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The mass shootings this year follow a lull in mass killings during the pandemic in 2020, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. That database tracks mass killings defined as four or more dead, not including the shooter. -
The new president-elect of California’s largest state employee union said Tuesday that the influential organization won’t back Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to fend off a likely recall election this fall. -
An employee has opened fire at a California rail yard, killing eight people before taking his own life. Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said the man was still firing at the facility in San Jose when law enforcement rushed in Wednesday. -
KPBS Midday EditionA Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth when she was attacked by a passenger this weekend, and the president of her union calls it part of a disturbing increase in unruly passengers. -
The Animal Rights and Protection League alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday in San Diego Superior Court that the bear, Tag, has been "drugged and abused" for use promoting Cox's run for California governor. -
The pact announced Tuesday that would float hundreds of turbines off the coast of Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay has been promoted as a breakthrough to eventually power 1.6 million homes. -
Authorities are searching Joshua Tree National Park for a 20-year-old San Diego County man who began a hike more than a week ago. -
As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape. -
A timeline of COVID-19 cases during California’s outbreak. -
California extended its slow but steady economic recovery in April. New employment numbers released Friday show the state added more than 100,000 jobs for the third consecutive month.
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