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988 crisis line restores LGBTQ+ youth specialized support2.října Congress members from both parties pushed to get back a service removed by the administrator last year. California gets a new eye in the sky to track planet-warming methane2.října A second satellite, launched Thursday, will double California's chances of detecting climate-changing methane releases. Your guide to Proposition 44: Federally funded health clinic spending1.října Prop 44 asks voters to require federally funded community health centers to spend at least 90% of their total annual revenue on "program services advancing their charitable purpose." $7.5-billion mini-NIH plan goes to California voters under bill signed by Newsom1.října California voters will decide whether to create a $7.5 billion state scientific research arm similar to the National Institutes of Health. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that puts the issue before voters in March 2028. Jaco Muller, who turned his 15-year-old son's idea into 197 rhino births, has died30.září The idea for breeding rhinos came from his son, then 15. In 2010, Muller converted the family's antelope-breeding operation into what became the Rhino Momma Project. California will add 'Non-Ultraprocessed Certified' seal to foods. What that means30.září California is creating a front-of-package label for what it deems non-ultraprocessed foods. Some say a nationwide definition is needed to avoid confusing consumers. Kaiser lays off 147 employees in California30.září Kaiser Permanente will layoff 147 business and administrative employees across California in November, the health giant said State attorney general to oversee Kaiser's medical arbitration system under new law29.září The California attorney general will help oversee healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente's medical arbitration system to ensure it operates fairly under legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. Patients have complained the system favors Kaiser. Across California's IVF insurance divide, many are priced out of parenthood27.září Landmark legislation requiring large employers to cover infertility treatments went into effect at the beginning of the year. It's changed lives and boosted clinic caseloads – and left the uninsured scrambling to afford care. NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip steps away from public life after brain disease diagnosis24.září NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip, 79, has been diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration and possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Thunder beast or swamp rhino? Fossils of prehistoric animal uncovered at SoCal construction site24.září The fossilized remains, which belonged to a large, hoofed animal are believed to be more than 40 million years old. This JPL satellite mission is burning through its funding. One reason: the Eaton fire24.září The mission is the newest generation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE. The satellites measure water mass across the planet. Dead Kennedys announce that founding guitarist East Bay Ray has Parkinson's disease23.září East Bay Ray, a founding member of the San Francisco punk band Dead Kennedys, "plans to continue performing and touring," management said. Mosquitoes are thriving in L.A.'s miserable humidity, worsening the spread of West Nile virus23.září Experts say recent intense and usual humidity could have fueled the rise in West Nile virus cases in Southern California. |