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Home security cameras ‘an extra set of eyes’ to help solve crimes

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CALIFORNIA, USA — They are on almost every street, acting as the eyes and ears when you are not home. Security cameras are nothing new to Northern California neighborhoods, but police are now using security camera registries to help solve crimes.

The Roseville Police Department is just one of about 15 departments in the area using citizen's cameras to capture crime happening in the area through comunity-police relationship program. Roseville's is called Keep Watch.

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New coronavirus case confirmed among cruise ship evacuees quarantined at California hospital

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A new case of coronavirus was confirmed in California among the evacuees of the Diamond Princess cruise ship who are now under quarantine.

The patient, who tested positive for the virus before leaving Japan but had no symptoms, was placed in isolation at a medical center in Napa County in Northern California Monday along with another evacuee who tested negative for the virus but then showed symptoms.

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San Diego County gas prices rise slightly

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SAN DIEGO — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose four-tenths of a cent Monday to $3.561, one day after falling three-tenths of a cent.

The average price is four-tenths of a cent less than one week ago and 2 cents lower than one month ago, but 26.9 cents more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

“Southern California gasoline average prices continue to be the most expensive in the country, and recent declines in oil prices worldwide have not yet made much of an impact locally,” said Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California’s corporate communications manager.

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California wine prices may drop to lowest in 20 years

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LODI, Calif. — The price of wine is at an all-time low because of an abundance of grapes, according to a new report from the Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group.

The State of U.S. Wine Industry 2020 report said wine prices could reach the lowest in 20 years. Some are calling it good news for wine drinkers.

“That's always good news to us -- lower prices on alcohol, yay,” said Priscilla Kumar, who was wine tasting in Lodi on Monday.

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Police found more than 1,400 marijuana plants inside a building in Northern California

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(CNN)A man was arrested in West Point, California, after authorities discovered 440 pounds of illegal marijuana inside a building, the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office said.

More than 1,400 marijuana plants were seized Thursday when deputies served a search warrant and found that a large shop building adjacent to a home had been turned into a grow house, the sheriff's office said.
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100-POUND MOUNTAIN LION ATTACKS GIRL, 6, IN CALIFORNIA PARK

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A nature preserve park in California's Santa Clara County has been temporarily closed after a 6-year-old girl was bitten in the leg by what is believed to be a mountain lion on Sunday morning. The child's injuries were minor. An investigation has been launched to locate and confirm the identity of the animal, which is thought to be an adult male lion, park authorities confirmed.

The incident took place at the Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve near the city of Cupertino around 9:45 a.m. (local time) while the girl was on a walking trail with her family. Her father managed to scare away the animal, which reportedly weighed about 100 pounds, just after it bit the girl in the calf.

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Fake flyers and face-mask fear: California fights coronavirus discrimination

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A flyer in Los Angeles’ Carson area, with a fake seal of the World Health Organization, tells residents to avoid Asian-American businesses like Panda Express because of a coronavirus outbreak. A Los Angeles middle schooler is beaten and hospitalized after students say he is as an Asian-American with coronavirus.

And over 14,000 people sign a petition urging schools in the Alhambra area to close over coronavirus risks, even though there is only one case of the virus in Los Angeles County, with its population of 10.1 million.

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Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed, district attorney says

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Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed thanks in part to state laws that paved the way for the action, the county district attorney said Thursday.

The cases include 62,000 felony convictions for cases -- including those for marijuana sales and cultivation -- dating back to 1961, and about 4,000 misdemeanor possession cases, District Attorney Jackie Lacey's office said.

"The dismissal of tens of thousands of old cannabis-related convictions in Los Angeles County will bring much-needed relief to communities of color that disproportionately suffered the unjust consequences of our nation's drug laws," Lacey said in a news release.
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All travelers from mainland China being monitored for coronavirus in L.A. County

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Los Angeles County public health nurses are closely monitoring all residents who have recently traveled to mainland China, regardless of whether they have any symptoms of the new strain of coronavirus, according to the county’s top health official.

More than 1,000 people have been assigned a public health nurse and asked to self-isolate and not to go to work or school for 14 days, Department of Public Health director Barbara Ferrer told the Board of Supervisors on Monday.

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These two Northern California fairs are among the top in the country for attendance

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CALIFORNIA, USA — It's hard work to put on annual fair, but some Northern California fairs do it with flair and a lot of pride.

Both the California State and the Stanislaus County fairs made the International Association of Fairs and Expositions' list of the top 100 fairs, ranked by attendance.

The state fair was the highest ranked fair for Northern California with 601,761 attendees, a 5% increase from 2018 to 2019. Rounding out closer to the end of the list was the Stanislaus County Fair with a strong showing of 260,000 attendees, a sizable increase of 16% during that same time.

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