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In war with Iran, China sees a familiar pattern of U.S. mistakes

President Trump arrives in Beijing this week for talks with a Chinese government that is confident as ever in its ascendance on the world stage.

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May 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Looking to DNA for answers as climate change outpaces California wildlife's ability to evolve

Ecosystems are not being able to adapt as quickly as the climate is changing. Scientists are turning to genetic work to guide restoration

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May 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • latimes.com
Contributor: Elon Musk’s chainsaw has brought world health crashing down

The dismantling of USAID could produce 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under 5, according to new data projections.

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May 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • latimes.com
California's Democratic incumbents face primary challenges from political newcomers

The challenges are part of a national wave reshaping the debate over generational power and the direction of the Democratic Party ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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May 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Redwood City looks to launch entertainment zone for FIFA World Cup celebrations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) — The 2026 FIFA World Cup is officially one month out. With six matches being hosted at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, surrounding cities in the South Bay an…

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May 12 • 12:38 AM EDT • Entertainment • kron4.com
High school boys volleyball: City Section playoff scores and pairings

CIF City Section high school boys volleyball playoff results from Monday and upcoming schedule.

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May 12 • 12:34 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
CSC wins arbitration denying NIL deals to Nebraska players, but bigger fight looms in court

An arbitrator upheld the rejection of Nebraska football NIL contracts, but a looming California court date threatens to unravel the enforcement system

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May 11 • 8:48 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Entertainment mogul Byron Allen to acquire Buzzfeed, HuffPost

Buzzfeed, once an internet sensation known for its listicles, news and quizzes, has fallen on hard times.

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May 11 • 8:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
LHU student revolutionizing stream restoration with rock-powered science

Natalie Brown kneels beside a humming wet lab setup at Commonwealth University-Lock Haven, calipers in hand, measuring the promise of Pennsylvania’s streams. The master’s candidate in biology regularly tests how everyday rocks could supercharge freshwater mussel recovery in the West Branch Susquehanna River, blending her geology roots with cutting-edge experiments. Her work is directly supporting […]

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May 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sungazette.com
Sacramento County resident may have been exposed to hantavirus on a plane, health official says

A resident from Sacramento County is being monitored at home after being briefly exposed to a person on a plane in South Africa who later died of Andes hantavirus, California’s top public health official said on Monday.

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May 11 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • kcra.com
CA health officials monitoring 4 residents exposed to hantavirus amid outbreak

California health officials on Monday released new information about four residents who were exposed to the hantavirus and are now being monitored, all of whom are currently healthy and not showing symptoms.

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May 11 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • abc7.com
CA health officials monitoring 4 residents exposed to hantavirus amid outbreak

California health officials on Monday released new information about four residents who were exposed to the hantavirus and are now being monitored, all of whom are currently healthy and not showing symptoms.

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May 11 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • abc7news.com
CA health officials monitoring 4 residents exposed to hantavirus amid outbreak

California health officials on Monday released new information about four residents who were exposed to the hantavirus and are now being monitored, all of whom are currently healthy and not showing symptoms.

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May 11 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • abc30.com
NASA’s C-20A Flights Advance Understanding of Earthquake Dynamics

NASA’s C-20A aircraft completed a series of flights on April 29 over Central California to contribute new data to improve the accuracy of the region’s

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May 11 • 4:51 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Democratic strategist launches effort to repeal California’s two-top primary

Steven Maviglio submitted his “Undo the Top Two” proposal on Friday to state officials.

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May 11 • 4:16 PM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com
Physician Association of California and Astrana Health Launch Collaboration to Strengthen Independent Primary Care

/PRNewswire/ -- The Physician Association of California ("PAC") and Astrana Health, Inc. ("Astrana") (NASDAQ: ASTH), a physician-centric, technology-enabled...

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May 11 • 4:05 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Flourish Science Wins Webby Award for Evidence-Based, Safety-First AI Mental Health Innovation

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 11, 2026--Flourish Science, the company behind the AI-native mental health and well-being app Flourish and its AI system Sunnie, today announced that it has been named the People’s Voice Winner at the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the AI for Health & Wellness category. Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), the Webby Awards are widely regarded as one of the Internet’s most prestigious honors.

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May 11 • 2:06 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
High school volleyball: Southern Section boys' playoff schedule

CIF Southern Section boys’ volleyball upcoming playoff schedule.

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May 11 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Food Frontier and IIFH partner to commercialize nutrition science innovations

The Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) at the University of California (UC) Davis, US, and Food Frontier are collaborating to advance scientific discovery by integrating it with agricultural production, culinary influence, and market execution. The partners aim to “activate pathways” bringing these innovations into restaurants, supply chains, and consumer markets, where they say adoption is ultimately determined. Specifically, they will build an infrastructure model to accelerate timelines, reduce risk, and unlock new growth opportunities for these new innovations. This platform will help develop, validate, and scale ideas in real-world conditions.

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May 11 • 12:04 PM EDT • Science • nutritioninsight.com
California corrections budget benefits more than inmates from prison sports expansion

California lawmakers want to expand organized sports at prisons. An incarcerated journalist says the only winner would be the prison budget.

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May 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • calmatters.org
Crespi's Grant Leary prepares to defend Southern Section golf title

Defending individual champion Grant Leary begins qualifying this week for Southern Section event.

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May 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
With more money than ever, California’s biggest pension funds are a political battleground

Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.

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May 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
Jared Wolff Plots Banc of Cal's Next Chapter - Los Angeles Business Journal

​Sitting at the helm of the $34 billion Banc of California, Jared Wolff is too busy to think about legacy. In seven years as the Brentwood-based regional

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May 11 • 3:01 AM EDT • Business • labusinessjournal.com
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Specter of an all-GOP governor race spurs push to remake open primary

A political consultant filed an application with state officials seeking to alter California’s voting system by reverting to a traditional primary with the top vote-getters from each party.

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May 10 • 8:35 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
California duo opened a burrito spot in a Home Depot parking lot — the business now brings in $2.3 million

These foodies didn’t roll over or fold up at the first sign of pressure.

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May 10 • 4:15 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Why the Wellness Industry Is Betting Big on Longevity Science: Expert View by Spherical Insights

Wellness market is projected to grow from approximately USD 5.4 trillion in 2024 to nearly USD 10.73 trillion by 2035, registering a CAGR of around 6.44% during 2025–2035.

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May 10 • 3:09 PM EDT • Science • sphericalinsights.com
High school volleyball: Southern Section playoff scores, schedule

Scores from CIF Southern Section boys’ volleyball games and the upcoming playoff schedule.

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May 10 • 2:38 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
The Los Angeles Times' top 25 high school baseball rankings

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland after the final week of the 2026 regular season.

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May 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
California Politics 360 Full Episode | Uncertainty amid rise in gas prices

This week, Energy Commissioner Siva Gunda told lawmakers that the state has enough oil and gas supply for the next six weeks.

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May 10 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
California must stop treating fraud as the cost of doing business

Orange County learned what happens when oversight is weakened.

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May 10 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • ocregister.com
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Art, Politics and Possibility on a Spring Afternoon

Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now

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May 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • pasadenanow.com
L.A. Times wins prestigious APSE triple crown, Bill Plaschke honored

The Los Angeles Times staff won APSE awards for coverage of 2025 Dodgers World Series win, fires that ravaged Altadena, ICE raids and more.

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May 10 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
UC-Irvine to face Hawaii in NCAA men's volleyball championship

No. 2 Hawaii beat No. 3 Long Beach and unranked UC Irvine extended its run after beating No. 1 UCLA earlier in the men's volleyball NCAA tournament.

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May 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
This is California's most interesting governor's race in ages

Far from boring, the contest is the most wide open in a generation, with a potential to make history in November. Those yawning at the contest may be looking for glitz and entertainment. Voters aren't.

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May 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Why family businesses that built Hollywood are closing

Dozens of family businesses that serve Hollywood have closed down in recent years, squeezed by a historic falloff in local production activity.

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May 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Pope Leo’s American roots give him unique political power

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is caught in an unprecedented political clash with a U.S. president. But his inherent understanding of the country’s politics and ability speak to Americans give him a distinctive political standing.

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May 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Big donors backed Harris in 2024. For 2028, they're not so sure

Though few in the party want to criticize Harris, few appear ready to endorse her. Conversations about her prospects often come down to one thing: Democrats' anxiety about winning.

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May 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Santa Clara Co. resident was aboard cruise ship affected by Andes hantavirus outbreak: officials

A Santa Clara County resident was one of two Californians aboard the cruise ship with the Andes hantavirus outbreak. The county is monitoring and evaluating the person in coordination with the California Department of Public Health and the CDC.

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May 10 • 1:45 AM EDT • Health • abc7news.com
Trans athlete dominates California girls’ track meet as protesters demand: ‘Keep men out of women’s sports’

AB Hernandez swept the field in multiple events at a California girls’ track meet while protesters demanded biological males be barred from competing against girls.

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May 9 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Hapless Tigers Drop Another One In Kansas City

I’m almost at a loss for words. It’s truly shocking just how awful they look right now. Michael Wacha is a fine pitcher; in fact, he said he's had a bit of a career resurgence over the last several seasons. I gotta give him a lot of credit because he was one of those guys that really seemed like he was going through it for a while after starting his career off hot. He’s a very well-respected veteran presence, but he’s not a Cy Young caliber guy, except for when he pitches against Detroit.

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May 9 • 9:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gabi Brito helps lead Santa Monica to CIF-SS Division 1 swim title

Gabi Brito wins the 100-yard butterfly and 50-yard freestyle titles to lead Santa Monica to victory at the Southern Section Division 1 finals.

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May 9 • 8:42 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
High school baseball: City Section playoff pairings

The CIF City Section released the baseball playoff pairings on Saturday. Opening-round games begin Tuesday and Wednesday.

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May 9 • 3:37 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Bobby Cox, who guided the Braves' 1990s dynasty, dies at 84

The folksy manager helped Atlanta win 14 consecutive division titles and the 1995 World Series.

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May 9 • 3:14 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Justin Bieber plays an A-list Montecito party with defense execs

Bieber was a headliner at WNDR, entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg’s invitation-only confab at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito.

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May 9 • 2:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Costa Mesa girls' swimming wins first CIF championship

The Mustangs stormed to the Division 3 title on Friday morning at Mt. San Antonio College.

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May 9 • 2:04 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
High school softball: Southern Section playoff pairings

The CIF Southern Section softball pairing were released on Saturday. Here's the division-by-division brackets.

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May 9 • 1:10 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Prep talk: Division 1 semis feaitures matchup of volleyball powers

Huntington Beach hosts Mira Costa while Loyola hosts Redondo Unionn in Southern Section Division 1 boys' volleyball semifinals.

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May 9 • 10:59 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Interview with an American Volunteer Fighting in Myanmar’s Civil War

Americans are among those who have volunteered to join Myanmar’s resistance to the military junta that took power in a 2021 coup. In this interview a young volunteer from California shares an account of what drove him to take up arms.

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May 9 • 8:46 AM EDT • Politics • newpol.org
Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Achieves 6th Consecutive Hospital ‘A’ Safety Grade in Patient Safety

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. MAY 9, 2026 – Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (SNMH), a member of CommonSpirit, earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for the sixth consecutive grading round by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. This recent award continues the Hospital’s “Straight A” designation, defined as hospitals […]

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May 9 • 8:46 AM EDT • Health • yubanet.com
Sleeping giant has awakened for Southern Section baseball playoffs

Defending champion St. John Bosco enters the Division 1 baseball playoffs on an 11-game winning streak, but it didn't get much love from the seeding algorithms.

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May 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Letters to Sports: Two sides to Lakers crying foul in Game 2

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sport section give their thoughts on the Lakers, Austin Reaves, LeBron James, Mike Trout and the Angels, the Kings and more.

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May 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
How MAGA Sheriff Chad Bianco is shaking up the 2026 California gubernatorial primary

Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco's says he will restore law and order to California if he is elected governor. Critics say his record proves otherwise.

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May 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
High school volleyball: Southern Section boys' playoff schedule

The CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ volleyball playoff schedule.

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May 9 • 2:24 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
High school baseball and softball: Friday's scores

CIF City Section high school baseball and softball scores for Friday's games.

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May 9 • 1:54 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Granada Hills sweeps City Section swimming finals again

Granada Hills sweeps the boys' and girls' titles at the City Section swimming finals behind a pair of dominant performances from each squad.

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May 9 • 1:46 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
San Francisco 49ers Not Awarded Compensatory Pick for Jauan Jennings

The Vikings snatched up Jauan Jennings on a $13 million deal, but a critical timing technicality leaves San Francisco empty-handed despite losing their veteran wideout to Minnesota.

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May 8 • 9:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Katy Perry will perform at SoFi Stadium before first World Cup game in US

Katy Perry will perform at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on June 12 before the first World Cup game in the United States.

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May 8 • 9:24 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
During Small Business Month, Reform CIPA Coalition Says Best Way to Support Small Businesses Is to Reform CIPA

One of the best ways to celebrate and support small businesses this May is to protect them from abusive litigation tied to outdated interpretations of a 1960s law. In recognition of Small Business Month, the Reform CIPA Coalition today called on California policymakers to modernize the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), by passing SB 690. The Reform CIPA Coalition continues to grow. Among its 146 coalition members, more than 30 individual small businesses and over 40 organizations repres

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May 8 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
UNM receives $30 million donation, renames business school

A California couple’s historic $30M donation will rename UNM’s Anderson School of Management.

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May 8 • 6:45 PM EDT • Business • abqjournal.com
Norco receives No. 1 seed for revamped Division 1 baseball playoffs

Four four-team pools will be used only for the Division 1 playoffs this postseason. All other divisions will be a traditional single-elimination bracket.

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May 8 • 5:35 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
GM will pay California $12.75M for selling driver location and behavior data

The settlement requires the Detroit automaker to stop selling driver data to consumer reporting agencies for five years

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May 8 • 5:30 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
California babies are getting a free diaper stash at birth

California will give new parents 400 free diapers at select hospitals under a new Gavin Newsom-backed program launching this summer.

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May 8 • 4:31 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
A different kind of leader: Scaling impact in geospatial science

David Page, head of the Geographic Data Science Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leads with a focus on judgment, collaboration and empowering teams. Drawing on experience in academia, entrepreneurship and national security science, he has helped advance faster, scalable geospatial analysis while building resilient, forward-looking research teams.

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May 8 • 4:18 PM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Petaluma businesses earn California Green Business Certification; community invited to celebrate May 12

A cohort of 16 forward-thinking Petaluma businesses has successfully achieved or are working to achieve California Green Business Certification through a collaborative program led by local climate action nonprofit, Cool Petaluma. The initiative supports businesses in adopting environmentally responsible practices that reduce waste, conserve resources, and improve operational efficiency.

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May 8 • 2:22 PM EDT • Business • sonomacounty.gov
Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants

The Trump administration has again suspended research grants to the University of California. The National Science Foundation froze at least 18 grants to the university shortly before Trump ousted the scientists on the board overseeing the agency, an attorney representing researchers said.

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May 8 • 2:02 PM EDT • Science • berkeleyside.org
California to provide hundreds of free diapers to all newborns

California will become the first state in the nation to provide free diapers to all newborns.

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May 8 • 1:35 PM EDT • Health • sfchronicle.com
Redwood Credit Union Celebrates Local Entrepreneurs During Small Business Month

NAPA, Calif., May 08, 2026--During Small Business Month, Redwood Credit Union celebrates the local businesses driving economic growth in Northern California and the Bay Area .

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May 8 • 1:35 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
In California governor race, single-payer healthcare is a litmus test. There’s still no way to pay for it

Single-payer healthcare is a central talking point in the chaotic race for California governor. In a crowded field, top-polling Democrats are declaring their support for a government-run health system but providing few details about how they’d accomplish it.

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May 8 • 1:31 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com
Official Feature Entertainment Group (OFEG) Announces Strategic Alliance with Nubian TV to Expand Digital Distribution

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Official Feature Entertainment Group (“OFEG”), a next-generation entertainment and media platform focused on premium digital access and scalable content experiences, today announced a strategic alliance with Nubian TV, a Boston-based OTT distribution platform operated by Leverett Media. The collaboration is designed to support OFEG’s Phase I rollout of live-stream and on-demand content distribution, expanding audience reach through integrat

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May 8 • 10:17 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
California Republican Incumbents Race to the Right as Redistricting Forces Standoff

Forced to fight for political survival because of redistricting, Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both Republicans, are accusing each other of being insufficiently MAGA.

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May 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The shaky policy foundations of California’s overambitious science bond

“Research is best treated as a public good — supported through sustained public investment, not borrowing tied to uncertain returns.”

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May 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • sacbee.com
‘People are not passive’: Newsom and top California Democrats move behind the scenes in governor’s race

California Democratic leaders have shifted their strategy to prevent their party from being locked out of the governor’s race: Instead of thinking about consolidating the field, they have turned to behind-the-scenes operations and political spending aimed at tamping down Republicans and building up Democratic turnout.

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May 8 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Central California health agencies monitoring hantavirus outbreak

The CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center and classified a hantavirus outbreak as a Level 3 response, the agency's lowest level of emergency activation, signaling a low risk to the general public.

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May 8 • 2:25 AM EDT • Health • abc30.com
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High school baseball and softball: Thursday's City Section scores

CIF City Section baseball and softball results from Thursday, May 7.

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May 8 • 2:11 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
High school boys' volleyball: City Section playoff scores

CIF City Section boys' volleyball playoff scores

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May 8 • 1:38 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Political violence should ‘never be normalized’: Former California GOP chairwoman

Former California GOP chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson and political commentator James Klug discuss growing concerns over political violence in the U.S. on ‘Fox News @ Night.’

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May 7 • 11:43 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Bloody primary battle’ unfolding in California’s 40th district

Both Kim and Calvert have laid claim to the district as “theirs.”

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May 7 • 8:02 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Bloody primary battle’ unfolding in California’s 40th district

Both Kim and Calvert have laid claim to the district as “theirs.”

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May 7 • 8:02 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
High temperatures prompt health warnings for Central California families

Experts are warning that dangerously high temperatures are headed to California over the weekend, prompting local health officials to urge families to take extra precautions.

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May 7 • 7:33 PM EDT • Health • abc30.com
New study finds increase in ‘political breakups’

UC Irvine psychologists report a third of Americans have lost relationships over political differences.

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May 7 • 5:04 PM EDT • Politics • universityofcalifornia.edu
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How Disneyland Remade American Politics

America is turning 250, and The Free Press is marking the occasion with a yearlong series of events, conversations, and stories celebrating our country’s history. Today, we’re taking a journey with historian Beverly Gage to Southern California. Beverly traded the archives for the open road for her new book, This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History. We’re proud to publish an excerpt, on the theme park that shaped American politics—and the presidents who loved it. —The Editors On July 17, 1955, Ronald Reagan stood near a mocked-up wood-plank town in Anaheim, California, where a 13-star flag flew incongruously over an “Old West” landscape, and introduced the world to Disneyland. He had been invited by Walt Disney himself to co-host the park’s live ABC broadcast, alongside Art Linkletter and Bob Cummings—three Hollywood actors who seemed to embody a wholesome, all-American ethos. From the imagined past of Frontierland, the show leaped ahead to Tomorrowland, set in the far-off year of 1986, emphasizing the technical marvels yet to come: nuclear energy harnessed for civilian purposes, human beings riding rocket ships into space. Disney foretold great things for a 1980s in which the United States would serve as “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” But even he could not predict the most important political fact of the age: that his genial co-host would become president. Southern California was a strange place to build a park about the past, because the region at the time was all about newness and abundance and growth. For a lot of its history, Orange County had been Southern California’s version of flyover country: a vast agricultural expanse between two desirable places, Los Angeles and San Diego. But Disneyland was changing that. Before long, 50 miles south of deep-blue Hollywood, Orange County would become a region famed for its right-wing politics—but also for its mythmaking skills. Those two things, it turned out, went naturally together. ADVERTISEMENT The two presidents Southern California gave America both understood this instinctively. Richard Nixon and Reagan each built a national career on invoking a version of the American past in which the specificities of historical context mattered less than the big picture. For Nixon, progress meant proclaiming a “New American Revolution” on the eve of America’s bicentennial while dismantling the federal programs that had built the postwar middle class. For Reagan, it meant recapturing a lost optimism and an old-fashioned faith in America as an exceptional nation. Both men were less interested in history as it actually happened than in history as it felt—and Orange County, a place that had built itself almost entirely from scratch, turned out to be exactly where the myth of America’s future was getting made. I’m a historian—and historians tend to be myth-busters. With the country’s 250th birthday on the horizon, I figured it was a good time to step out of the ivory tower and check in with the past as it exists here and now, at the museums and monuments and roadside attractions where Americans go to learn about their history. After all my travels—to Davy Crockett’s Tennessee and Texas, to the real Erie Canal, to the birthplace of the American automobile and the actual Old West—I couldn’t miss out on Disneyland, the single most influential historic attraction in U.S. history.

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May 7 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • thefp.com
UCLA team awarded $5 million DARPA contract to develop AI for math advancement

Fields medalist Terence Tao is part of Team ALPHA, which aims to unlock progress in physics, cryptography and other challenging fields.

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May 7 • 4:47 PM EDT • Science • universityofcalifornia.edu
Can blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drugs also protect brain health?

UCSF experts share their research on medications’ potential to slow or reduce risk of dementia and to treat the triggers that drive addiction.

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May 7 • 4:37 PM EDT • Health • universityofcalifornia.edu
The National Academy of Sciences Elects Two Berkeley Lab Researchers

Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. They are part of a cohort of 120 new members and 25 international members. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and — alongside the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine — provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. The 2026 electees bring the total number of active members to 2,705 with 557 international members. Gary Karpen is a biologist senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Biological Systems and Engineering Division and a Professor of Cell and Developmental Physiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Karpen studies how the structure, organization, and maintenance of genetic material impact inheritance and cell function. His lab focuses on chromatin — a packaged form of DNA strands wrapped around proteins that comprises our chromosomes — with a particular emphasis on centromeres, rarely expressed sequences called heterochromatin, DNA repair, and regulatory RNAs. His research reveals insights into fundamental aspects of nuclear organization and genome regulation that are shared across the tree of life, broadening our understanding of cancer and other diseases, birth defects, and aging. Kam-Biu Luk is a Professor Emeritus of physics at UC Berkeley and a retired senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division. He is an experimental particle physicist whose research has focused on neutrinos: nearly massless, electrically neutral elementary particles that can pass through matter virtually undetected. Neutrinos are created during radioactive decay processes, including the fusion process occurring in stars and the fission process that powers nuclear reactors. Luk initiated and co-led the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, a project based in China with more than 200 international collaborators. In 2012, the Daya Bay experiment discovered a new form of a phenomenon called “neutrino oscillation” in which neutrinos change from one type to another. For this discovery, Luk and his collaborator Yifan Wang received the 2014 American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for outstanding work in experimental particle physics, and he was also the co-recipient of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize. Luk is currently participating in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) hosted by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which will investigate any potential difference in behavior between neutrinos and antineutrinos that may shed light on the evolution of the universe, especially why antimatter is absent in the present universe. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
California high-speed rail project: The best business plan is no plan at all

Boon Rocks. That’s the way to go.

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May 7 • 10:30 AM EDT • Business • ocregister.com
Medit Establishes Global Orthodontic Business Division, Anchored by Strategic Acquisition of Progressive Orthodontics

Medit Corp., a global leader in digital dentistry solutions, today announced the establishment of its Global Orthodontic Business Division and the acquisition of Progressive Orthodontics, a leading orthodontic education institution headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, through its U.S. subsidiary, Medit USA Inc.

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May 7 • 10:21 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
4 WVU students awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The four West Virginia University students — Daniel Campa, of Morgantown; Colin Krisulevicz, of Salisbury, Maryland; Rebecca Ozbolt, of Akron, Ohio; and Samuel Stalnaker, of Atwater, California and Cowen — have joined the ranks of the nation’s top emerging researchers after earning National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

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May 7 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • wvutoday.wvu.edu
Caltech Students Host Science Olympiad State Tournament

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May 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • pasadenanow.com
What California’s Next Governor Needs to Know about Health Care

Rising costs, an aging population, and the specter of major federal funding cuts are among the challenges the next governor will face.

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May 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • ppic.org
For the lone woman left in the California governor’s race, it’s all about ‘temperament’

Katie Porter released an ad joking about her temper. But experts say the touchy issue reveals a double standard for women candidates.

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May 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
Servite, Notre Dame to qualify athletes at Division 3 track prelims

Servite, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame will be preparing to compete for next week's Southern Section Division 3 championships.

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May 7 • 7:15 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Korean Air Gallery Preview | California Science Center to Host Media Viewing of Aviation Exhibits | The South Pasadenan

Discover the future of flight! California Science Center hosts a first viewing of the Korean Air Aviation Gallery artifacts in Los Angeles on May 12, 2026.

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May 7 • 6:02 AM EDT • Science • southpasadenan.com
California under pressure — again — as redistricting wars escalate

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act has some Democrats asking whether California could go further in redrawing maps to target GOP districts.

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May 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Texas-based teleradiologist wins court battle over California income taxes

The California Franchise Tax Board had charged that the rad and his sole proprietorship could be combined to constitute a "unitary business," subject to state taxation.

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May 7 • 4:49 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
High school baseball and softball: Wednesday's scores

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school baseball and softball scores for Wednesday's games.

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May 7 • 1:57 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
5 Takeaways From the Last Televised California Governor Debate

Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.

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May 7 • 1:06 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
High school volleyball: Boys' playoff results and schedule

The CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ volleyball playoff results for Wednesday and updated pairings.

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May 7 • 12:58 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
With NCAA Tournament expansion imminent, some of the game's biggest coaches still aren't sold on the idea

From Hurley to Calipari to Few to Izzo, some of the sport's most prominent figures are lukewarm on changing March Madness

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May 6 • 10:05 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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AI political ad stirs controversy ahead of California debates

An AI-generated political ad depicting reality star and L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is being celebrated by some, but also raises ethical questions. All of it as candidates prepare for key California debates just weeks before the primary. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports

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May 6 • 9:17 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Dueling Calif. Democrats battle to unseat longtime GOP incumbent

Republican David Valadao has managed to win over voters year after year.

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May 6 • 8:52 PM EDT • Politics • sfgate.com