Commentary: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?
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Commentary: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?

She rides three buses from her Panorama City home to her job as a caregiver for an 83-year-old Sherman Oaks woman with dementia, and lately she’s been worrying…

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Central California carjacking was an insurance scam, investigators say
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Central California carjacking was an insurance scam, investigators say

Martha Gutierrez DeRomero told authorities she stopped her Chevy van, en route to a swap meet, among groves of fruit trees just outside Madera in Central California to…

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California is investigating if faulty drug tests tainted parole hearings
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California is investigating if faulty drug tests tainted parole hearings

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is reviewing hundreds of state parole hearings to see if any inmates who were denied parole were rejected because of faulty…

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At San Quentin, district attorneys and inmates agree on prison reform
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At San Quentin, district attorneys and inmates agree on prison reform

On a recent morning inside San Quentin prison, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and more than a dozen other prosecutors crowded into a high-ceilinged meeting hall…

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Three more wolf packs confirmed in California as ranchers call for relief
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Three more wolf packs confirmed in California as ranchers call for relief

It was bright and early and Axel Hunnicutt was howling. He was looking for wolves. Sometimes they howl back, providing a sense of their location. The California Department…

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Quality Pálinka Drinks Take Center Stage at Gyula Festival
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Quality Pálinka Drinks Take Center Stage at Gyula Festival

You can celebrate one of Hungary’s most unique gastronomic treasures in the magical setting of the Gyula Castle Gardens in southern Hungary. During the festival between June 6…

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Crews battle fire burning in Pala, evacuations in San Diego County
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Crews battle fire burning in Pala, evacuations in San Diego County

Firefighters are battling a brush fire that erupted in steep hillside terrain in Pala Friday evening, prompting evacuations in northern San Diego County, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed…

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HSI raids nightclub, arrests 36 accused of being in U.S. illegally
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HSI raids nightclub, arrests 36 accused of being in U.S. illegally

Federal agents raided a nightclub early Friday and arrested 36 Chinese and Taiwanese citizens suspected of being in the country illegally, authorities said. Los Angeles Homeland Security officers,…

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Gov. Newsom proposes ‘asset test’ for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?
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Gov. Newsom proposes ‘asset test’ for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?

Millions of Californians who rely on Medi-Cal and In-Home Supportive Services could lose eligibility under a proposal requiring recipients to prove their assets total less than $2,000. Gov.…

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Hiker suspended 150 feet from a helicopter after plummeting into a waterfall in Northern California
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Hiker suspended 150 feet from a helicopter after plummeting into a waterfall in Northern California

A hiker who fell 30 feet down a waterfall and into a pool in Butte County had to be harnessed to the end of a 150-foot rope and…

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