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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? Julia Rosen Wed, 12/16/2020 – 01:30 Growing up in North Richmond, California, Denny Khamphanthong didn’t think much of the siren that wailed once a month at 11 a.m. every first Wednesday. The alarm is a test of the community’s emergency warning system, which has alerted residents to numerous incidents over the years at the nearby Chevron oil refinery. One accident there —  a 2012 fire  — sent a cloud of black smoke billowing over San Francisco Bay and left thousands of local residents struggling to breathe. Now, when...

Sacramento County, along with 12 counties in the Greater Sacramento region, were placed under the state’s new stay-at-home order, starting at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10. State public health officials moved to activate the order on Dec. 9 when the region’s available Intensive Care Units (ICU) reportedly dropped to 14.3% while COVID-19 cases continue to rise. This new order will last at least three weeks before the state evaluates the region’s ICU capacity to see if it’s above 15% in early January. Other affected counties in the Greater Sacramento region are Alpine, Amador, Butte...

Flickr Close Authorship Growing up in North Richmond, California, Denny Khamphanthong didn’t think much of the siren that wailed once a month at 11 a.m. every first Wednesday. The alarm is a test of the community’s emergency warning system, which has alerted residents to numerous incidents over the years at the nearby Chevron oil refinery. One accident there — a 2012 fire — sent a cloud of black smoke billowing over San Francisco Bay and left thousands of local residents struggling to breathe. Now, when Khamphanthong explains the sound to his young nieces, he sees the fear in their ...

Sacramento County along with 12 counties in the Greater Sacramento region were placed under the state’s new stay-at-home order, starting at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10.   State public health officials on Dec. 9 moved to activate the order when the region’s available Intensive Care Units (ICU) reportedly dropped to 14.3% while COVID-19 cases continued to rise. This new order will last at least three weeks before the state evaluates the region’s ICU capacity to see if it’s above 15% in early January. Other affected counties in the Greater Sacramento region are Alpine, Amador, B...

dropped out in union city at whipple and medallion. this is jose hernandez, 32 years old, 5'8", 150 pounds, short black hair, brown eyes. he was last seen -- he should have extensive bandages around his neck. he was admitted into the john george psychiatric pavilion in san leandro over the weekend after he tried to kill himself with a large kitchen knife. he had stabbed himself and slashed his throat in front of cops. now, they caught him trying to break into his ex-girlfriend's place over the weekend. after his psychiatric evaluation he was supposed to be released back to police cus...