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California is set to get its first new state park in over a decade
California is set to establish its first new state park in 13…
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California getting new state park, first in 13 years
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — California will acquire a sprawling former farm property in the San Joaquin Valley and create a new state park for the first…
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California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN California is facing a crisis. Not only are its reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought,…
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Students taken to hospital for eating chips laced with cannabis in Southern California
lls Elementary School were taken to the hospital late Thursday after allegedly eating chips laced with some sort of…
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After a 100 year absence, California condors are released back into the Northern Redwoods
The critically endangered California condor has been absent from Northern California redwood forests for over a century — until Tuesday, when the…
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Illegal marijuana grow and rooster fight ring discovered
On April 20, law enforcement served a search warrant in Burson for a large illegal marijuana cultivation operation as well as for illegal rooster…
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Major drop in enrollment for California public schools
According to the California Department of Education CDE, less than 6 million students are enrolled in public…
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Massive Home Depot fire results in Shelter-in-place advisory for South San Jose, still no cause
People living or working in South San Jose were put under a shelter-in-place advisory until Sunday afternoon, after a Home Depot was engulfed in…
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Car accident leads to deadly crash on California Highway 1
A vehicle accident led to a deadly crash at the crossing of State Route 1 and Gorda Mountain Road Saturday…
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Northern California firefighters battle blaze near port
A fire that grew to four-alarm status Saturday near a port in Benicia, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, has “slowed considerably” but is…
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Filipino history digital archive is unveiled at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.
The Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive, regarding the lives of the Manong generation, had it’s public launch at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art…
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California snowpack is critically low, signaling another year of devastating drought
Snowpack in the California Sierra this winter is just 38% of normal, California water officials said Friday, in the latest sign the state’s…
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What a UC Berkeley legal battle says about college housing affordability nationwide
College students across the country are facing a…
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Professor files lawsuit to find students who posted exam questions online
An assistant professor of business at Southern California’s Chapman University has filed a lawsuit against five students, whose identities remain…
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More Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
The increase for the cost of living is having more households live paycheck to paycheck, especially with rising inflation and gas…
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Governor Newsom proposes tax rebate for Californians as state deals with nation’s highest gas prices
By Maeve Reston, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a tax rebate to ease some of the pain at the pump in his state, which has…
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USGS: 3.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles
Saturday morning at 7:07 a.m., an earthquake registering 3.4 on the Richter scale shook parts of central California.…
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LA Rams trying to ban 49ers fans in Northern California from NFC Championship
With the winner punching a trip to the Super Bowl, the Rams are pulling out all the stops to make sure the fan base at SoFi Stadium are majority Rams…
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Hot start to the holiday season brings welcome traffic for local businesses
It’s beginning to look like Christmas at the Capitola Village — but it sure doesn’t feel like it. To kick off December, not a single cloud is in…
Continue ReadingMostly Mild Monday
Air Quality (as of 8 AM)GOOD for all reporting WEATHER STORYSmoke from large wildfires in Northern California moves slowly eastward due to upper…
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Warning about the future of pork products in California
Meat producers are warning that come January 1st, pork products may begin disappearing from California store shelves. It’s all happening because it’s…
Continue ReadingA Hint of Hump Day Cloud Cover
Air Quality (as of 12 AM)GOOD for all reporting WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. Weakened high…
Continue ReadingPost Holiday Weather Pattern
Air Quality (as of 8:00AM)GOOD for most reporting stations, MODERATE for Gilroy and Hollister WEATHER STORYNo major changes in the weather are…
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Debris Flow Town Halls to be held for residents living in CZU Lightning Complex burn scar areas
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The County of Santa Cruz will be holding debris flow town halls for residents who currently live in the CZU…
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Boulder Creek residents brace for more stormy weather
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION) Thousands are still without power in the Santa Cruz Mountains late Thursday night after a major wind storm knocked out…
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Proposition 22 to decide future of app-based drivers in California
For thousands of Californians, the car is their office. Companies like Uber, Lyft, Door Dash and Postmates allow workers to sign-on when they are…
Continue ReadingYour Weather in 60 Seconds with Barry 01 07 20
High pressure is weakening, with will allow several weak storm systems to slip into California. The best chance for rain will be far to our north,…
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Small Earthquakes hit west of San Juan Bautista early Tuesday
San Juan Bautista, Calif. (KION) – A couple of small earthquakes struck San Benito county early Tuesday morning. According to the USGS the first…
Continue ReadingYour Weather in 60 Seconds with Barry 01 06 20
Dry weather to continue There will be no major changes to our overall weather pattern this week, as high pressure will continue to block most weather…
Continue ReadingYour Weather in 60 Seconds with Barry 01 03 20
The ridge of high pressure that has kept conditions dry for the past few days will drift east and weaken Friday, allowing a weak cold front to enter…
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Apartment fire kills two children, father who tried saving them
HEMET, Calif. (AP) – Two girls and their father have died and a boy was badly injured in a Southern California apartment fire. The fire erupted early…
Continue ReadingYour Weather in 60 Seconds with Zach 12 27 19
High pressure will nudge in for the end of the week, giving us mostly clear skies and seasonable temperatures. The next weather system to affect the…
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