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Los Angeles County officially qualified Tuesday for a move to the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state economic-reopening blueprint, meaning capacity limits will be increased at many businesses and bars will be permitted to reopen indoors. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia’s underwater kelp forests are in trouble. A combination of climate change and hungry purple sea urchins have decimated these vital forests. But the Monterey Peninsula has a kelp forest guardian — sea otters. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn the Central Valley some people are hesitant about getting the vaccine and some of their reasons have nothing to do with the vaccine itself. -
A California lawmaker who is a former police officer is trying to outlaw methods that can induce what's known as positional asphyxia. Police say the proposed ban is either too vague or unnecessary. -
From Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger to Al Franken and Donald Trump, there’s a rich history of celebrities trying out new careers in politics. The list could soon grow. -
As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending on public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers. -
Top Democrats are urging California activists to stay united behind Gov. Gavin Newsom as he faces a recall election. -
California is giving 76,000 inmates the opportunity to leave prison earlier. They include violent and repeat felons. -
California officials will again truck millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the state's Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean. The say projected river conditions show the waterways the fish use to travel downstream will be historically low and warm due to increasing drought. -
The California Democratic Party faithful will hear from Gov. Gavin Newsom as he mounts a campaign to keep his job. Newsom is set to speak Saturday at the party's annual convention, held virtually.
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