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There have been 26 racehorse death over the last 11 months at Golden Gate Fields, and the 67th statewide, statistics from the horse racing board show.

Expert Pick of the Week: 2021 Preakness Stakes May 12, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com Rombauer wins the El Camino Real Derby (Shane Micheli/Vassar Photography) Kentucky Derby runner Medina Spirit will set his sights on the second jewel of the Triple Crown in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness S. (G1) at Pimlico. A field of 10 sophomores will go postward in the historic 1 3/16-mile contest, and I think that an upset will occur at Old Hilltop. Rombauer is my selection and the Expert Pick of the Week. Trained by Mike McCarthy, the son of Twirling Candy has flashed his ability since...

Berkeley animal rights activists protest horse deaths at Golden Gate Fields Around 30 people protested outside Golden Gate Fields at midday on Wednesday to object to the deaths of nine racehorses this year and call for the racetrack to be shut down. The protesters arrayed themselves along the sidewalk facing the entrance to Interstate 580 at Gilman Street, dressed in formal attire and holding cardboard grave markers marked with the names of the dead horses. Some drivers honked in support of the protest as they drove by, while others shouted in support of the racetrack. The action was organize...

The race to find vaccines for COVID-19 has dominated the headlines, but there's been less news about how to keep people with COVID out of the hospital. Tonight, we're going to tell you a story about one possible treatment. It's called fluvoxamine. The generic drug was developed 40 years ago as an antidepressant and has been primarily used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now, a small but ingenious clinical trial and a series of coincidences have led scientists to look closely at fluvoxamine as a possible tool to keep newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients from becoming severely ill. So how ...