Vaccines for kids under 5 delayed as Pfizer tests extra shot
Pfizer said Friday it was changing plans and testing three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in babies and preschoolers after the usual two shots didn’t appear strong enough for some
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3 companies indicted in connection with recent oil spill off California coast
A federal grand jury indicted three companies Wednesday on charges related to the illegal discharge of oil during a pipeline break that leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil into
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New California rules end distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated workers
Workplace regulators are poised on Thursday to extend California’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that business groups say could worsen the labor shortage. The main change
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Cargo continues flooding into Port of LA with 2022 looking to be a repeat performance
As 2021 comes to a close, efforts are underway on multiple fronts to ease the supply chain issues that saw massive ship backups at the ports of Los Angeles and
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California’s public pensions are major fossil fuel investors
California’s climate-conscious policies aren’t matched by the investment choices of its largest public pension funds, according to a report from two environmental groups. Of the 14 top U.S. pension funds
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While most Bay Area economies floundered in the first year of the pandemic, Santa Clara County’s soared
When the pandemic shut down wide swaths of the country in March 2020, the economies of all Bay Area counties tanked — except for Santa Clara County’s. Unlike counties such
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Tourist favorite joins Europe’s ‘very high’ travel risk list
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three nations to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday, including tourist favorite Italy. In its weekly update of Covid-19 travel advisories,
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Pfizer documents show that there is a worrying increase in adverse reactions to its vaccine: Guy Hatchard
Up until now, New Zealand GPs and hospitals have been provided with a fact sheet from Pfizer listing 21 possible adverse events as a result of vaccination. All of these are
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With taxes going up, cannabis operators threaten ‘California Weed Party’
Two and a half centuries after the Boston Tea Party, legal cannabis operators say it might be time for a California Weed Party. But rather than dump their agricultural product
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LinkedIn buys and leases chunks of Sunnyvale space amid tech expansion
LinkedIn, setting the stage for a dramatic expansion in Sunnyvale, has bought two large sites and has leased a big new office building, moves that defy gloomy prognostications of a
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