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By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press California officials say as much as $30 billion is needed to protect the heart of the state’s farm country from significant flooding over the next three decades. Officials released a draft of an updated flood protection plan for the Central Valley on Thursday. Approximately 1.3 million people live in floodplains

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators have extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022. They acted more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board kept the regulations Thursday. Its chairman says

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities are investigating after former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching an aggressive passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage was first

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer and an RBI double, Cristian Pache also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4. Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde and designated hitter Trey Mancini were ejected after an odd play in the fourth. A’s starter Paul Blackburn

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate has passed a bill that would lower the standard for residential indoor water use. The vote on Thursday would lower the standard to 42 gallons per person per day by 2030. The current standard is 55 gallons per person per day. The bill

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a border wall has pleaded guilty to charges in a case that once included former President Donald Trump’s adviser Steve Bannon. The plea Thursday by Brian Kolfage came just weeks before a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Seattle man has pleaded guilty to federal arson charges involving a fire that destroyed an Oregon horse slaughterhouse more than two decades ago. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Joseph Dibee pleaded guilty Thursday in Portland, Oregon, to federal arson and conspiracy to commit arson charges. Dibee also pleaded guilty to conspiracy

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The University of California, Berkeley has issued an all-clear more than four hours after ordering a campus-wide lockdown Thursday because of threats made against people at the university. Officials say the person who made the threats has been located off-campus and the situation has been resolved. Campus police said earlier Thursday

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended through April 29 by Major League Baseball and the players’ association. A person familiar with the proceedings says the decision on the extension, the 13th since the original announcement of a one-week leave, was

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Carrasco pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in almost three years, leading the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants 6-2. Francisco Lindor, who had three hits, and Eduardo Escobar each connected for solo homers. Escobar’s second-inning shot gave the Mets

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee. California-based toymaker Mattel released the doll on the monarch’s birthday Thursday in commemoration of her 70 years of service, which will be celebrated beginning on June 2. The doll is dressed in ivory complete

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Jimmy Garoppolo expects his shoulder to be ready for training camp — wherever that may be. Garoppolo told the AP Pro Football Podcast on Thursday that his rehab is going well and it’s helping him deal with uncertainty surrounding his future with the San Francisco 49ers. Garoppolo nearly

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former reality TV star Blac Chyna testified that she had no personal knowledge of anything Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian or Kylie Jenner had said or done to harm her reputation. Chyna was on the witness stand for a third day Thursday at trial

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area authorities announced they solved a 1999 murder through the use of a California state familial DNA search program. Richmond police said at a news conference Thursday that Jerry Lee Henderson killed Meekiah Wadley at her home in January 1999. He died of a suspected drug overdose 11

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is keeping alive a California man’s hope of reclaiming a valuable impressionist masterpiece taken from his family by the Nazis and now on display in a Spanish museum. The question in the case was not directly about whether San Diego resident David Cassirer can

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former AFL Player of the Year Daryle Lamonica has died at age 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said Lamonica passed away at his Fresno home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes. Lamonica was a star with the Oakland Raiders starting in the

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Heavy snow and rain is falling across Northern California as a substantial spring storm moves through the state after a dry winter. Winter storm warnings are in effect Thursday from the Oregon border down through the southern Cascades and the northern Sierra Nevada. An avalanche warning was issued for the upper

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida House of Representatives has given final passage to a bill to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more than five decades. House lawmakers approved the measure on Thursday. The passage is a victory