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Arrest made in killing of bishop in California

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Damian Dovarganes Associated PressFebruary 20, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna says a man arrested Monday in the weekend killing of a Catholic auxiliary bishop is the husband of the victim’s housekeeper and had done work at his home.Luna says a SWAT team arrested Carlos Medina in the…

Chunli Zhao appears for his arraignment on seven counts of murder at San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday.

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Suspect in Half Moon Bay farm killings faces 7 murder counts

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Jocelyn Gecker Associated PressJanuary 25, 2023

FBI officials walk towards from the crime scene at Mountain Mushroom Farm, Tuesday, after a gunman killed several people at two agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

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Employee kills 7 at Calif. mushroom farms

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Haven Daley Associated PressJanuary 24, 2023

Ifeyinwa Nzerem loads sandbags into her car after picking them up from an emergency distribution site to prepare her home for an upcoming storm, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in San Francisco. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Flood preparation in full swing as rains bear down on Calif.

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated PressJanuary 4, 2023

David Depape is shown in Berkeley, Calif.,on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer in the couple's San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, while searching for the Democratic leader. Police were called to the home to check on Paul Pelosi when they discovered the 82-year-old and the suspect, Depape, both grabbing onto the hammer, said Police Chief William Scott.(Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle...

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Officials: Suspect in Pelosi attack was on ‘suicide mission’

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Stefanie Dazio Associated PressNovember 1, 2022

Police investigators work outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Intruder attacks Pelosi’s husband, calling, ‘Where is Nancy?’

by Colleen Long Associated Press, and Olga R. Rodriguez Associated PressOctober 28, 2022

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco. Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by its aging equipment in 2019 and 2021, prosecutors announced. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Calif. utility to pay $55M for massive wildfires

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated PressApril 11, 2022

A car crosses a flooded parking lot in Oroville, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday after causing flooding across the northern half of the state. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Record-breaking storm socks Calif.

by Olga R. Rodriguez Associated PressOctober 25, 2021

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, pallbearers, who were among only 10 allowed mourners, walk the casket for internment at the funeral for Larry Hammond, who died from the coronavirus, at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans. Government health officials say Native Americans, Latinos and Black people are two to three times more likely than whites to die of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Racial gaps persist in virus deaths

by Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, Olga R. Rodriguez Associated Press, and Angeliki Kastanis Associated PressJune 14, 2021

In this image taken from Alameda Police Department body camera video, officers attempt to take Mario Gonzalez into custody April 19 in Alameda, Calif. The video goes on to show officers pinning Gonzalez to the ground during the arrest that ended in his death.

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Deadly Calif. arrest echoes Floyd case

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Olga R. Rodriguez Associated PressApril 28, 2021