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10.09.2020 / 07:57

California wildfires growing bigger, moving faster than ever

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When it comes to California wildfires, it now takes days, not decades, to produce what had been seen as a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Last weekend, a fire burning in California’s Sierra National Forest exploded in size, trapping hundreds of Labor Day holiday campers who could only be rescued by helicopters that made a series of white-knuckle flights into the smoke.

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Alameda, Contra Costa counties attempting to reopen some businesses again

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is poised to take another halting step toward normalcy with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to announce plans for reopening businesses that were shuttered in July amid soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.In the Bay Area, some changes were already taking place on Friday.

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California looks to reopen again as coronavirus data improves

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is poised to take another halting step toward normalcy with Gov.

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WATCH: California wildfires burn more than 1% of Golden State, 25 times more acres than last year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Since the wildfires began raging in California last weekend, Cal Fire crews said they have battled more than 625 new wildfires, which have now burned over 1.4 million acres throughout the state.To put that into perspective, that's just about 1% of California's landmass, which equals about one million football fields or 1,875 square miles.More than 1,000 structures have been either destroyed or damaged and 30,500 structures remained threatened. To date, seven people have died. UPLOAD YOUR PICTURES TO THE KTVU WEATHER APPThe largest complex of fires are raging in Northern California, from the LNU fires in the North Bay, to the SCU fires across the East and South bays, and the CZU fires in San Mateo and Santa Cruz

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California high court rejects Scott Peterson’s death penalty

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, but said prosecutors may try again for the same sentence if they wish in the high-profile case.It upheld his 2004 murder conviction in the killing of Laci Peterson, 27, who was eight months pregnant with their unborn son, Connor.

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'Historic in nature:' Some California fires scorching earth at 1,000 acres an hour

August 19, 2020, Vacaville, CA, USA: A home does up in flames on Serenity Hills road during the LNU Lightning Complex fires at the on Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020 in Vacaville.

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Golden State Killer sentenced to life for 26 rapes, slayings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former California police officer dubbed the Golden State Killer told victims Friday hew was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders that terrorized a wide swath of the state.Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges under a plea deal that avoided a possible death sentence.The punishment imposed by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman means DeAngelo will die in prison for the crimes committed between 1975 and 1986.Before sentencing, DeAngelo rose from a wheelchair, took off his mask and said to the court: “I listened to all your statements, each one of them, and I’m truly

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McGruder's late 3 helps Clippers edge Trail Blazers 122-120

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Rodney McGruder hit a 3-pointer with 26.5 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-120 on Saturday even with Kawhi Leonard resting on the bench. Portland had a chance to ensure a play-in for the Western Conference's final playoff berth and eliminate Sacramento with a win.

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NBA playoff picture comes into a bit more focus

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The NBA playoff picture is getting a little clearer.Brooklyn secured one of the last two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference on Friday, defeating Sacramento 119-106. That leaves Orlando and Washington as the last two teams contending for one spot in the East, with the Magic needing only one more win or one Wizards loss to clinch.Orlando and Washington were both playing later Friday.For the Nets, the clinching comes as something to savor in a topsy-turvy season.Kevin Durant couldn’t play at all because of his recovery from Achilles surgery -- yet still got a $1 million contract bonus because Brooklyn made the postseason.

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California surpasses 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the third-highest figure in the nation

A worker passes testing bags to a passenger at a drive-in COVID-19 testing center at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

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California may release nearly 18K prisoners; organizations scramble to find them housing

SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA - JULY 08: A view of a new emergency care facility that was erected to treat inmates infected with COVID-19 at San Quentin State Prison on July 08, 2020 in San Quentin, California.

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California reports first coronavirus death of a child

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California health officials have reported the state's first coronavirus death of a child.The state Department of Public Health said Friday the victim was a teenager and had other health conditions. The death occurred in the Central Valley but officials at the state Department of Public Health released no other details, citing privacy rules. The Central Valley is the state’s major agricultural region and recently has become one of California’s hot spots for the virus."Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of this young person whose death is a tragic and powerful reminder of how serious COVID-19 can be," said Dr.

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California's coronavirus cases surpass New York's for most in nation

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Amouris Coss)SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California’s confirmed coronavirus cases have topped 409,000, surpassing New York for most in the nation.John’s Hopkins University data showed Wednesday that California now has about 1,200 more cases than New York.However, New York’s 72,302 deaths are by far the highest total in the country and nine times more than California’s tally, and its rate of confirmed infections of about 2,100 per 100,000 people is twice California’s rate.California is by far the most populous U.S.

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Gov. Newsom orders additional businesses in most of California to reclose

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Testing guidelines revamped in California as virus surges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California revamped its guidelines for COVID-19 testing to focus of those in hospitals or considered at high risk of infection as the surging pandemic strained testing capacity.The state health department on Tuesday released a four-tier priority system for testing.

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Gov. Newsom calls for immediate re-closure of additional businesses in most of California

JERUSALEM, July 8, 2020 -- People wearing protective masks exercise in a gym in Jerusalem amid COVID-19 pandemic on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov.

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Duke hires Celtics' Lawson to lead women's basketball team

wouldn’t return for a 14th season as she entered the final year of her contract. It is the first college head-coaching job for the 39-year-old Lawson, who played under Pat Summitt at Tennessee before a long WNBA career as well as work in broadcasting.Lawson played in the WNBA from 2003-15 and won the 2005 championship with Sacramento.

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California plans to release 8,000 inmates early amid COVID-19 prison outbreaks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTVU) - California announced on Friday that 8,000 inmates could be eligible for release by the end of August under new measures to reduce the prison population as the coronavirus continues to spread rampantly behind bars. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said that would create the extra space needed for social distancing. “This is absolutely critical for the health and safety of every Californian.

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California creates ‘strike teams’ to enforce coronavirus guidelines

People wear facemasks while shopping in Los Angeles, California on July 1, 2020, after indoor restaurants, bars and movie theaters across much of California were ordered to close for at least three weeks. - Some Californian restaurants shut their doo SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is creating “strike teams” from 10 state agencies to enforce guidelines designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov.

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California 'Black is beautiful' beer inspires delicious dark brew and raises social awareness

MARTINEZ, Calif. - Beer makers in the Bay Area aren't just mixing malts this week. They're also crafting a message.Nineteen craft breweries in the region have joined the nationwide "Black is Beautiful" beer initiative.

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For victims of Golden State Killer, road to justice was long and slow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The man known as the Golden State Killer pleaded guilty Monday in Sacramento to 13 murders and 62 rapes.Joseph DeAngelo, 74, now faces life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to series of sadistic crimes from the 1970s and 1980s.For the victims, survivors and their families, the road to justice was long and slow.They say they finally have closure."He's taken two-thirds of my life from me," said Michelle Martin who was 23-years-old in 1978 when she was assaulted in her Contra Costa County home. "When he said guilty, it felt good.

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Prosecutor: Golden State Killer said inner person drove him

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer.Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.

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Joseph DeAngelo expected to plead guilty as Golden State Killer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Forty years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators later realized were a series of linked assaults and slayings, a 74-year-old former police officer is expected to plead guilty Monday to being the elusive Golden State Killer.The deal will spare Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. any chance of the death penalty for 13 murders and 13 kidnapping-related charges spanning six counties.

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NBA: 16 players test positive for coronavirus ahead of season restart in Orlando

according to a news release.“Any player who tested positive will remain in self-isolation until he satisfies public health protocols for discontinuing isolation and has been cleared by a physician,” the NBA said.League officials have expected that positive tests would be inevitable, and believed that starting a testing regimen now — roughly five weeks before games begin at Disney — will give players with positive results time to recover and get back with their teams before those contests start July 30.The league did not reveal which teams had positive tests but a small number of NBA players publicly revealed Wednesday that they had tested positive, including Sacramento teammates Jabari Parker and Alex Len and Indiana’s Malcolm Brogdon.

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Lawmakers use protest momentum to push state racial reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The racial reckoning sweeping the country after the killing of George Floyd in police custody has generated momentum at state capitols for widespread reforms addressing a range of inequities.Lawmakers have floated proposals to address affirmative action, racial disparities in school funding and health care, criminal justice reforms and even study reparations for slavery.The efforts go beyond policing reforms to focus on systemic racism that has stubbornly pervaded public life for decades.

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Alleged Golden State Killer will reportedly plead guilty to avoid death penalty

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTVU) - Joseph DeAngelo, the suspected Golden Gate Killer, will reportedly plead guilty to a series of murders and rapes in a move that could spare him from the death penalty. The Los Angeles Times reports that multiple sources said DeAngelo, 74, plans to fess up on June 29 to a series of violent crimes from the 1970s and 1980s.Related: New murder charge filed against Golden State Killer suspectDetails surrounding the deal are not yet known, but sources told the Times that DeAngelo has also agreed to admit to other crimes that were not part of the charges against him. DeAngelo, a former police officer, is accused of terrorizing communities across California for 10 years, breaking into homes often raping and killing his

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Man accused of being 'Golden State Killer' to plead guilty

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death penalty, a law enforcement source and a victim's relative said Monday.Joseph DeAngelo, a former police officer accused of being the Golden State Killer, is expected to plead guilty on June 29 and be sentenced in August to life without the possibility of parole after the surviving victims and relatives of those killed confront him in court.“We are so totally supportive of the death penalty and yet we are totally supportive of this decision to let the Golden State Killer plead to life without possibility of parole," said Ron Harrington.

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California courts end zero bail order imposed during coronavirus pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California judicial leaders on Wednesday ended a statewide policy of imposing $0 bail for misdemeanors and lower-level felonies that reduced jail populations by more than 20,000 suspects during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.The state’s Judicial Council said the policy helped ease crowding in jails, which are potential hot spots for spreading the virus.But it said a uniform statewide policy is no longer appropriate as the state’s 58 counties vary widely in how quickly they ease stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing spread of the virus.The rule-making arm of the judicial system abruptly delayed other votes Wednesday on ending emergency orders suspending foreclosures and evictions during the pandemic, after

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California affirmative action vote prompts 'tough' debate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Assembly on Wednesday decided to let voters choose whether to overturn the state's 24-year-old ban of affirmative action programs — capping an emotional hours-long debate in the Legislature that highlighted tension between the state's Asian and black communities.The proposed amendment to the state's Constitution, which still must pass the Senate and be approved by voters, would repeal a 1996 amendment that banned “preferential treatment” based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.

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California Assembly backs repealing affirmative action ban

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A push to change California’s Constitution to let public universities and government agencies consider race when making admissions and hiring decisions passed its first test Wednesday as more than two-thirds of the state Assembly voted to put the question on the ballot in November.California has banned affirmative action-type programs since 1996 when 55% of voters agreed to amend the state’s Constitution to ban “preferential treatment” based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.That amendment has withstood multiple legal challenges and legislative attempts to change it.

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California OK's movie theaters to reopen with limited seating

BRAINTREE, MA - NOVEMBER 23: Kerri Donaghue, left, and Jack Hennessy, right, relax in all powered recliner seats at AMC Movie Theater in Braintree. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California movie theaters can begin opening later this week if they limit theater capacity to 25% or no more than 100 attendees, under state guidance released Monday.The guidance adds movie theaters to a long list of other businesses that can start reopening as the nation’s most populous state relaxes its stay-at-home order.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Launches Police Reform Task Force

California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke on racial inequality in California amid protests taking place across the country following the deaths of George Floyd and other unarmed black people at the hands of police.

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California to let schools, gyms, bars reopen next week with modifications

( Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images )SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms and professional sports with modifications to begin reopening starting next Friday.Mark Ghaly, the state’s top health official, says the state plans to release guidance Friday for counties to follow to reopen a broad range of businesses that have been closed since mid-March because of concerns about spreading the coronavirus. The guidelines were not immediately available.The rules on schools and day camps will apply statewide.

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Democratic governors reject Trump's call to send in military

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Democratic governors of some of the nation's most populous states on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the U.S. military unless they dispatch National Guard units to “dominate the streets” in reaction to the violence that has erupted across the country.

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GOP lawyer fights California governor on stay-at-home orders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Long before Harmeet Dhillon became the leader of the legal fight against California's stay-at-home order, she was a new elementary school student in North Carolina uncomfortable because she didn't know the Christian prayer her classmates recited every morning.

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Healthy George Karl starts podcast, may someday coach again

DENVER – Truth: George Karl hasn’t felt this healthy in 15, maybe even 20 years. He’s playing plenty of golf, bike riding and finding time for yoga.

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California retail employee posts photo of her bloody face after alleged customer attack

MODESTO, Calif. - It’s getting rough out there for retail workers during the coronavirus outbreak, a Californiawoman wants the public to know.

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Bachelorette star Clare Crawley wields chainsaw as she does chores around house in Sacramento

Clare Crawley's second shot at love was recently put on hold as production halted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.But the Bachelorette star appears to be quite self-sufficient, proving she doesn't need a man during quarantine.She stepped out Friday with a chainsaw as she did chores around her house in Sacramento, where she's currently spending her lockdown. Miss Independent: The Bachelorette star Clare Crawley appears to be quite self-sufficient, proving she doesn't need a man during quarantine The 39-year-old sported a grey tank top, tied at the stomach as she trimmed the hedges in front of her house.She put on a leggy display as she paired the top with some camouflageLululemon short shorts.

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California's April jobless rate higher than Great Recession

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California's unemployment rate nearly tripled to 15.5% in April as the nation's most populous state lost more jobs in one month from the coronavirus than it did during the Great Recession a decade ago, state data released Friday showed.

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1,200 California pastors to defy state's stay-at-home order on May 31

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than 1,200 California pastors say they will resume in-person services on May 31 in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

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Dine-in Restaurants, Outdoor Museums and Some Offices Can Reopen in California

Dine-in restaurants, office-based workplaces, car washes, strip malls, pet grooming businesses and outdoor museums can prepare to reopen with restrictions as California moves deeper into phase two of its statewide COVID-19 recovery plan. Gov.

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7 California counties get OK to more quickly reopen

TRUCKEE, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Former Interim Assistant Secretary of Treasury Neel Kashkari and wife Minal lunch at the Wagon Train Coffee Shop. Photographed November 19, 2009 in Truckee, California. (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty

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California Gov. Newsom formally endorses Biden for president

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Friday, praising the former vice president for his “deep compassion and empathy" during a virtual high-dollar fundraiser in partnership with the Democratic National Committee.

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Video: Thirsty man climbs under moving big rig hauling wine, drinks from tank

MODESTO, Calif. – A man in California took the art of wine tasting to a whole new level.

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California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California will have a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion because of the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, a stunning reversal for a state that had a $21 billion surplus a year ago.

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California Gov. Newsom's billion-dollar mask deal hits snag

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Millions of protective masks that were to arrive in California this week as part of the state's nearly $1 billion deal with a Chinese company have been delayed, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.

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Three Orange County Beaches Allowed to Reopen as State Moves Forward With Recovery Efforts

The path to reopening the economy in California and its largest county proved to be the focal point Tuesday of both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 press briefings.

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California Businesses to Open as Early as Friday as State Prepares to Enter Phase 2 of COVID-19 Recovery

Select businesses across California may open as early as Friday as the state prepares to enter phase two of its COVID-19 recovery plan.California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the news Monday from Sacramento, where he called it "a very positive sign" that's only being announced now "for one reason — the data says it can happen."Businesses that fall into a "low-risk" category, and will thus be allowed to open Friday, include expanded retail (with curbside pickup) and associated manufacturing and supply chains that support those businesses.

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