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That pain in your back? It's a pain in your brain
As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t...
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The lithium revolution has arrived at California's Salton Sea
I’m finally convinced: California’s Imperial Valley will be a major player in the clean energy transition.After...
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Why are so many EV charging stations broken in California?
Doug McCune of Oakland was set to buy an electric car, a Mustang Mach-E. The paperwork...
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Margaret Mead wanted to save the world via LSD. The government had other ideas
Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that...
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Nation's largest single-family home landlord to pay $3.7M in CA gouging case
The nation’s largest landlord of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and...
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Why pushing STEM majors is turning out to be a terrible investment
Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on much these days. But despite the gridlock in...
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UCLA will transform dead Westside mall into major science innovation center
The former Westside Pavilion, a long shuttered indoor mall, will be transformed into a UCLA biomedical...
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Space shuttle Endeavour's giant orange external tank begins final journey
At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its...
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Can a pill prevent deaths from venomous snakebites?
SAN FRANCISCO — John Heenan knows the terror of feeling a sting on his foot, then...
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In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works
What does something different look like when your whole life, this is all you’ve known? By...
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Wealthiest Californians are leaving the state. It's bad news for the economy
Even though California has experienced lopsided out-migration for decades, the financial blow has been cushioned by...
