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Trump tries to maintain party peace as trial begins
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LA reduces LAPD homeless response – now what about housing?
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Trump takes no stakes-stance on abortion
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Will there be AI-generated artists as popular as Taylor Swift?
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Can CA aquariums restore sea otter populations in the wild?
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CA’s Prop 1 narrowly passes to reform mental health spending
PoliticsWith the narrow approval of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1, the work begins to build thousands of treatment beds.