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Rare and powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people and damaging historic buildings in Marrakech
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 when it hit, with shaking that lasted several seconds.
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SF Giants’ Ross Stripling airs grievances over usage, communication: ‘I’m just in limbo’
SAN FRANCISCO — The plan communicated to Ross Stripling when the Giants placed him on the injured list in mid-August to heal his nagging back, he said, was “to take 15 days on this to be ready for September 1 and get it right for the home stretch.” Well, the home stretch is here. Stripling…
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Salinas police looking for missing 73-year-old woman
Salinas police are looking for a missing 73-year-old woman.
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News We Love: South Carolina woman honors deceased sister, hires those with disabilities through new bakery
“Sissy’s Sweets” is a vision turned reality, symbolic of a bond between two sisters.
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Liza Horvath, Senior Advocate: Elder options
Readers, I am taking some much appreciated time off but happy to rerun a favorite column from 2020. Enjoy. Question: My husband passed away two years ago. Our one daughter lives a few states away and visits a couple of times a year. I enjoy living here and would prefer to stay with my friends…
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Undercover operation catches Kaiser illegally dumping medical waste — from syringes to body fluids — and personal health records
Undercover inspections of garbage dumpsters at Kaiser hospitals in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California discovered a lot more than just routine trash bound for the local landfill. They uncovered drugs, syringes and medical tubing filled with potentially pathogen-laden body fluids. There were batteries, aerosols, cleansers, sanitizers and electronic waste. And there were…
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Bay Area scientist says he ‘left out the full truth’ to get climate change wildfire study published in prestigious journal
A new study by a team of mostly Bay Area scientists that found human-caused climate warming has increased the frequency of extremely fast-spreading California wildfires has come into question from the unlikeliest of critics — its own lead author. Patrick T. Brown, climate team co-director at the nonprofit Breakthrough Institute in Berkeley and a visiting…
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IndyCar race: Unwinding Laguna Seca’s ‘corkscrew’
LAGUNA SECA — David Malukas is completing his third IndyCar season and he’s raced on six motorsports circuits since his early teenage debut. But at age 21 he’s still early in his career and can learn from his elders. One veteran competitor truism the driver from Chicago born to Lithuanian immigrants practices is “aim for…
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A conversation with the new MPC superintendent/president
Although only three months into his new role as Monterey Peninsula College’s 12th superintendent/president, Marshall T. Fulbright III has jumped head-first into his new responsibilities. Fulbright was chosen for the role from a national pool of candidates. He has over 24 years of education experience, encompassing everything from teaching music to elementary and high school…
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Top 10 tennis rankings
Top 10 tennis rankings 1. Stevenson: 2. Carmel: 3. Santa Catalina: 4. Salinas: 5. Pacific Grove: 6. Hollister: 7. Aptos: 8. Monte Vista: 9. Scotts Valley: 10. Notre Dame: On the bubble: Alisal, Alvarez, North Salinas, Gonzales, Watsonville.
