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A firefighter carries a water hose toward a spot fire from the Caldor Fire burning along Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Huge wildfire near Lake Tahoe slows as weather improves

by Daisy Nguyen Associated PressSeptember 3, 2021

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Better weather has slowed the growth of the huge California wildfire near Lake Tahoe resort communities, authorities said Friday. The Caldor Fire remained only a few miles from the city of South Lake Tahoe, which was emptied…

A church marquee stands among buildings destroyed by the Dixie Fire in Greenville on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Wildfire explodes to third-largest in California history

by Daisy Nguyen Associated Press, and Noah Berger Associated PressAugust 6, 2021

In this photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a hatchery truck unloads juvenile Chinook salmon from the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery, Siskiyou County, Calif., into the Fall Creek facility on July 7, 2021. Baby salmon are dying in the thousands in one river and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in the blistering heat waves and drought in the U.S. Recently California fish and wildlife officials decided not to release more than 1 million...

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West’s warming rivers killing fish, imperiling industry

by Daisy Nguyen Associated PressJuly 26, 2021

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Virginia Petersen works on a computer while assisting a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. California is desperately searching for nurses, doctors and other medical staff, perhaps from overseas, to meet demands as the coronavirus surge pushes hospitals across the state to the breaking point. With many of the state's hospitals running out of capacity to treat the...

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Hospitals face nurse, doctor shortage

by Daisy Nguyen Associated PressDecember 22, 2020

Nurses check on the status of rapid COVID-19 tests at a drive-through testing site in a parking garage in West Nyack, N.Y., Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The site was only open to students and staff of Rockland County schools in an effort to test enough people to keep the schools open for in-person learning. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

by Tammy Webber Associated Press, and Daisy Nguyen Associated PressNovember 30, 2020

Women carry merchandise from a Union Square Victoria’s Secret store in San Francisco, Saturday. Police say many of the smash-and-grab thefts have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals that have coincided with or followed protests over the death of George Floyd.

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Well-coordinated thieves capitalize on protest chaos

by Daisy Nguyen Associated Press, and Michael Tarm Associated PressJune 4, 2020

Tents stand on a wharf near the Grand Princess at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in Calif.

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Daisy Nguyen Associated PressMarch 9, 2020

Ron Mikulaco, right, and his nephew, Brad Fernandez, examine a crack caused by an earthquake on Highway 178, Saturday outside of Ridgecrest, Calif.

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California governor says earthquakes are a ‘wake-up call’

by John Antczak Associated Press, Daisy Nguyen Associated Press, and Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated PressJuly 7, 2019

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday.

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Leaders struggle to make sense of fatal attack on synagogue

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, and Daisy Nguyen Associated PressApril 28, 2019

FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, comedian and activist Dick Gregory poses for a portrait during the PBS TCA Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84. Gregory died late Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. after being hospitalized for about a week, his son Christian Gregory told The Associated Press. He had suffered a severe bacterial infection. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84

by Daisy Nguyen Associated PressAugust 20, 2017