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Schools ditching asphalt playgrounds to protect kids from rising heat
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Green spaces provide shade on hot days and can also can improve mental and physical health, one expert says.Bay Area
UCB researchers call for greater climate refugee protections
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According to the UN, more than 70 percent of the world's refugees will come from countries most vulnerable to climate change disasters.Bay Area
Don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’ — California plans to turn sewage into drinking water
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The state’s new draft rules are more than a decade in the making.health
Medical cannabis patients, who paved the way for legalization in California, feel left behind
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Some patients and advocates say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting medical needs.COVID-19
California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can’t agree on how to fill jobs
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Some hospitals in Southern California have a nurse vacancy rate of 30%, stressing overworked staff and causing some to leave the industry earlier than they planned.California
With Trump in mind, California Republicans change delegate rules ahead of 2024 primary
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New rules appear to boost the former president -- and perhaps pull California onto center stage during nominations.crime
OPD makes several arrests in connection with carjacking series
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Violent crime in Oakland is up 15% this year compared to 2022, according to police department data.
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