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California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “its most intense surge” of the coronavirus.

County health officials are opting to use the Moderna vaccine in nursing homes, which they expect to arrive a full week sooner than the one from Pfizer available through the federal distribution plan.

Selecting Gary Gensler for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a win for progressives who have pushed for aggressive oversight.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who will be sworn in as president and vice president on Wednesday, called on Americans to unite through their mourning of lost loved ones.

The Biden administration is working to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use, with the goal, the White House says, of having enough vaccine supply for nearly the entire U.S. population by the end of the summer.

This past year has been tough for kids, and the pandemic is far from over. Kids have many questions about the uncertain future, and parents have very few answers.

The Bay Area’s flagship public university, UC Berkeley, is trying to work its way out of an unprecedented $340 million deficit due to the pandemic. And that means some of the hardest-hit departments and individuals on campus are having to fend for themselves. The campus has seen plunging revenue on several fronts, including $35 million … Continue reading UC Berkeley Suffers Unprecedented Deficit Due to Pandemic →

Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, code name lkar Lesnikov, pleads guilty to providing intelligence to Russia, and could spend the rest of his life in prison.

The third largest of the "big five" book publishers, was sold by its parent company to Penguin Random House.

The small town of Oakridge, Oregon, in the Willamette National Forest, has been cut off by snow for three days now. It could be a week before residents get power again.